Ezekiel 40:36
in Ezekiel 40as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
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ASV
the lodges thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof: and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
KJV
The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he brought me to the north gate
on Ezekiel 40:35-37
The inner north gate completes the third pair, matching the outer north gate, with the same measurements and eight steps. Three gates outside answer three gates inside on the same three sides, east, north, and south. For thirty verses one description has been repeated with only the direction changing.
This site's exposition
It also had windows all around
Verse 40 places tables for slaughter at this north gateway. Leviticus 1:11 required the burnt offering to be slain on the north side of the altar, so the gate's position fits its use. Its plan matches the other gates.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 35 and following) 'And he brought me to the gate that faced the north, and he measured it according to the higher measurements: its chamber, its facade, its vestibule, and its windows all around: it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. Its vestibule faced the outer court, and its palm tree engravings on its facade on both sides, and its staircase with eight steps.' And at each treasury there shall be a door in the gates (or fronts) of the doors: there they shall wash the holocaust.
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistHomilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 8 · Written before 604.
proposed
"And its windows round about, fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width." But because our discourse has led us to the resurrection of the flesh, it is exceedingly sad and greatly lamentable that we know some stand in the Church and yet doubt the resurrection of the flesh. The ancient fathers most certainly believed this would come, even when they held no example yet of that same resurrection. With what condemnation, therefore, are those worthy who have already received the example of the Lord's resurrection, and yet still distrust their own resurrection?
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תָּאָיו֙ | taov | chambers its | H8372 → | 13 times |
| אֵלָ֣יו | ʾelov | pillars its | H352 → | 187 times |
| וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יו | veelamov | and porches its | H361 → | 15 times |
| וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת | vechalonot | and windows | H2474 → | 31 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | [belonged] to it | ||
| סָבִ֣יב׀ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| סָבִ֑יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| אֹ֚רֶךְ | ʾorekh | [the] length | H753 → | 95 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים | chamishim | [was] fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| אַמָּ֔ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 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 |
תָּאָיו֙chambers its
taovH8372 →13 times
אֵלָ֣יוpillars its
ʾelovH352 →187 times
וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יוand porches its
veelamovH361 →15 times
וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹתand windows
vechalonotH2474 →31 times
ל֖וֹ[belonged] to it
lo
סָבִ֣יב׀all around
savivH5439 →336 times
סָבִ֑יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
אֹ֚רֶךְ[the] length
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים[was] fifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
אַמָּ֔הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 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
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 40:25
Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- 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
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 40:25
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
- 2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
- 1 Kings 6:4
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- 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 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5
Through
Ezekiel 40:21Its 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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:29–30
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 40:29–30
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on 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 and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.