And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
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Gill's Exposition
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place,.... Which was ninety cubits, as appears from Eze 41:12, when measured by itself:
which was behind it; that is, behind the…
Barnes' Notes
The description of certain details is introduced by a summary statement of what had been already done. Galleries - On either side of the eastern front of the building on the separate place was a…
Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Eze 41:12), which is here measured, and compared (Eze 41:13) with the…
Cambridge Bible
The "length" here is reckoned from N. to S.
whichwas behind it Rather: behind which it was. The building, while lying "over against" the "separate place," was behind it, i.e. to the W. of it. If this…
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