Ezekiel 40:15

The 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.

Parallel Translations

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.

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.

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

⁵ And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, [each] of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. ⁶ And he came to the gate which looked toward the east, and went up its steps; and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold one reed broad. ⁷ And [each] chamber was one reed long and one reed broad; and between the chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate, beside the porch of the gate within, was one reed. ⁸ And he measured the porch of the gate within, one reed. ⁹ And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. ¹⁰ And the chambers of the gate which was toward the east were three on this side and three on that side: they three were of one measure; and the posts on this side and on that side had one measure. ¹¹ And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. ¹² And there was a border before the chambers of one cubit, and a border of one cubit on the other side; and the chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. ¹³ And he measured the gate from the roof of [one] chamber to the roof [of the other], a breadth of five and twenty cubits, entry opposite entry. ¹⁴ And he made posts, sixty cubits, and by the post was the court of the gate round about.

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
And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.

Genesis 39:20
And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, [the] place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.

Genesis 40:3
and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.

Genesis 40:4
And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were [several] days in custody.

Genesis 40:8
And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [your dreams], I pray you.

Genesis 40:10
and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.

Genesis 40:11
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Genesis 40:12
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.

Genesis 40:17
And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.

Genesis 40:18
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: 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.