Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 40:12
The space also before the little chambers [was] one cubit [on this side], and the space [was] one cubit on that side: and the little chambers [were] six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
12. space before the little chambers ] A barrier before the guardrooms, one cubit, Fig. 1, fg, hi, kl. The meaning appears to be that the barrier took away a cubit on each side from the passage, reducing it from 10 to 8 cubits opposite the guard chambers. The height of the barrier would probably not be very great. The measure of “a cubit” can hardly be the height, as all the measurements refer here to breadth.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The space; the bound, limit, or rails, as some think, which were set up at a cubit distance from the front of these little chambers, and gave a beauty to them; or else the space of a cubit on the outside for convenient placing of benches for the priests to sit on, while they observed who came in and went out of the gate.
The little chambers: see Eze 40:7.
The space between the rails, or balusters, and the chambers on each side, north and south. There was no difference in the dimensions of these little chambers, they were all alike on each side.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
12. spacerather, “theboundary.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side,…. Or, “a border” a of half a yard and three inches to the front of the chambers; where those that belonged to them might walk, or have seats to sit on; such a space there was before the three little chambers on the north side of the porch:
and the space was one cubit on that side: a space or border of the same measure was to the front of the three little chambers on the south side of the porch: this may denote the Christian liberty of the members of Gospel churches; which they may use without any breach of piety towards God, or of charity one to another:
and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side; they were of the same measure, those on one side, as those of the other, even six cubits square; or one reed, which is the same; see Eze 40:7,
[See comments on Eze 40:7].
a “terminus”, Munster, Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
12. R.V. reads, “and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side.” (Compare Eze 27:4; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:17.) Plumptre supposes this border formed a pathway for the guards at the gate, who could thus observe what was going on in the gate without being interrupted by the traffic.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And there was a barrier in front of the side rooms, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side. And the guard rooms were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.’
Detail is given of the guard rooms in order to draw attention to their importance, and to demonstrate their symmetrical perfection. They would, without any question, fulfil their functions. They had to be six cubits so as to make up the twenty five cubits across (five squared) when taken with the thirteen cubit wide corridor.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 40:12 The space also before the little chambers [was] one cubit [on this side], and the space [was] one cubit on that side: and the little chambers [were] six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
Ver. 12. The space also before the little chambers. ] Which space served either for seats, walks, or eaves rather at either end.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
space = barrier, border, or parapet.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
space: Heb. limit, or bound, Eze 40:12
Reciprocal: Eze 40:13 – the gate Eze 40:16 – the little Eze 40:29 – the little Eze 40:38 – the chambers
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 40:12. A reference to verse 5 shows that a measurement of 6 cubits is the same as one reed. In this verse the idea of unity in the principles of an authoritative standard is maintained. We have either the whole reed or a recognized portion of it which is a cubit.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Each guardroom was six cubits (10 feet) square. Evidently each one had a one-cubit-thick (1 foot 8 inch) low wall that defined each of these rooms as separate from the hallway. This low wall or ledge ran on each side of the hallway in front of the guardrooms. These rooms sometimes also served as meeting places for the city elders.