Ezekiel 40:32 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 40:32

And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

BSB

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ASV

And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

KJV

And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Versed. 28 seqq.) And he led me into the inner courtyard by the eastern way: and he measured the gate according to the upper measurements; its chamber and its front and its vestibule as before, and its windows and its vestibules all around, with a length of fifty cubits and a width of twenty-five cubits. And its vestibule, that is, the outer courtyard (which the Septuagint and Symmachus have placed as the inner courtyard); and carved palm trees on its front, both here and there, and with eight steps leading up to it. " From the Northern region, into whose courtyard only seven steps were ascended, one passes to the Southern gate and courtyard of the same region, to which not only seven, as mentioned above, but eight steps are ascended: namely, so that we may pass from the Old to the New; and to speak more clearly, through the patriarchs and prophets, we come to the apostles: so that in one week there is an octet in the other. But now it comes to the last, or rather to the highest, and introduces the prophet through the way of the inner gate, or through the courtyard, to which one goes through the Eastern gate. In this place, according to the Septuagint, the way is only mentioned; in the Northern and Southern regions, it is completely silent, so that we can understand that in the Eastern region only is that way to be understood, which says: I am the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6). For through Him we come to the Father, and it is written about Him: Blessed are the undefiled in the way (Psalm 119:1), who think nothing left of Christ, but their faith is pure and not in any way polluted by the stain of heretics. […]

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְבִיאֵ֛נִי	vay.vi.'E.ni	and he brought me	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הֶחָצֵ֥ר	he.cha.Tzer	the courtyard	H2691 →
הַפְּנִימִ֖י	ha.pe.ni.Mi	<the> inner	H6442 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] direction of	H1870 →
הַקָּדִ֑ים	ha.ka.Dim	the east	H6921 →
וַיָּ֣מָד	vai.Ya.mod	and he measured	H4058 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַשַּׁ֔עַר	ha.Sha.'ar	the gate	H8179 →
כַּמִּדּ֖וֹת	ka.mi.Dot	according to the measurements	H4060 →
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →

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Ezekiel 40:35
Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,
leads to
- Ezekiel 47:2
  Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.
- Ezekiel 44:4
  Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
- Ezekiel 40:27
  The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

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06About Ezekiel

Where the connections lead

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The walk

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