Ezekiel 40:8

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.

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.

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

George Lamsa Translation
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

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 What I saw was the Temple, and there was a wall around it. The man took his measuring rod, which was 10 feet long, and measured the wall. It was 10 feet high and 10 feet thick. ⁶ Then he went to the gateway that faced east. He went up the steps, and at the top he measured the entrance; it was 10 feet deep. ⁷ Beyond it there was a passageway, which had three guardrooms on each side. Each of the rooms was square, 10 feet on each side, and the walls between them were 8 feet thick. Beyond the guardrooms there was a passageway 10 feet long that led to an entrance room which faced the Temple. ⁸He 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. ¹⁰ (These guardrooms on each side of the passageway were all the same size, and the walls between them were all of the same thickness.) ¹¹ Next, the man measured the width of the passageway in the gateway. It was 22 feet altogether, and the space between the open gates was 16 feet. ¹² In front of each of the guardrooms there was a low wall 20 inches high and 20 inches thick. (The rooms were 10 feet square.) ¹³ Then he measured the distance from the back wall of one room to the back wall of the room across the passageway from it, and it was 42 feet. ¹⁴ The room at the far end led out to a courtyard. He measured that room and found it was 34 feet wide. ¹⁵ The total length of the gateway from the outside wall of the gate to the far side of the last room was 84 feet.

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
with three branches on it. As soon as the leaves came out, the blossoms appeared, and the grapes ripened.

Genesis 40:11
I was holding the king's cup; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup and gave it to him."

Genesis 40:15
After all, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here in Egypt I didn't do anything to deserve being put in prison."

Genesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the wine steward's dream was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I had a dream too; I was carrying three breadbaskets on my head.

Psalms 25:14
The Lord is the friend of those who obey him and he affirms his covenant with them.

Isaiah 8:19
But people will tell you to ask for messages from fortunetellers and mediums, who chirp and mutter. They will say, "After all, people should ask for messages from the spirits and consult the dead on behalf of the living."

Daniel 2:11
What Your Majesty is asking for is so difficult that no one can do it for you except the gods, and they do not live among human beings."

Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven, who reveals mysteries. He has informed Your Majesty what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you the dream, the vision you had while you were asleep.

Daniel 2:47
The king said, "Your God is the greatest of all gods, the Lord over kings, and the one who reveals mysteries. I know this because you have been able to explain this mystery."

Daniel 4:8
Then Daniel came in. (He is also called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god.) The spirit of the holy gods is in him, so I told him what I had dreamed. I said to him:

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.