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The Darby Translation
Ezekiel 40:20
And the gate of the outer court, that looked toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.
He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.
Hebrew Names Version
The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
King James Version
And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
English Standard Version
As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.
As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.
New American Standard Bible
And as for the gate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width.
And as for the gate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width.
New Century Version
The man measured the length and width of the north gateway leading to the outer courtyard.
The man measured the length and width of the north gateway leading to the outer courtyard.
Amplified Bible
And as for the gate of the outer courtyard which faced the north he measured [both] its length and its width.
And as for the gate of the outer courtyard which faced the north he measured [both] its length and its width.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the gate of the outwarde court, that looked toward the North, measured he after the length and breadth thereof.
And the gate of the outwarde court, that looked toward the North, measured he after the length and breadth thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
As for the gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width.
As for the gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width.
Legacy Standard Bible
As for the gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width.
As for the gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width.
Berean Standard Bible
He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
Contemporary English Version
Next, the man measured the north gate that led to the outer courtyard.
Next, the man measured the north gate that led to the outer courtyard.
Complete Jewish Bible
Next he measured the length and width of the outer courtyard gate that faced north.
Next he measured the length and width of the outer courtyard gate that faced north.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the man measured the length and width of the north gate that was in the wall surrounding the outer courtyard.
Then the man measured the length and width of the north gate that was in the wall surrounding the outer courtyard.
George Lamsa Translation
And at the gate of the outer court that looks toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.
And at the gate of the outer court that looks toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.
Good News Translation
Then the man measured the gateway on the north side that led into the outer courtyard.
Then the man measured the gateway on the north side that led into the outer courtyard.
Lexham English Bible
And as for the gate that had its face toward the north of the outer courtyard, he measured its length and its width.
And as for the gate that had its face toward the north of the outer courtyard, he measured its length and its width.
Literal Translation
And the gate which faces the way of the north of the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.
And the gate which faces the way of the north of the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the dore in the vttemost courte towarde the north, measured he after the legth and bredth:
And the dore in the vttemost courte towarde the north, measured he after the legth and bredth:
American Standard Version
And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.
And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.
Bible in Basic English
And there was a doorway to the outer square, looking to the north; and he took the measure of it to see how wide and how long it was.
And there was a doorway to the outer square, looking to the north; and he took the measure of it to see how wide and how long it was.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the gate of the outer court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.
And the gate of the outer court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And the gate of the outward court, that looked toward the North, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
And the gate of the outward court, that looked toward the North, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the gate in the outward court that loked toward the north, measured he after the length and breadth therof.
And the gate in the outward court that loked toward the north, measured he after the length and breadth therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and behold a gate looking northwards belonging to the outer court, and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth;
and behold a gate looking northwards belonging to the outer court, and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth;
English Revised Version
And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.
And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.
World English Bible
The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he mat bothe in lengthe and in breede the yate that bihelde the weie of the north, of the outermore halle.
And he mat bothe in lengthe and in breede the yate that bihelde the weie of the north, of the outermore halle.
Update Bible Version
And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the width thereof.
And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the width thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the gate of the outward court that looked towards the north, he measured its length, and its breadth.
And the gate of the outward court that looked towards the north, he measured its length, and its breadth.
New English Translation
He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.
He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.
New King James Version
On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.
On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.
New Living Translation
The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east.
The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east.
New Life Bible
He then showed me the length and width of the north gate of the outer open space.
He then showed me the length and width of the north gate of the outer open space.
New Revised Standard
Then he measured the gate of the outer court that faced north—its depth and width.
Then he measured the gate of the outer court that faced north—its depth and width.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And as for the gate which looked towards the north, pertaining to the outer court, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
And as for the gate which looked towards the north, pertaining to the outer court, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He measured also both the length and the breadth of the gate of the outward court, which looked northward.
He measured also both the length and the breadth of the gate of the outward court, which looked northward.
Revised Standard Version
and behold, there was a gate which faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court. He measured its length and its breadth.
and behold, there was a gate which faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court. He measured its length and its breadth.
