Eze 42:16-20 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ezek 42:16-20: 42:16-20 Having finished his tour of the inner courtyard, Ezekiel was shown the overall dimensions of the area. The whole complex was square, which denoted holiness and differentiated it from the less regular design of Solomon’s Temple and the Tabernacle before it, in which only the Most Holy Place was square. • The description of the Temple finished where it began, with a mention of a wall all around it (see 40:5 ); Ezekiel reminds us again that the purpose of that wall was to separate what was holy from what was common .

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‏ Ezekiel 42:16-20

Summary for Ezek 42:16-20: 42:16-20 ^a Having finished his tour of the inner courtyard, Ezekiel was shown the overall dimensions of the area. The whole complex was square, which denoted holiness and differentiated it from the less regular design of Solomon’s Temple and the Tabernacle before it, in which only the Most Holy Place was square.

• The description of the Temple finished where it began, with a mention of a wall all around it (see 40:5 ^b); Ezekiel reminds us again that the purpose of that wall was to separate what was holy from what was common.