Ezekiel 40:25
in Ezekiel 40Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
KJV
And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
led me to the south side
on Ezekiel 40:24-27
The south gate of the outer court is measured to the pattern of the north and east. The inner court also has a gate facing south, and a hundred cubits separate the two. Gill notes that the outer court's three gates, north, east, and south, leave no west gate named.
This site's exposition
windows all around, like the other windows
The south gate repeats the windows found at the east and north, with a length of fifty cubits and a width of twenty-five. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the approaches correspond in plan. The windows let light into the long passage.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 24 and following) 'And he led me to the south gate, and behold, there was a gate that faced south. And its frontispiece and vestibule were measured according to the upper measurements, and its windows and vestibules all around were like the other windows. It had a length of fifty cubits, and a width of twenty-five cubits, and it was ascended by seven steps, and there was a vestibule in front of its doors, and palm trees were carved on it, one on one side, and the other on the other side in front of it.'
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistHomilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 7 · Written before 604.
proposed
"And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits." Among these matters, however, it can be asked, since there are four parts of this world, why in this building of the outer court are not four but three gates mentioned? This would rightly have needed to be asked if the Prophet had seen a corporeal rather than a spiritual building.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), 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 there were windows in it, and in the arches thereof round about,.... That is, in the little chambers, though not expressed; and in the porches of them on each side, as you passed from the outer to the inner gate: like those windows; that were in the chambers that were in the east and north gates, Eze 40:7, the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits; see Eze 40:13.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחַלּוֹנִ֨ים | vechalonim | and windows | H2474 → | 31 times |
| ל֤וֹ | lo | [belonged] to it | ||
| וּלְאֵֽילַמָּיו֙ | uleeilamov | and to porches its | H361 → | 15 times |
| סָבִ֣יב׀ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| סָבִ֔יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| כְּהַחֲלֹּנ֖וֹת | kehachalonot | like the windows | H2474 → | 31 times |
| הָאֵ֑לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים | chamishim | [was] fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| אַמָּה֙ | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| אֹ֔רֶךְ | ʾorekh | [the] length | H753 → | 95 times |
| וְרֹ֕חַב | verochav | and [the] breadth | H7341 → | 101 times |
| חָמֵ֥שׁ | chamesh | [was] five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אַמָּֽה׃ | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
וְחַלּוֹנִ֨יםand windows
vechalonimH2474 →31 times
ל֤וֹ[belonged] to it
lo
וּלְאֵֽילַמָּיו֙and to porches its
uleeilamovH361 →15 times
סָבִ֣יב׀all around
savivH5439 →336 times
סָבִ֔יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
כְּהַחֲלֹּנ֖וֹתlike the windows
kehachalonotH2474 →31 times
הָאֵ֑לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים[was] fifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
אַמָּה֙cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
אֹ֔רֶךְ[the] length
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
וְרֹ֕חַבand [the] breadth
verochavH7341 →101 times
חָמֵ֥שׁ[was] five
chameshH2568 →343 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
אַמָּֽה׃cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
2 Peter 1:19We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…
it leads to
- Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
- Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- John 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- John 1:7–9
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- Revelation 22:16
Through
Ezekiel 40:29Its 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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:7
Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod…
- Ezekiel 40:16
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm…
- Ezekiel 40:7
Through
Ezekiel 40:16The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:4
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- 1 Kings 6:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Gregory the Dialogist, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 7; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.