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New King James Version

Ezekiel 40:24

After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lintel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arch;   Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Tabernacle;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arch;   Palm, Palm Tree,;   South;   Window;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gareb;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sun;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - South;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and portico; they had the same measurements as the others.
Hebrew Names Version
He led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts of it and the arches of it according to these measures.
King James Version
After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
English Standard Version
And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others.
New American Standard Bible
Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches according to those same measurements.
New Century Version
Then the man led me south where I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its inner walls and its porch, and they measured the same as the other gateways.
Amplified Bible
Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches, and they measured the same as the others.
Geneva Bible (1587)
After that, he brought mee towarde the South, and loe, there was a gate towarde the South, and hee measured the postes thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches according to those same measurements.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches according to those same measurements.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
Contemporary English Version
The man then took me to the south gate. He measured the walls and the entrance room of this gate, and the measurements were exactly the same as those of the other two gates.
Complete Jewish Bible
He led me toward the south, and there I saw a gate that faced south. He measured its supports and vestibule; they were the same size as the others.
Darby Translation
And he brought me toward the south: and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its posts and its projections according to these measures.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the man led me to the south wall. I saw a gate in the south wall. He measured its side walls and its porch. They measured the same as the other gates.
George Lamsa Translation
Then he brought me toward the south, and behold, a gate toward the south; and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.
Good News Translation
Next, the man took me to the south side, and there we saw another gateway. He measured its inner walls and its entrance room, and they were the same as the others.
Lexham English Bible
And then he took me toward the south, and look, a gate toward the south, and he measured its pilasters and its porticos; they had measurements just like the others.
Literal Translation
And he led me southward. And behold, a gate southward! And he measured its pillars and its porches according to these measures.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After that, he brought me to the south syde, where there stode a dore towarde ye south: whose pilers and porches he measured, these had the fyrst measure,
American Standard Version
And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
Bible in Basic English
And he took me to the south, and I saw a doorway looking to the south: and he took the measure of its rooms and its uprights and its covered ways by these measures.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he led me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south; and he measured the posts thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.
King James Version (1611)
After that hee brought me toward the South, and behold a gate toward the South, and he measured the postes thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After that he brought me towarde the south, where there stoode a gate towarde the south, and he measured the frontes therof and the arches therof according to those measures.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he brought me to the south side, and behold a gate looking southwards: and he measured it, and its chambers, and its posts, and its porches, according to these dimensions.
English Revised Version
And he led me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
World English Bible
He led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts of it and the arches of it according to these measures.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he ledde me out to the weie of the south, and lo! the yate that bihelde to the south; and he mat the frount therof, and the porche therof, bi the formere mesuris;
Update Bible Version
And he led me toward the south; and, look, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arch thereof according to these measures.
Webster's Bible Translation
After that he brought me towards the south, and behold a gate towards the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.
New English Translation
Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.
New Living Translation
Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its various parts, and they were exactly the same as in the others.
New Life Bible
Then he led me to the south, and I saw a gate toward the south. He showed me the length and width of its side pillars and its porches, and they were the same as the others.
New Revised Standard
Then he led me toward the south, and there was a gate on the south; and he measured its pilasters and its vestibule; they had the same dimensions as the others.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then he took me toward the south, and lo! In gate toward the south, - and he measured the projections thereof and the recesses thereof, according to these measures.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought me out to the way of the south, and behold the gate that looked to the south: and he measured the front thereof, and the porch thereof according to the former measures.
Revised Standard Version
And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south; and he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others.
Young's Literal Translation
And he causeth me to go southward, and lo, a gate southward, and he hath measured its posts and its arches according to these measures;
THE MESSAGE
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.

Contextual Overview

5 Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. [fn] In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod. 6 Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide. 7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod. 8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside. 10 In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side. 11 He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door. 14 He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and behold: Ezekiel 40:6, Ezekiel 40:20, Ezekiel 40:35, Ezekiel 46:9

and he: Ezekiel 40:21, Ezekiel 40:28, Ezekiel 40:29, Ezekiel 40:33, Ezekiel 40:35, Ezekiel 40:36

according: That is, according to the measures of the eastern and northern gates. There does not appear to have been any gates on the west, though the courts seem to have extended to the western wall

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 42:1 - he brought

Gill's Notes on the Bible

After that he brought me toward the south,.... Having taken the dimensions of the east and north gates, the prophet was had on the south side of the building:

and behold a gate toward the south; that led to the southern part of this fabric, and to the outward court there, exactly like the other two; there was no difference in them, which raised the prophet's wonder and attention; for, as Lipman k says, there was no outward court in the second temple, but to the east of the inward; and it did not encompass the other sides; and so the more wonderful:

and he measured the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according, to these measures; the measures of the east and north gates, which were just alike; for these all signified but one gateway or door into the church below, into heaven above, or into the presence of God here and hereafter, which is Christ, John 14:6.

k Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 40:24. According to these measures. — The same measures that had been used at the eastern court.


 
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