Ezekiel 40:34
in Ezekiel 40Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
KJV
And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(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. […]
This site's exposition
inner court on the east side
on Ezekiel 40:32-34
The inner court's east gate completes the eastern line that began at the outer east gate. Two gates now stand on this one axis, facing the direction by which the glory departed at 11:23 and returns at 43:4. The palm trees are the vision's one recurring ornament across every gate.
This site's exposition
Its portico faced the outer court
This inner east gate carries a special rule in 46:1. It stays shut on the six working days and opens on the Sabbath and the New Moon. Jerome traces the eastern route with its eight steps.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistHomilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 8 · Written before 604.
proposed
"And its vestibule, that is, of the inner court, and palm trees carved on its front on this side and on that, and its ascent was by eight steps."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the arches thereof were toward the outward court,.... As those of the south gate, Eze 40:31, and the palm trees on the posts, and the steps up to it, the same as there.
But in this gospel-temple we meet with no altar till after the glory of the Lord has taken possession of it, for Christ is our altar, that sanctifies every gift.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵלַמָּ֗יו | veelamov | and porches its | H361 → | 15 times |
| לֶֽחָצֵר֙ | lechatzer | [were] to the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה | hachitzonah | <the> outer | H2435 → | 25 times |
| וְתִמֹרִ֥ים | vetimorim | and palm trees | H8561 → | 19 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [were] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֵלָ֖יו | ʾelov | pillars its | H352 → | 187 times |
| מִפּ֣וֹ | mipo | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וּמִפּ֑וֹ | umipo | and from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה | ushemoneh | and [was] eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| מַעֲל֖וֹת | maalot | steps | H4609 → | 32 times |
| מַעֲלָֽיו׃ | maalov | ascents its | H4608 → | 18 times |
וְאֵלַמָּ֗יוand porches its
veelamovH361 →15 times
לֶֽחָצֵר֙[were] to the courtyard
lechatzerH2691 →191 times
הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה<the> outer
hachitzonahH2435 →25 times
וְתִמֹרִ֥יםand palm trees
vetimorimH8561 →19 times
אֶל־[were] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֵלָ֖יוpillars its
ʾelovH352 →187 times
מִפּ֣וֹfrom here
mipoH6311 →82 times
וּמִפּ֑וֹand from here
umipoH6311 →82 times
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥הand [was] eight
ushemonehH8083 →109 times
מַעֲל֖וֹתsteps
maalotH4609 →32 times
מַעֲלָֽיו׃ascents its
maalovH4608 →18 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 40:26Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:22
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 40:22
Through
Ezekiel 40:22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:31
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 40:37
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 40:49
The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.
- Ezekiel 40:31
Through
Ezekiel 40:31Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:26
Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
- Ezekiel 40:26
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 41:26
There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
- Ezekiel 41:26
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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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.