Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 40:9

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof two cubits: and the porch of the gate was inward.

This say some was another Porch, another gate distinct from that ver. 6th. But others more likely, refer this measuring to the same gate, but where as before the breadth, now the length is measured.

These were half columns, that from the floor to the heighth of the wall [illegible: 1 letter]etted out, as if one half of the column were in the wall, and the other without, which was both for beauty and strength, and the protuberance of this half column was one cubit, the other taken up in the wall.