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Ezekiel 40:8

Then he measured the porch.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Reed;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Arch;   Ezekiel;   Measuring Reed;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Tabernacle;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Weights and Measures;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gareb;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Weights and Measures;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gate;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Next he measured the gate’s portico;
Hebrew Names Version
He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
King James Version
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
English Standard Version
Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed.
New American Standard Bible
Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward, one rod.
New Century Version
Then the man measured the porch of the gateway.
Amplified Bible
He also measured the porch of the gate facing inward [toward the temple of the LORD], one rod.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He measured also the porche of the gate within with one reede.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward, one rod.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward, one rod.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;
Contemporary English Version
at the end of the passageway. The man measured this room: It was thirteen feet from the doorway to the opposite wall, and the distance from the doorway to the wall on either side was three feet.
Complete Jewish Bible
He measured the gate's entranceway facing the house at ten-and-a-half feet.
Darby Translation
And he measured the porch of the gate within, one reed.
George Lamsa Translation
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
Good News Translation
He measured this room and found it was 14 feet deep. It formed that end of the gateway which was nearest the Temple, and at its far end the walls were 4 feet thick.
Lexham English Bible
And then he measured the portico of the gate on the inside as one reed.
Literal Translation
And he measured the porch of the gate from the house, one reed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He measured also the porche of the ynnermer dore, which conteyned a meterodde.
American Standard Version
He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
Bible in Basic English
And he took the measure of the covered way of the doorway inside,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
King James Version (1611)
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He measured also the porche of the gate within one cane.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the third chamber equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed.
English Revised Version
He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
World English Bible
He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he mat the lyntil of the yate bisidis the porche of the yate with ynne, bi o rehed.
Update Bible Version
He measured also the porch of the gate,
Webster's Bible Translation
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
New English Translation
Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.
New King James Version
He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod.
New Living Translation
He also measured the entry room of the gateway.
New Life Bible
Then he showed me with his stick that the porch of the inside gate was one-tenth stick wide.
New Revised Standard
Then he measured the inner vestibule of the gateway, one cubit.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then measured he the porch of the gate inwards, one read.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within, was one reed.
Revised Standard Version
Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits;
Young's Literal Translation
And he measureth the porch of the gate from within one reed,
THE MESSAGE
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.

Contextual Overview

5 I saw a wall that went all the way around the outside of the Temple. In the man's hand there was a ruler for measuring things. It was 6 cubits long using the long measurement, so the man measured the thickness of the wall. It was one ruler thick. He measured the height of the wall. It was one ruler tall. 6 Then the man went to the east gate. He walked up its steps and measured the opening for the gate. It was one ruler wide. 7 The guardrooms were one ruler long and one ruler wide. The walls between the rooms were 5 cubits thick. The opening by the porch at the end of the gateway that faced the Temple was also one ruler wide. 8 Then he measured the porch. 9 It was 8 cubits long. He measured the walls on either side of the gate. Each side wall was 2 cubits wide. The porch was at the end of the gateway that faced the Temple. 10 There were three little guardrooms on each side of the gateway. All these rooms and their side walls measured the same. 11 The man measured the entrance to the gateway. It was 10 cubits wide and 13 cubits long. 12 There was a low wall in front of each room. That wall was 1 cubit tall and 1 cubit thick. The rooms were square. Each wall was 6 cubits long. 13 The man measured the gateway from the outside edge of the roof of one room to the outside edge of the roof of the opposite room. It was 25 cubits. Each door was directly opposite the other door. 14 He measured the faces of all the side walls, including the side walls on either side of the porch at the courtyard. The total was 60 cubits.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the porch Jeremiah 31:39 - General Ezekiel 40:21 - after

Cross-References

Genesis 40:10
On the vine there were three branches. I watched the branches grow flowers and then become grapes.
Genesis 40:11
I was holding Pharaoh's cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave the cup to Pharaoh."
Genesis 40:15
I was kidnapped and taken from the land of my people, the Hebrews. I have done nothing wrong! I should not be in prison."
Genesis 40:16
The baker saw that the other servant's dream was good, so he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream. I dreamed there were three baskets of bread on my head.
Psalms 25:14
The Lord tells his secrets to his followers. He teaches them about his agreement.
Isaiah 8:19
The people will say, "Go to the fortunetellers and wizards who mumble and chirp like birds. Ask them what to do." But I say, "Shouldn't people go to their God for help? Why go to the dead to get help for the living?"
Daniel 2:11
The king is asking something that is too hard to do. Only the gods could tell the king his dream and what it means. But the gods don't live with people."
Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who tells secret things. God has given King Nebuchadnezzar dreams to show him what will happen later. This was your dream, and this is what you saw while lying on your bed:
Daniel 2:47
Then the king said to Daniel, "I know for sure your God is the God over all gods and the Lord over all kings. He tells people about things they cannot know. I know this is true because you were able to tell these secret things to me."
Daniel 4:8
Finally, Daniel came to me. (I gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar to honor my god. The spirit of the holy gods is in him.) I told him about my dream.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. This was either the measure of the breadth of the porch between the opposite chambers on both sides; or rather of the length of that space, which was between the third little chamber and the last gate; and such a space must be supposed to be between the first gate and the first little chamber, which space were three yards and a half; which shows how spacious the churches of Christ will be, and how exactly measured.

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.


 
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