Ezekiel 40:15

Christian Standard Bible ®

The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate’s portico on the inside was 87½ feet.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
[From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

King James Version
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

English Standard Version
From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.

New American Standard Bible
And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.

New Century Version
From the front of the outer side of the gateway to the front of the porch of the inner side of the gateway was eighty-seven and one-half feet.

Amplified Bible
From the front of the entrance gate [on the outside] to the front of the inner porch (portico) of the gate [the distance] was fifty cubits.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And vpon the forefront of the entry of the gate vnto the forefront of the porch of the gate within were fiftie cubites.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.

Legacy Standard Bible
From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.

Berean Standard Bible
And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.

Contemporary English Version
Finally, he measured the total length of the passageway, from the outer wall to the entrance room, and it was eighty-five feet.

Complete Jewish Bible
The distance along the passage from the outer opening of the gateway to the far side of the entranceway at the inner end of the gateway was eighty-seven-and-a-half feet.

Darby Translation
And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

Easy-to-Read Version
From the inside edge of the outer gate to the far end of the porch was 50 cubits.

George Lamsa Translation
And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the portico of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

Good News Translation
The total length of the gateway from the outside wall of the gate to the far side of the last room was 84 feet.

Lexham English Bible
And from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the portico of the inner gate was fifty cubits.

Literal Translation
And on the face of the entrance gate, to the face of the porch of the inner gate, was fifty cubits;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Before the inwarde parte vnto the fore entre of the ynnermer dore, were fiftie cubites.

American Standard Version
And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

Bible in Basic English
And from before the opening of the doorway to before the inner covered way of the doorway was fifty cubits.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And from the forefront of the gate of the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

King James Version (1611)
And from the face of the gate of the entrance, vnto the face of the porch of the inner gate, were fiftie cubites.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And from the forefront of the entrie of the gate, vnto the forefront of the gate within [were] fiftie cubites.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits.

English Revised Version
And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

World English Bible
[From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and bifor the face of the yate that stretchith forth til to the face of the porche of the ynner yate, he mat fifti cubitis.

Update Bible Version
And [from] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

Webster's Bible Translation
And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner gate [were] fifty cubits.

New English Translation
From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet.

New King James Version
From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.

New Living Translation
The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet from one end to the other.

New Life Bible
It was fifteen cubits from the front of the outer gate to the front of the porch of the inner gate.

New Revised Standard
From the front of the gate at the entrance to the end of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and from e the face of the gate outwards, unto the face of the porch of the inner gate, was fifty cubits.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And before the face of the gate which reached even to the face of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits.

Revised Standard Version
From the front of the gate at the entrance to the end of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.

Young's Literal Translation
and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits;

THE MESSAGE
The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of the porch was seventy-five feet.

Contextual Overview

⁵Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of twenty-one inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was 10½ feet, and its height was the same. ⁶Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10½ feet deep—one threshold was 10½ feet deep. ⁷Each recess was 10½ feet long and 10½ feet deep, and there was a space of 8¾ feet between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate’s portico was 10½ feet. ⁸Next he measured the gate’s portico; ⁹it was 14 feet, and its jambs were 3½ feet. The gate’s portico was on the temple side. ¹⁰There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the jambs on either side also had the same measurements. ¹¹Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17½ feet, while the width of the gate was 22¾ feet. ¹²There was a barrier of 21 inches in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10½ feet square. ¹³Then he measured the gate from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43¾ feet. The openings of the recesses faced each other. ¹⁴Next, he measured the porch—105 feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the face of the gate: This was the whole length of the porch, from the outward front - Ezekiel 41:21, Ezekiel 41:25, to the inner side which looks into the first court - Ezekiel 40:17, including the thickness of the walls - Ezekiel 40:6, chambers - Ezekiel 40:7, and spaces between them. Ezekiel 40:15

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the porch Ezekiel 40:21 - after

Cross-References

Genesis 14:13
One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram.

Genesis 39:20
and had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.

Genesis 40:3
and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guards in the prison where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 40:4
The captain of the guards assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant, and they were in custody for some time.

