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Ezekiel 40:14
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Next, he measured the porch—105 feet.
He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, round about the gate.
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
He measured also the vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court.
He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the courtyard.
The man also measured the porch, which was about thirty-five feet wide. The courtyard was around the porch.
He made [the measurement of] the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the courtyard.
He made also postes of threescore cubites, and the postes of the court, and of the gate had one measure round about.
He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard.
He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard.
Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.
He measured the entrance room at the far end of the passageway, and it was thirty-four feet wide.
He made the posts 105 feet, likewise the posts of the other gates around the courtyard.
And he made posts, sixty cubits, and by the post was the court of the gate round about.
He measured the faces of all the side walls, including the side walls on either side of the porch at the courtyard. The total was 60 cubits.
He measured also the portico, sixty cubits; likewise to the portico of the court round about the gate, sixty cubits.
The room at the far end led out to a courtyard. He measured that room and found it was 34 feet wide.
And he made the pilasters sixty cubits, and to the pilaster of the courtyard all the way around the gate.
He also made the pillars, sixty cubits, even to the court pillar, from the gate all around.
He made pilers also lx cubites hie, rounde aboute the courte dore.
He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court reached unto the posts, round about the gate.
And he took the measure of the covered way, twenty cubits; and opening from the covered way of the doorway was the open square round about.
He made also posts of threescore cubits; even unto the posts of the court in the gates round about.
He made also postes of threescore cubites, euen vnto the poste of the court round about the gate.
He made frontes also of threescore cubites, [euen] vnto the front of the court rounde about the gate.
And the open space of the porch of the gate without, was twenty cubits to the chambers round about the gate.
He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court reached unto the post, the gate being round about.
He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, round about the gate.
He also made posts, threescore cubits; and the court [went] all round the gate [reaching] to the posts.
He made also posts of sixty cubits; even to the post of the court around the gate.
He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.
He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.
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.
He showed me that it was twenty cubits around the walls inside the gateway, up to the porch facing the open space.
He measured also the vestibule, twenty cubits; and the gate next to the pilaster on every side of the court.
Then measured he the porch, twenty cubits, - even unto the projection of the court, the lodges of the gate round about on every side;
He made also fronts of sixty cubits: and to the front the court of the gate on every side round about.
He measured also the vestibule, twenty cubits; and round about the vestibule of the gateway was the court.
And he maketh the posts of sixty cubits, even unto the post of the court, the gate all round about;
He measured the inside walls of the gate complex: ninety feet to the porch leading into the courtyard.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the court: Ezekiel 8:7, Ezekiel 42:1, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 35:17, Leviticus 6:16, 1 Chronicles 28:6, Psalms 100:4, Isaiah 62:9
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 41:21 - posts
Cross-References
Oneli haue thou mynde on me, whanne it is wel to thee, and thou schalt do merci with me, that thou make suggestioun to Farao, that he lede me out of this prisoun;
for theefli Y am takun awei fro the lond of Ebrews, and here Y am sent innocent in to prisoun.
Now therfor swere ye to me bi the Lord God, that as Y dide merci with you, so and ye do with the hows of my fadir; and yyue ye to me a veri signe,
this schal not be in to siyyng and in to doute of herte to thee, my lord, that thou hast sched out giltles blood, ether that thou hast vengid thee. And whanne the Lord hath do wel to thee, my lord, thou schalt haue mynde on thin handmaide, and thou schalt do wel to hir.
And Dauid seide, Whether ony man is, that lefte of the hows of Saul, that Y do mercy with hym for Jonathas?
But also thou schalt yelde grace to the sones of Bersellai of Galaad, and thei schulen be eetynge in thi boord; for thei metten me, whanne Y fledde fro the face of Absolon, thi brother.
And he seide to Jhesu, Lord, haue mynde of me, whanne thou comest `in to thi kyngdom.
Thou seruaunt art clepid, be it no charge to thee; but if thou maist be fre, `the rather vse thou.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He made also posts of threescore cubits,.... Jerom thinks, that between the outward wall which surrounded this building, and the building itself, these posts or pillars were placed for ornament, which took up the space of sixty cubits; but rather these design the posts or columns of the gate, which supported the arch over it, on which were rooms or stories, and these were sixty cubits high; for of their height is this measure to be understood. So the Targum,
"and he made posts, sixty cubits was their height;''
in the Targum, in the Polyglot Bible by Montanus, it is,
"and he made sixty posts, their height a cubit:''
and to this agree Jarchi and Kimchi; these were thirty five yards high, the height of the temple ordered to be built by Cyrus, Ezra 6:3. The man that measured is said to "make" these posts, he being the builder as well as the measurer of this edifice; and might be said to make these as, by measuring, he pointed out the size and proportion of them: these posts may design the true members of Gospel churches, such who are pillars in the house of God; of which see more on Ezekiel 40:16, compare the phrase of "making" these posts or pillars with Revelation 3:12:
even unto the post of the court round about the gate; that is, there was the same measure to every post or pillar in every court, at every gate round about; at the southern and northern gates, as at this eastern one; they were all exactly of the same measure as the posts in this; so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it.
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 ×××× 'uÌlaÌm; the Septuagint: αιÌλαÌμ ailam; Vulgate: vestibulum. The word probably means porch or portico, connected with âailâ post or pillar.
Ezekiel 40:9
The porch is now measured from north to south in âwide.â âThe breadth of the entry of the gateâ was âten cubits,â made up of the âeight cubits,â with âa cubitâ for âa postâ or pillar on each side Ezekiel 40:11.
Posts - A projection like a ramâs horn; in architecture, a column projecting from the wall with its base, shaft, and capital, or it may be the âbaseâ only Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:49. Here âpostâ 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 âpostsâ (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 âsix cubits,â and the porch âsix.â 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 âarchesâ 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 âate breadâ 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 ânarrowâ (closed and (?)latticed âwindowsâ lit up both the guard-chambers and the hall. On the square base of the âpostâ stood the shaft in the form of a palm-tree, as we see in ancient buildings in the east.
