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Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 40:11
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Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17½ feet, while the width of the gate was 22¾ feet.
He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
And he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
The man measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, which was seventeen and one-half feet wide. The width of the gate was about twenty-three feet.
And he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
And he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites, and the height of the gate thirteene cubites.
And he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
And he measured the width of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.
Next, the man measured the width of the passageway, and it was twenty-two feet, but the two doors of the gate were only sixteen feet wide.
He measured the width of the opening to the gateway at seventeen-and-a-half feet and the width of the passage through the gateway at twenty-two-and-three-quarters feet.
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
The man measured the entrance to the gateway. It was 10 cubits wide and 13 cubits long.
And he measured the breadth of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
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.
And he measured the width of the doorway of the gate as ten cubits and the length of the gateway was thirteen cubits.
And he measured the breadth of the gate opening, ten cubits; the length of the gate was thirteen cubits.
After this, he measured the wydenesse of the dore: which was x cubites, & the heyth of the dore xiij cubites.
And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
And he took the measure of the opening of the doorway, ten cubits wide; and the way down the doorway was thirteen cubits;
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
And hee measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteene cubites.
After this, he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites, and the heyght of the gate thirteene cubites.
And he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway thirteen cubits.
And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate thirteen cubits;
He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
And he mat the breede of the lyntel of the yate of ten cubitis, and the lengthe of the yate of threttene cubitis.
And he measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.
He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
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.
Then he showed me that the opening of the gateway was ten cubits wide and thirteen cubits long.
Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the width of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
Then measured he the breadth of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits - the length of the gate, thirteen cubits,
And he measured the breadth of the threshold of the gate ten cubits: and the length of the gate thirteen cubits:
Then he measured the breadth of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
He measured the outside entrance to the gate complex: fifteen feet wide and nineteen and a half feet deep.
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Reciprocal: Ezekiel 40:13 - the gate
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and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;
Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;
`Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not -- a statute age-during to your generations;
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in her.
And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits,.... Five yards, two feet and a half: this was the measure of the eastern gate, whether outward or inward; for they were both of a measure, as appears from the thresholds being alike:
and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits; that is, the height of it; it was seven yards and three inches high; a prodigious gate this! a fit emblem of our Lord Jesus Christ, as the open door, the gate of life, through which whoever enters shall be saved; and there is room for multitudes to enter.
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.
