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Ezekiel 40:47

Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Number;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Tabernacle;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Foursquare;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gareb;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Number;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Altar;   Foursquare;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
King James Version
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
English Standard Version
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
New American Standard Bible
He measured the courtyard, a perfect square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the temple.
New Century Version
The man measured the inner courtyard. It was a square—one hundred seventy-five feet long and one hundred seventy-five feet wide. The altar was in front of the Temple.
Amplified Bible
He measured the courtyard, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, a perfect square; and the altar was in front of the temple.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he measured the court, an hundreth cubites long, & an hundreth cubits broad, eue foure square: likewise the altar that was before ye house.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He measured the court, a perfect square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the temple.
Legacy Standard Bible
He measured the court, a perfect square, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the house.
Berean Standard Bible
Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
Contemporary English Version
Now the man measured the inner courtyard; it was one hundred seventy feet square. I also saw an altar in front of the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he measured the courtyard at 175 feet long and 175 feet wide — it was square. The altar was in front of the house.
Darby Translation
And he measured the court, the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, four square: and the altar was before the house.
Easy-to-Read Version
The man measured the inner courtyard. The courtyard was a perfect square. It was 100 cubits long and 100 cubits wide. The altar was in front of the Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
Good News Translation
The man measured the inner courtyard, and it was 168 feet square. The Temple was on the west side, and in front of it was an altar.
Lexham English Bible
And he measured the courtyard as to its length, a hundred cubits, and a hundred cubits wide, squared, and the altar is in front of the temple.
Literal Translation
And he measured the court: a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, a square. And the altar was before the house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So he measured the fore courte, which had in length an C cubites, and as moch in bredth by the foure corners. Now the aulter stode before the house:
American Standard Version
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
Bible in Basic English
And he took the measure of the open square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, being square; and the altar was in front of the house.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
King James Version (1611)
So he measured the court, an hundreth cubites long, and an hundreth cubites broad foure square, and the altar that was before the house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So he measured the court, which had in length a hundred cubites, and a hundred in breadth, [euen] fouresquare: and the aulter stoode before the house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he measured the court, the length whereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, on its four sides; and the altar in front of the house.
English Revised Version
And he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
World English Bible
He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he mat the halle, the lengthe of an hundrid cubitis, and the breede of an hundrid cubitis, bi square, and the auter bifore the face of the temple.
Update Bible Version
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
Webster's Bible Translation
So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house.
New English Translation
He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.
New King James Version
1 Kings 7:14-22">[xr] And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple.
New Living Translation
Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.
New Life Bible
He showed me that the inner open space was as long as 100 cubits and as wide as 100 cubits, the same on all four sides. And the altar was in front of the Lord's house.
New Revised Standard
He measured the court, one hundred cubits deep, and one hundred cubits wide, a square; and the altar was in front of the temple.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then measured he the court, the length, a hundred cubits, and the breadth, a hundred cubits foursquare, - with the altar before the house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he measured the court a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad foursquare: and the altar that was before the face of the temple.
Revised Standard Version
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was in front of the temple.
Young's Literal Translation
And he measureth the court: the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, square, and the altar [is] before the house.
THE MESSAGE
He measured the inside courtyard: a hundred seventy-five feet square. The altar was in front of the Temple.

Contextual Overview

39Inside the gate’s portico there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and guilt offering. 40Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico. 41So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done. 42There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31½ inches long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them. 43There were three-inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables. 44Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north. 45Then the man said to me: “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple. 46The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the Lord to serve him.” 47Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.48Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were 8¾ feet thick on each side. The width of the gate was 24½ feet, and the side walls of the gate were 5¼ feet wide on each side.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

court: This was the inner court, or court of the priests, which was of the same dimensions with each division of the outer court; and the altar stood directly before the porch of the temple.

an hundred cubits long: Ezekiel 40:19, Ezekiel 40:23, Ezekiel 40:27

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:5 - in the two courts

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he measured the court,.... The inward court, where the prophet and his guide now were; and the gates leading to which he had been measuring, with the chambers, arches, and tables belonging thereunto:

an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; the floor, or area of this court, which was a hundred cubits in length and breadth; so that it was a perfect square, equilateral, east, west, north, and south, and above fifty yards each way; such a court as never was in any temple whatever: hence Kimchi observes, there was no such court in the second temple; no, nor in the first neither: in the second temple, the length of the court of Israel, according to Abarbinel, was a hundred and thirty five cubits, and the breadth eleven, but this was a hundred by a hundred; these things, says Lipman u, are wonderful in my eyes: this denotes the large increase of the church, and of spiritual worshippers, in the latter day; and the foursquare of it signifies the order, perfection, and stability of it; see Revelation 21:16:

and the altar that was before the house; the altar of burnt offering, which stood before the house or temple, in the midst of the inward court; so that it might be seen by all in the inward court and chambers; and even by all in the outward court, through the several gates, which directly opened and led to it. This was typical of Christ, the altar, we Christians have a right to eat of; which sanctifies every gift offered upon it, and which every worshipper should by faith look unto for the expiation of their sins. The dimensions of this altar were now taken, and are given in Ezekiel 43:13.

u Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 27.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The court - The inner court (B) where was the brass altar Ezekiel 43:13.

The new chapter would begin better at Ezekiel 40:48.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 40:47. He measured the court — This was the court of the priests. See FFF in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35; Ezekiel 48:35.


 
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