Ezekiel 40:8

Geneva Bible

He measured also the porche of the gate within with one reede.

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.

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then he measured the porch.

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 And beholde, I sawe a wall on the outside of the house round about: and in the mans hand was a reede to measure with, of sixe cubites long, by the cubite, and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the buylding with one reede, and the height with one reede. ⁶ Then came he vnto the gate, which looketh towarde the East, and went vp the stayres thereof, and measured the poste of the gate, which was one reede broade, and the other poste of the gate, which was one reede broade. ⁷ And euery chamber was one reede long, & one reede broad, & betweene the chambers were fiue cubites: & the post of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reede. ⁸ He measured also the porche of the gate within with one reede. ⁹ Then measured he the porch of the gate of eight cubites, and the postes thereof, of two cubites, and the porch of the gate was inward. ¹⁰ And the chambers of the gate Eastwarde, were three on this side, and three on that side: they three were of one measure, and the postes had one measure on this side, and one on that side. ¹¹ And he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites, and the height of the gate thirteene cubites. ¹² The space also before the chambers was one cubite on this side, and the space was one cubite on that side, and the chambers were sixe cubites on this side and sixe cubites on that side. ¹³ He measured then the gate from the roufe of a chamber to the toppe of the gate: the breadth was fiue and twentie cubites, doore against doore. ¹⁴ He made also postes of threescore cubites, and the postes of the court, and of the gate had one measure round about.

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

Cross-References

Genesis 40:10
And in the vine were three branches, and as it budded, her flowre came foorth: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe.

Genesis 40:11
And I had Pharaohs cup in mine hande, and I tooke the grapes, & wrung the into Pharaohs cup, and I gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.

Genesis 40:15
For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they should put mee in the dungeon.

Genesis 40:16
And when the chiefe baker sawe that the interpretation was good, hee saide vnto Ioseph, Also mee thought in my dreame that I had three white baskets on mine head.

Psalms 25:14
The secrete of the Lorde is reueiled to them, that feare him: and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding.

Isaiah 8:19
And when they shal say vnto you, Enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination, and at the soothsayers, which whisper and murmure, Should not a people enquire at their God? from the liuing to the dead?

Daniel 2:11
For it is a rare thing that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before the King, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.

Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heauen that reueileth secrets, and sheweth the King Nebuchad-nezzar what shall bee in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the things which thou hast seene in thine heade vpon thy bed, is this.

Daniel 2:47
Also the King answered vnto Daniel, and said, I know of a trueth that your God is a God of gods, and the Lord of Kings, and the reueiler of secrets, seeing thou couldest open this secret.

Daniel 4:8
Till at the last Daniel came before mee, (whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, which hath the spirite of the holy gods in him) and before him I tolde the dreame, saying,

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.