Ezekiel 40:20 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 40:20

He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.

KJV

And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

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Commentary

1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַשַּׁ֗עַר	ve.ha.Sha.'ar	and the gate	H8179 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
פָּנָיו֙	pa.Nav	face its	H6440 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[was] [the] direction of	H1870 →
הַצָּפ֔וֹן	ha.tza.Fon	the north	H6828 →
לֶחָצֵ֖ר	le.cha.Tzer	of the courtyard	H2691 →
הַחִֽיצוֹנָ֑ה	ha.chi.tzo.Nah	<the> outer	H2435 →
מָדַ֥ד	ma.Dad	he measured	H4058 →
אָרְכּ֖וֹ	'a.re.Ko	length its	H753 →
וְרָחְבּֽוֹ׃	ve.ra.che.Bo	and breadth its	H7341 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 40:6
Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
leads to
- Ezekiel 8:16
  So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
- Ezekiel 43:1
  Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
- 1 Chronicles 9:18
  Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
- Ezekiel 10:18
  Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
- 1 Kings 6:8
  The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ezekiel