Genesis 40:8
“We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.”

Genesis 40:10
On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.

Genesis 40:11
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

Genesis 40:12
“This is its interpretation,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.

Genesis 40:17
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

Genesis 40:18
“This is its interpretation,” Joseph replied. “The three baskets are three days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And from the face of the gate of the entrance,.... That is, from the outward gate as you went into the porch, and was to the east, so called from people's passing and repassing b in it; so Jarchi takes it to be the eastern gate; the Targum calls it the middle gate:

unto the face of the porch of the inner gate; which opened at the other end of the porch, into the outward court, and was to the west: from gate to gate

were fifty cubits; as he measured the breadth of the porch before,

Ezekiel 40:13, here the length; there were three chambers six cubits long, which made eighteen; and between each chamber were five cubits, which were ten cubits; and the space between the chambers and the gates at each end were six cubits each; Ezekiel 40:8, which make twelve more; and then allow ten cubits for the thickness of both walls of each gate, and there will be fifty cubits, or twenty nine yards and half a foot.

b Vid. R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 9. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The east gate-building. See Plan III.

Ezekiel 40:6

Stairs - Seven in number Ezekiel 40:22. Each threshold of the gate (was) one reed broad (or 9 ft.). The measurements are being taken from East to west, i. e., in depth.

Ezekiel 40:7

Every little chamber - The guard-chambers (a) for the use of the Levites who kept watch in the temple.

The threshold of the gate by the porch - The second threshold in the easternmost gate-way (c).

Porch - Hebrew אולם 'ûlâm; the Septuagint: αἰλάμ ailam; Vulgate: vestibulum. The word probably means porch or portico, connected with “ail” post or pillar.

Ezekiel 40:9

The porch is now measured from north to south in “wide.” “The breadth of the entry of the gate” was “ten cubits,” made up of the “eight cubits,” with “a cubit” for “a post” or pillar on each side Ezekiel 40:11.

Posts - A projection like a ram’s horn; in architecture, a column projecting from the wall with its base, shaft, and capital, or it may be the “base” only Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:49. Here “post” represents the lower part of the column. and the dimensions given are those of the section of the base.

Ezekiel 40:10

In front of each guard-chamber were columns, whose “posts” (bases) were each one cubit square.

Ezekiel 40:11

The length of the gate - The length of the gateway (including the porch, E.) from the court to the uncovered space. The threshold was “six cubits,” and the porch “six.” In addition one cubit was probably allowed in front of the porch, as before the porch of the temple itself Ezekiel 40:49.

Ezekiel 40:13

This measurement is across the gate-building from north to south. The breadth of the gate-building was exactly half its length Ezekiel 40:15.

Ezekiel 40:14

Posts of threescore cubits - Sixty cubits were the length of a series of columns. This gives us another feature of the gate-building. Between the porch (E) and the two most western guard-chambers was a space of five cubits (through which the road passed), forming a kind of hall with columns along the sides. This hall is called the “arches” Ezekiel 40:16. A hall of the same dimensions was between the boundary wall and eastern guard-chambers Ezekiel 40:31. It is probable that in one of these halls (that of the eastern gateway of the inner court) the prince “ate bread” on solemn festivals Ezekiel 44:3.

Unto the post of the court round about the gate - This hall or colonnade extended the whole breadth of the building to the pavement (Ezekiel 40:18, H, Plan II). Outside the building on the pavement was a series of pillars.

Ezekiel 40:15

The whole length of the gate-building was thus made up:

Thickness of boundary wall	6 cubits
Hall of the entrance	5 cubits
Three guard-chambers (6 cubits)	18 cubits
Spaces between guard-chambers	10 cubits
Hall of the porch	5 cubits
The porch	6 cubits
Total	50 cubits

Ezekiel 40:16

The “narrow” (closed and (?)latticed “windows” lit up both the guard-chambers and the hall. On the square base of the “post” stood the shaft in the form of a palm-tree, as we see in ancient buildings in the east.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 40:15. Fifty cubits. — The length of the building. See MMMMM in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35.