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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 40:26

This gateway also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and an entry room at the inner end, and palm tree decorations along the dividing walls.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Seven;   Window;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Arch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lintel;   Palmtree;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arch;   Ezekiel;   Palms;   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;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Its stairway had seven steps, and its portico was ahead of them. It had palm trees on its jambs, one on each side.
Hebrew Names Version
There were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches of it were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on the posts of it.
King James Version
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
English Standard Version
And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.
New American Standard Bible
There were seven steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side.
New Century Version
Seven steps went up to this gateway. Its porch was at the inner end, and it had carvings of palm trees on its inner walls.
Amplified Bible
There were seven steps going up to the gate, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree decorations [carved] on its side pillars, one on each side.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there were seuen steps to go vp to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palme trees, one on this side, and another on that side vpon the post thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
There were seven steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side.
Legacy Standard Bible
There were seven steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side.
Berean Standard Bible
Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
Contemporary English Version
Seven steps led up to the gate; the entrance room was at the far end of the passageway and faced the courtyard of the temple. Carvings of palm trees decorated the walls along the passageway.
Complete Jewish Bible
Seven steps led up to it [from the outside], while its vestibule was toward the inside. It had palm trees, one on each side, on its supports.
Darby Translation
And there were seven steps to go up to it; and its projections were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side and one on that side, upon its posts.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were seven steps going up to this gate. Its porch was at the inside end of the gateway. It had carvings of palm trees on the walls that were on either side of the gateway.
George Lamsa Translation
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and there was a portico in front of it; and it had palm trees, one on this side and another on that side, upon its posts.
Good News Translation
Seven steps led up to it, and its entrance room was also at the end facing the courtyard. There were palm trees carved on the inner walls that faced the passageway.
Lexham English Bible
And seven steps were going up to it and its porticos before them. And it had palm tree images all along its pilasters.
Literal Translation
And seven steps were going up to it, and its porches were before them. And palm trees were to it, one from here and one from there, to its pillars.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
with steppes to go vp vpon: his porche stode before him, with his pilers and datetrees on either syde.
American Standard Version
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
Bible in Basic English
And there were seven steps up to it, and its covered way went inside: and it had palm-trees, one on this side and one on that, on its uprights.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And there were seuen steps to goe vp to it, and the arches thereof were before them, and it had palme trees, one on this side, and another on that side vpon the postes thereof.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And [there were] seuen steppes at the goyng vp to it, and the arches therof before them: & it had paulme trees, one on this side, and an other on that side, vpon the front therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it had seven steps, and porches within: and it had palm-trees on the posts, one on one side, and one on the other side.
English Revised Version
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
World English Bible
There were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches of it were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on the posts of it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And bi seuene degrees me stiede to it, and `an halle was bifor the yatis therof; and palme trees weren grauun, oon in this side, and another in that side in the frount therof.
Update Bible Version
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arch thereof was before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on the posts thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [there were] seven steps to go up to it, and its arches [were] before them: and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon its posts.
New English Translation
There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.
New King James Version
Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side.
New Life Bible
Seven steps led up to it, and its porches were in front of them. And it had pictures of palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
New Revised Standard
There were seven steps leading up to it; its vestibule was on the inside. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on either side.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And seven steps the ascents thereof, with its recesses within, - and it had palm trees one on this side and one on that side against the projections thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were seven steps to go up to it: and a porch before the doors thereof: and there were graven palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side in the front thereof.
Revised Standard Version
And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was on the inside; and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.
Young's Literal Translation
and seven steps [are] its ascent, and its arches [are] before them, and palm-trees [are] to it, one on this side, and one on that side, at its posts;

Contextual Overview

5 I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1⁄2 feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1⁄2 feet thick and 10 1⁄2 feet high. 6 Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back. 7 There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1⁄2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3⁄4 feet along the passage wall. The gateway's inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back. 8 He also measured the entry room of the gateway. 9 It was 14 feet across, with supporting columns 3 1⁄2 feet thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple. 10 There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical. 11 The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 1⁄2 feet wide at the opening and 22 3⁄4 feet wide in the gateway passage. 12 In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1⁄2 feet on each side. 13 Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43 3⁄4 feet. 14 He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seven: Ezekiel 40:6, Ezekiel 40:22, Ezekiel 40:29, 2 Peter 3:18

palm trees: Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:22, Psalms 92:12, Psalms 92:13, Song of Solomon 7:7, Song of Solomon 7:8

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 40:21 - arches Ezekiel 40:31 - and palm Ezekiel 40:34 - eight steps

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there were seven steps to go up to it,.... To the south gate, as there were to the east and north gates, Ezekiel 40:6:

and the arches thereof were before them; Ezekiel 40:6- ::

and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof; that is, on the posts of this gate were palm trees, two on each post, one on one side, and the other on the other: this verse shows us how many palm trees were painted on the posts, and how they were disposed of; Ezekiel 40:6- :.


 
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