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Ezekiel 40:23

in Ezekiel 40

There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

KJV

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

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This verse in Ezekiel 40

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The different approaches corresponded in plan. In the case of these two other gates, however, no mention is made of a building with thirty chambers such as was found on the east side. Only one was needed, and it was assigned to the east as being the sacred quarter, and that most conveniently situated for the officiating priests.

This site's exposition

the outer court facing north

on Ezekiel 40:20-23

The north gate repeats the east gate: three gate chambers on each side, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide, seven steps, and palm trees. A gate to the inner court faces this north gate, and the guide measures a hundred cubits between them.

This site's exposition

facing the north gate

Each outer gate faces an inner gate across the court, a hundred cubits apart, so the paths run straight toward the altar. Every approach follows the same plan, as Jamieson, Fausset and Brown observe. Verse 19 gives the same arrangement on the east.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Gregory the Dialogist

Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 7 · Written before 604.

proposed

"And the gate of the inner court opposite the gate to the North and to the East."

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), which, as some observe, may remind us of the necessity of advancing in grace and holiness, adding one grace to another, going from step to step, from strength to strength, still pressing forward towards perfection--upward, upward, towards heaven, the temple above.

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And the gate of the inward court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

and toward the east--an elliptical expression for "The gate of the inner court was over against the (outer) gate toward the north (just as the inner gate was over against the outer gate) toward the east."

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The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְשַׁ֙עַר֙and a gate

    veshaarH8179 →374 times

  • לֶחָצֵ֣רto the courtyard

    lechatzerH2691 →191 times

  • הַפְּנִימִ֔י<the> inner

    hapenimiH6442 →32 times

  • נֶ֣גֶד[was] before

    negedH5048 →151 times

  • הַשַּׁ֔עַרthe gate

    hashaarH8179 →374 times

  • לַצָּפ֖וֹןto the north

    latzafonH6828 →153 times

  • וְלַקָּדִ֑יםand to the east

    velakadimH6921 →69 times

  • וַיָּ֧מָדand he measured

    vaiyamodH4058 →51 times

  • מִשַּׁ֛עַרfrom gate

    mishaarH8179 →374 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • שַׁ֖עַרgate

    shaarH8179 →374 times

  • מֵאָ֥הa hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • אַמָּֽה׃cubit[s]

    ʾamahH520 →247 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 40:27The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.6 worksEzekiel 40:19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.5 worksEzekiel 40:44Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.3 worksEzekiel 40:47Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.3 worksExodus 27:9–18You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,2 worksExodus 38:9–12Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,2 works

The walk

6 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 40:19

    Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 40:27

      The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ezekiel 46:1–2

      “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the…

  • Through

    Ezekiel 40:44

    Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 6:31–32

      These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

    • 1 Chronicles 16:41–43

      With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”

    • Ezekiel 40:29

      Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

    • Colossians 3:16

      Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 40 →

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Gregory the Dialogist, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 7; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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