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Ezekiel 40:47

in Ezekiel 40

Next 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

KJV

So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

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This verse in Ezekiel 40

Commentary

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This site's exposition

an hundred cubits long

on Ezekiel 40:47-49

The inner court itself is measured last, an hundred cubits long and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare, a perfect square framing the altar that stands before the house, though the altar's own measurements wait for chapter 43. The porch is measured next, its posts, its gate of three cubits on each side, and its pillars, and the tour stops at the very threshold of the house without yet stepping inside it. The chapter has walked the prophet through gate after gate and court after court in careful order, and the pause at the porch, poised but not yet entered, sets up the house itself as the next chapter's subject.

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.

  • וַיָּ֨מָדand he measured

    vaiyamodH4058 →51 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הֶחָצֵ֜רthe courtyard

    hechatzerH2691 →191 times

  • אֹ֣רֶךְ׀[the] length

    ʾorekhH753 →95 times

  • מֵאָ֣ה[was] a hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • אַמָּ֗הcubit[s]

    ʾamahH520 →247 times

  • וְרֹ֛חַבand [the] breadth

    verochavH7341 →101 times

  • מֵאָ֥ה[was] a hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • אַמָּ֖הcubit[s]

    ʾamahH520 →247 times

  • מְרֻבָּ֑עַתa square

    merubaatH7251 →12 times

  • וְהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַand the altar

    vehamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י[was] <to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַבָּֽיִת׃the house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

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

Related verses

5 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.3 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.3 worksEzekiel 40:23There 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.3 worksEzekiel 41:13Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.3 works2 Kings 21:5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.2 works

The walk

8 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 40:27

    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.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 40:23

      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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ezekiel 40:32

      And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 40:23

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ezekiel 40:27–28

      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.

    • Exodus 27:9–18

      You 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,

    • Exodus 38:9–12

      Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

  • 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.

    • 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…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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