Young's Literal Translation
As to the gate of the outer court whose front [is] northward, he hath measured its length and its breadth;
As to the gate of the outer court whose front [is] northward, he hath measured its length and its breadth;
THE MESSAGE
Measuring the Temple Complex In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year on the tenth of the month—it was the fourteenth year after the city fell— God touched me and brought me here. He brought me in divine vision to the land of Israel and set me down on a high mountain. To the south there were buildings that looked like a city. He took me there and I met a man deeply tanned, like bronze. He stood at the entrance holding a linen cord and a measuring stick. The man said to me, "Son of man, look and listen carefully. Pay close attention to everything I'm going to show you. That's why you've been brought here. And then tell Israel everything you see." First I saw a wall around the outside of the Temple complex. The measuring stick in the man's hand was about ten feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall: about ten feet. The height was also about ten feet. He went into the gate complex that faced the east and went up the seven steps. He measured the depth of the outside threshold of the gate complex: ten feet. There were alcoves flanking the gate corridor, each ten feet square, each separated by a wall seven and a half feet thick. The inside threshold of the gate complex that led to the porch facing into the Temple courtyard was ten feet deep. He measured the inside porch of the gate complex: twelve feet deep, flanked by pillars three feet thick. The porch opened onto the Temple courtyard. Inside this east gate complex were three alcoves on each side. Each room was the same size and the separating walls were identical. He measured the outside entrance to the gate complex: fifteen feet wide and nineteen and a half feet deep. In front of each alcove was a low wall eighteen inches high. The alcoves were ten feet square. He measured the width of the gate complex from the outside edge of the alcove roof on one side to the outside edge of the alcove roof on the other: thirty-seven and a half feet from one top edge to the other. He measured the inside walls of the gate complex: ninety feet to the porch leading into the courtyard. The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of the porch was seventy-five feet. The alcoves and their connecting walls inside the gate complex were topped by narrow windows all the way around. The porch also. All the windows faced inward. The doorjambs between the alcoves were decorated with palm trees. The man then led me to the outside courtyard and all its rooms. A paved walkway had been built connecting the courtyard gates. Thirty rooms lined the courtyard. The walkway was the same length as the gateways. It flanked them and ran their entire length. This was the walkway for the outside courtyard. He measured the distance from the front of the entrance gateway across to the entrance of the inner court: one hundred fifty feet. Then he took me to the north side. Here was another gate complex facing north, exiting the outside courtyard. He measured its length and width. It had three alcoves on each side. Its gateposts and porch were the same as in the first gate: eighty-seven and a half feet by forty-three and three-quarters feet. The windows and palm trees were identical to the east gateway. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch faced inward. Opposite this gate complex was a gate complex to the inside courtyard, on the north as on the east. The distance between the two was one hundred seventy-five feet. Then he took me to the south side, to the south gate complex. He measured its gateposts and its porch. It was the same size as the others. The porch with its windows was the same size as those previously mentioned. It also had seven steps up to it. Its porch opened onto the outside courtyard, with palm trees decorating its gateposts on both sides. Opposite to it, the gate complex for the inner court faced south. He measured the distance across the courtyard from gate to gate: one hundred seventy-five feet. He led me into the inside courtyard through the south gate complex. He measured it and found it the same as the outside ones. Its alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule were the same. The gate complex and porch, windowed all around, measured eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet. The vestibule of each of the gate complexes leading to the inside courtyard was forty-three and three-quarters by eight and three-quarters feet. Each vestibule faced the outside courtyard. Palm trees were carved on its doorposts. Eight steps led up to it. He then took me to the inside courtyard on the east and measured the gate complex. It was identical to the others—alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule all the same. The gate complex and vestibule had windows all around. It measured eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet. Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on the doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps. He brought me to the gate complex to the north and measured it: same measurements. The alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule with its windows: eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet. Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on its doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps. There was a room with a door at the vestibule of the gate complex where the burnt offerings were cleaned. Two tables were placed within the vestibule, one on either side, on which the animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were slaughtered. Two tables were also placed against both outside walls of the vestibule—four tables inside and four tables outside, eight tables in all for slaughtering the sacrificial animals. The four tables used for the burnt offerings were thirty-one and a half inches square and twenty-one inches high. The tools for slaughtering the sacrificial animals and other sacrifices were kept there. Meat hooks, three inches long, were fastened to the walls. The tables were for the sacrificial animals. Right where the inside gate complex opened onto the inside courtyard there were two rooms, one at the north gate facing south and the one at the south gate facing north. The man told me, "The room facing south is for the priests who are in charge of the Temple. And the room facing north is for the priests who are in charge of the altar. These priests are the sons of Zadok, the only sons of Levi permitted to come near to God to serve him." He measured the inside courtyard: a hundred seventy-five feet square. The altar was in front of the Temple. He led me to the porch of the Temple and measured the gateposts of the porch: eight and three-quarters feet high on both sides. The entrance to the gate complex was twenty-one feet wide and its connecting walls were four and a half feet thick. The vestibule itself was thirty-five feet wide and twenty-one feet deep. Ten steps led up to the porch. Columns flanked the gateposts.
