Ezekiel 40:9
in Ezekiel 40it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
KJV
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe porch - Probably another porch, or another gate distinct from that, ver. 6. The posts - These were half columns, that from the floor to the height of the wall jetted out, as if one half of the column were in the wall, and the other without, and the protuberance of this half column, was one cubit.
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This site's exposition
climbed its steps
on Ezekiel 40:6-16
At the gate facing east, threshold, gate chambers, portico, jambs and gateposts are measured in order, with palm trees on every side pillar. The tour starts in the east, the direction by which the glory left at 11:23 and returns through the eastern gate at 43:4.
This site's exposition
its jambs were two cubits thick
John Wesley describes the jambs as half columns built into the wall and projecting from it. At eight cubits the portico is deeper than the gate chambers of six cubits. Its opening toward the temple points the worshiper inward.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 5 and following) And behold, there was a wall surrounding the house on all sides, and in the hand of the man was a measuring reed of six cubits and a handbreadth, and he measured the width of the building with the reed, one reed wide, and the height with the reed, one reed high. And he came to the gate that faced the eastern road, and he went up its steps, and he measured the threshold of the gate with the reed, one reed wide, that is, one reed wide, and the vestibule one reed long, and one reed wide, and between the vestibules five cubits, and the threshold of the gate next to the entrance of the gate inside, one reed wide. And the vestibule of the gate was eight cubits, and the front of it two cubits: but the gate itself was inward. And the chambers of the gate towards the east, three on this side, and three on that side; they measured one against another: and the fronts of the gate on both sides were of one measure. And he measured the length of the porch of the gate, ten cubits: and the breadth of the gate, thirteen cubits. And there was also a space before the chambers, one cubit on this side, and one cubit on that side: and the chambers six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. And he measured the gate from the roof of the chamber to its roof, a width of twenty-five cubits, door against door. Seventy: And behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. Then he went inside the gateway which faced toward the east, went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one reed wide, and the other threshold was one reed wide. Each gate chamber was one reed long and one reed wide; between the gate chambers were five cubits. […]
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistHomilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 4 · Written before 604.
proposed
And its front was two cubits. But no one comes to that place unless he has held here with a devoted mind love of God and neighbor. Hence it is added: "And its front was two cubits." For the front of the gate is the good merit of the present life. For just as the vestibule within must be understood as eternal rest, so by the front of the gate the quality of visible life must necessarily be signified.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The porch of the gate - See account of the gates in the plan.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֜מָד | vaiyamod | and he measured | H4058 → | 51 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֻלָ֤ם | ʾulam | [the] porch of | H197 → | 34 times |
| הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה | shemoneh | eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| אַמּ֔וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| וְאֵילָ֖יו | veeilov | and pillars its | H352 → | 187 times |
| שְׁתַּ֣יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| אַמּ֑וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| וְאֻלָ֥ם | veulam | and [the] porch of | H197 → | 34 times |
| הַשַּׁ֖עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| מֵהַבָּֽיִת׃ | mehabayit | [was] from the inside | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַיָּ֜מָדand he measured
vaiyamodH4058 →51 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֻלָ֤ם[the] porch of
ʾulamH197 →34 times
הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙the gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
שְׁמֹנֶ֣הeight
shemonehH8083 →109 times
אַמּ֔וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
וְאֵילָ֖יוand pillars its
veeilovH352 →187 times
שְׁתַּ֣יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
אַמּ֑וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
וְאֻלָ֥םand [the] porch of
veulamH197 →34 times
הַשַּׁ֖עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
מֵהַבָּֽיִת׃[was] from the inside
mehabayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach 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 45:19And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 43:20
You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse…
- Leviticus 16:18–20
Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and…
- Ezekiel 43:14
The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be…
- Ezekiel 43:17
The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar…
- Ezekiel 43:20
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Gregory the Dialogist, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 4; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.