Ezekiel 40:10
in Ezekiel 40There were three gate chambers on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the gateposts on either side also had the same measurements.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
KJV
And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis 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
three gate chambers on each side
Three chambers on each side make six in all, a design matching city gates of Solomon's era excavated at Megiddo, Hazor and Gezer. The equal measures show a planned symmetry. Ezekiel 44:11 later assigns Levites to guard the temple gates.
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
Moreover the chambers of the gate toward the way of the East were three on this side and three on that side, and there was one measure for the three. What the chambers and what the Eastern way designate, we have already said above, and we do not think it necessary to repeat them at greater length. But we must inquire what it means when it says, "Three on this side, and three on that side." For the chambers next to the Eastern way are the hearts of those fervent in the love of God.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the little chambers of the gate eastward,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
the width of the entrance of the gate The width of the span of the entrance, and so we learned (Mid.:3): All the entrances..were ten cubits wide.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְתָאֵ֨י | vetaei | and [the] chambers of | H8372 → | 13 times |
| הַשַּׁ֜עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| דֶּ֣רֶךְ | derekh | [the] direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַקָּדִ֗ים | hakadim | the east | H6921 → | 69 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מִפֹּה֙ | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | usheloshah | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| מִפֹּ֔ה | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| מִדָּ֥ה | midah | a measurement | H4060 → | 55 times |
| אַחַ֖ת | ʾachat | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֑ם | lishlashetam | [belonged] to [the] three of them | H7969 → | 432 times |
| וּמִדָּ֥ה | umidah | and a measurement | H4060 → | 55 times |
| אַחַ֛ת | ʾachat | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לָאֵילִ֖ם | laeilim | [belonged] to the pillars | H352 → | 187 times |
| מִפֹּ֥ה | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וּמִפּֽוֹ׃ | umipo | and from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
וְתָאֵ֨יand [the] chambers of
vetaeiH8372 →13 times
הַשַּׁ֜עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
דֶּ֣רֶךְ[the] direction of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַקָּדִ֗יםthe east
hakadimH6921 →69 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֤הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
מִפֹּה֙from here
mipohH6311 →82 times
וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הand three
usheloshahH7969 →432 times
מִפֹּ֔הfrom here
mipohH6311 →82 times
מִדָּ֥הa measurement
midahH4060 →55 times
אַחַ֖תone
ʾachatH259 →971 times
לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֑ם[belonged] to [the] three of them
lishlashetamH7969 →432 times
וּמִדָּ֥הand a measurement
umidahH4060 →55 times
אַחַ֛תone
ʾachatH259 →971 times
לָאֵילִ֖ם[belonged] to the pillars
laeilimH352 →187 times
מִפֹּ֥הfrom here
mipohH6311 →82 times
וּמִפּֽוֹ׃and from here
umipoH6311 →82 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on 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) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.