Kaisipang Hudyo sa Ezekiel 40:9: The Third Beit HaMikdash

“He measured the width of the vestibule of the gateway as 8 cubits.”⁸Ibid.:9. This refers to the extent that vestibule juts out from east to west. The passage states:⁹Ibid.:15. Al lifnei ulam hashaar…chamishim amah – “The height of the vestibule of the gateway was 50 cubits.” In this verse, the word al means “height.”¹⁰See sec. 3 above. The vestibule had narrowing windows.¹¹Ibid.:16.

“Its pillars were 2 cubits.” The pillars were round, treelike structures made from hewn stone. They stood at the end of the vestibule, with one attached to the right wall and the other attached to the left wall. These pillars took the place of doorposts. The diameter of each one was 2 cubits. Thus, including the pillars, the vestibule jutted out 10 cubits from east to west. Each of the pillars was 60 cubits high.¹Yechezkel 40:14. At the top of each pillar, was a coronet resembling a palm tree, as stated in the verse,²Ibid.:16. “On each pillar, a palm-like coronet.”