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Ezekiel 40:15
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The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate’s portico on the inside was 87½ feet.
[From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.
And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.
From the front of the outer side of the gateway to the front of the porch of the inner side of the gateway was eighty-seven and one-half feet.
From the front of the entrance gate [on the outside] to the front of the inner porch (portico) of the gate [the distance] was fifty cubits.
And vpon the forefront of the entry of the gate vnto the forefront of the porch of the gate within were fiftie cubites.
From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.
From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.
And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.
Finally, he measured the total length of the passageway, from the outer wall to the entrance room, and it was eighty-five feet.
The distance along the passage from the outer opening of the gateway to the far side of the entranceway at the inner end of the gateway was eighty-seven-and-a-half feet.
And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
From the inside edge of the outer gate to the far end of the porch was 50 cubits.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the portico of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
The total length of the gateway from the outside wall of the gate to the far side of the last room was 84 feet.
And from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the portico of the inner gate was fifty cubits.
And on the face of the entrance gate, to the face of the porch of the inner gate, was fifty cubits;
Before the inwarde parte vnto the fore entre of the ynnermer dore, were fiftie cubites.
And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
And from before the opening of the doorway to before the inner covered way of the doorway was fifty cubits.
And from the forefront of the gate of the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance, vnto the face of the porch of the inner gate, were fiftie cubites.
And from the forefront of the entrie of the gate, vnto the forefront of the gate within [were] fiftie cubites.
And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits.
And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
[From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
and bifor the face of the yate that stretchith forth til to the face of the porche of the ynner yate, he mat fifti cubitis.
And [from] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner gate [were] fifty cubits.
From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet.
From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.
The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet from one end to the other.
It was fifteen cubits from the front of the outer gate to the front of the porch of the inner gate.
From the front of the gate at the entrance to the end of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.
and from e the face of the gate outwards, unto the face of the porch of the inner gate, was fifty cubits.
And before the face of the gate which reached even to the face of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits.
and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits;
The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of the porch was seventy-five feet.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the face of the gate: This was the whole length of the porch, from the outward front - Ezekiel 41:21, Ezekiel 41:25, to the inner side which looks into the first court - Ezekiel 40:17, including the thickness of the walls - Ezekiel 40:6, chambers - Ezekiel 40:7, and spaces between them. Ezekiel 40:15
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the porch Ezekiel 40:21 - after
Cross-References
Then one who had escaped came, and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram.
And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.
and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he waited on them; and they continued for some time in custody.
They said to him, "We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, I pray you."
and on the vine there were three branches; as soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.
Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."
Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head."
And Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And from the face of the gate of the entrance,.... That is, from the outward gate as you went into the porch, and was to the east, so called from people's passing and repassing b in it; so Jarchi takes it to be the eastern gate; the Targum calls it the middle gate:
unto the face of the porch of the inner gate; which opened at the other end of the porch, into the outward court, and was to the west: from gate to gate
were fifty cubits; as he measured the breadth of the porch before,
Ezekiel 40:13, here the length; there were three chambers six cubits long, which made eighteen; and between each chamber were five cubits, which were ten cubits; and the space between the chambers and the gates at each end were six cubits each; Ezekiel 40:8, which make twelve more; and then allow ten cubits for the thickness of both walls of each gate, and there will be fifty cubits, or twenty nine yards and half a foot.
b Vid. R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 9. 1.
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 40:15. Fifty cubits. — The length of the building. See MMMMM in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35.