Measuring the Temple Complex In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year on the tenth of the month—it was the fourteenth year after the city fell— God touched me and brought me here. He brought me in divine vision to the land of Israel and set me down on a high mountain. To the south there were buildings that looked like a city. He took me there and I met a man deeply tanned, like bronze. He stood at the entrance holding a linen cord and a measuring stick. The man said to me, "Son of man, look and listen carefully. Pay close attention to everything I'm going to show you. That's why you've been brought here. And then tell Israel everything you see." First I saw a wall around the outside of the Temple complex. The measuring stick in the man's hand was about ten feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall: about ten feet. The height was also about ten feet. He went into the gate complex that faced the east and went up the seven steps. He measured the depth of the outside threshold of the gate complex: ten feet. There were alcoves flanking the gate corridor, each ten feet square, each separated by a wall seven and a half feet thick. The inside threshold of the gate complex that led to the porch facing into the Temple courtyard was ten feet deep. He measured the inside porch of the gate complex: twelve feet deep, flanked by pillars three feet thick. The porch opened onto the Temple courtyard. Inside this east gate complex were three alcoves on each side. Each room was the same size and the separating walls were identical. He measured the outside entrance to the gate complex: fifteen feet wide and nineteen and a half feet deep. In front of each alcove was a low wall eighteen inches high. The alcoves were ten feet square. He measured the width of the gate complex from the outside edge of the alcove roof on one side to the outside edge of the alcove roof on the other: thirty-seven and a half feet from one top edge to the other. He measured the inside walls of the gate complex: ninety feet to the porch leading into the courtyard. The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of the porch was seventy-five feet. The alcoves and their connecting walls inside the gate complex were topped by narrow windows all the way around. The porch also. All the windows faced inward. The doorjambs between the alcoves were decorated with palm trees. The man then led me to the outside courtyard and all its rooms. A paved walkway had been built connecting the courtyard gates. Thirty rooms lined the courtyard. The walkway was the same length as the gateways. It flanked them and ran their entire length. This was the walkway for the outside courtyard. He measured the distance from the front of the entrance gateway across to the entrance of the inner court: one hundred fifty feet. Then he took me to the north side. Here was another gate complex facing north, exiting the outside courtyard. He measured its length and width. It had three alcoves on each side. Its gateposts and porch were the same as in the first gate: eighty-seven and a half feet by forty-three and three-quarters feet. The windows and palm trees were identical to the east gateway. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch faced inward. Opposite this gate complex was a gate complex to the inside courtyard, on the north as on the east. The distance between the two was one hundred seventy-five feet. Then he took me to the south side, to the south gate complex. He measured its gateposts and its porch. It was the same size as the others. The porch with its windows was the same size as those previously mentioned. It also had seven steps up to it. Its porch opened onto the outside courtyard, with palm trees decorating its gateposts on both sides. Opposite to it, the gate complex for the inner court faced south. He measured the distance across the courtyard from gate to gate: one hundred seventy-five feet. He led me into the inside courtyard through the south gate complex. He measured it and found it the same as the outside ones. Its alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule were the same. The gate complex and porch, windowed all around, measured eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet. The vestibule of each of the gate complexes leading to the inside courtyard was forty-three and three-quarters by eight and three-quarters feet. Each vestibule faced the outside courtyard. Palm trees were carved on its doorposts. Eight steps led up to it. He then took me to the inside courtyard on the east and measured the gate complex. It was identical to the others—alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule all the same. The gate complex and vestibule had windows all around. It measured eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet. Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on the doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps. He brought me to the gate complex to the north and measured it: same measurements. The alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule with its windows: eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet. Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on its doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps. There was a room with a door at the vestibule of the gate complex where the burnt offerings were cleaned. Two tables were placed within the vestibule, one on either side, on which the animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were slaughtered. Two tables were also placed against both outside walls of the vestibule—four tables inside and four tables outside, eight tables in all for slaughtering the sacrificial animals. The four tables used for the burnt offerings were thirty-one and a half inches square and twenty-one inches high. The tools for slaughtering the sacrificial animals and other sacrifices were kept there. Meat hooks, three inches long, were fastened to the walls. The tables were for the sacrificial animals. Right where the inside gate complex opened onto the inside courtyard there were two rooms, one at the north gate facing south and the one at the south gate facing north. The man told me, "The room facing south is for the priests who are in charge of the Temple. And the room facing north is for the priests who are in charge of the altar. These priests are the sons of Zadok, the only sons of Levi permitted to come near to God to serve him." He measured the inside courtyard: a hundred seventy-five feet square. The altar was in front of the Temple. He led me to the porch of the Temple and measured the gateposts of the porch: eight and three-quarters feet high on both sides. The entrance to the gate complex was twenty-one feet wide and its connecting walls were four and a half feet thick. The vestibule itself was thirty-five feet wide and twenty-one feet deep. Ten steps led up to the porch. Columns flanked the gateposts.
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 gate: Ezekiel 40:6
that looked: Heb. whose face was
Reciprocal: Exodus 27:9 - the court Ezekiel 40:24 - and behold Ezekiel 42:1 - the utter court Ezekiel 44:4 - the way
Cross-References
Genesis 21:8
And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 40:1
And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains—with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers;
And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains—with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers;
Genesis 40:13
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer.
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer.
Genesis 40:19
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 40:23
But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.
But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.
2 Kings 25:27
And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, [that] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, [that] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
Esther 1:3
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;
Job 3:1
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
Matthew 14:6
But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north,.... Or the north gate of this building: having finished the dimensions of the eastern gate, those of the north gate are taken:
he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof; as he had the eastern gate, and which were the same; and so of the south gate,
Ezekiel 40:24, which denotes the uniformity in religion in the latter day, in the way of entrance into the churches, and in doctrine, discipline, worship, and ordinances.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The gates both of the outer and of the inner court. Compare Plan II.
