Ezekiel 40:29
in Ezekiel 40Its 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
KJV
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
inner court through the south gate
on Ezekiel 40:28-31
The inner court's south gate has the same measurements as the others, but one detail changes. “Eight steps led up to it,” one more than the seven of every outer gate. The added step raises the inner court above the outer, so the ground rises toward the center.
This site's exposition
the same measurements as the others
The inner south gate mirrors the outer gates, yet its porch faces outward toward the outer court in verse 31. The outer gates had their porches facing inward, so the paired gates face each other across the court. A worshiper passes from one porch to the next.
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 8 · Written before 604.
proposed
"And he measured the gate according to the former measures, its chamber, and its front, and its vestibule with the same measures, and its windows, and its vestibule round about, fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width, and the vestibule all around."
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The inner court and its gates. according to these measures--namely, the measures of the outer gate. The figure and proportions of the inner answered to the outer.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְתָאָ֞יו | vetaov | and chambers its | H8372 → | 13 times |
| וְאֵילָ֤יו | veeilov | and pillars its | H352 → | 187 times |
| וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ | veelamov | and porches its | H361 → | 15 times |
| כַּמִּדּ֣וֹת | kamidot | [were] according to the measurements | H4060 → | 55 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת | vechalonot | and windows | H2474 → | 31 times |
| ל֛וֹ | lo | [belonged] to it | ||
| וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יו | uleelamov | and to porches its | H361 → | 15 times |
| סָבִ֣יב׀ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| סָבִ֑יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 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 |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | [was] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְחָמֵ֖שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אַמּֽוֹת׃ | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
וְתָאָ֞יוand chambers its
vetaovH8372 →13 times
וְאֵילָ֤יוand pillars its
veeilovH352 →187 times
וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙and porches its
veelamovH361 →15 times
כַּמִּדּ֣וֹת[were] according to the measurements
kamidotH4060 →55 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹתand windows
vechalonotH2474 →31 times
ל֛וֹ[belonged] to it
lo
וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יוand to porches its
uleelamovH361 →15 times
סָבִ֣יב׀all around
savivH5439 →336 times
סָבִ֑יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים[was] fifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
אַמָּה֙cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
אֹ֔רֶךְ[the] length
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
וְרֹ֕חַבand [the] breadth
verochavH7341 →101 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים[was] twenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וְחָמֵ֖שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
אַמּֽוֹת׃cubits
ʾamotH520 →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
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
- Ezekiel 40:21–22
Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
- Ezekiel 41:26
There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
- 1 Kings 6:4
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- Ezekiel 40:21–22
Through
Jeremiah 36:10From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 36:11
When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
- Jeremiah 52:25
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the…
- Jeremiah 26:10
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
- Jeremiah 36:11
Through
Ezekiel 40:25Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:33
Its 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.
- Ezekiel 40:33
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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 8; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.