Ezekiel 40:48
in Ezekiel 40Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
KJV
And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
6 notes on this verse"And he brought me into the porch of the temple, and he measured the porch five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side." Moreover, the aforementioned man led Ezekiel into the vestibule, or πρόπυλον of the temple, which measured five cubits on each side, for the one who was brought in had been trained in divine understanding and knew neither right nor left, but entered by the royal way.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The breadth - The whole breadth was eleven cubits, but the breadth of each leaf of this folding-gate was three cubits, and they met, or shut on an upright post, set in the middle of the gate space, and this was one cubit broad.
2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. 3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
And he brought me to the porch of the house,.... Having passed through the inner court, and measured that, he came to the body of the fabric, the principal part of it, the house or temple; to the porch that led into it. Here of right a new chapter should begin, for this and the next verse more properly "belong" to the following chapter.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Breadth of the gate - It is evident that the gate was a bivalve, or had folding doors. The length of the porch was twenty cubits. Josephus says the vestibule was twenty cubits long and ten broad. Antiq. lib. 8:3, 2.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The Porch of the House. The front of the temple-porch (see G, Plan I) consisted of a central opening with two columns on either side. Two columns with the space between them were called “a post of the gate.” “The breadth of the gate” on either side was a side opening, that is, the opening between two columns. The columns having bases of a cubit square, two columns and the “breadth of the gate,” which we are told was three cubits, made up the “five cubits” on either side the central entrance, which, like the entrance into the temple itself, was ten cubits. Thus we have twenty cubits for the porch-front. Eze 40:49 The porch of Solomon’s Temple was twenty cubits broad and ten deep 1Ki 6:3. This corresponds nearly with the dimensions of Ezekiel’s porch; the difference in the breadth may be explained by supposing a space of one cubit in front of the porch (as Eze 40:11-12). The circumstance of this porch being approached by stairs of probably ten steps makes this more probable, a small space in front of the porch being naturally required. Pillars by the posts - literally, to “the posts,” meaning that upon the bases (posts) stood shafts (pillars). These shafts were probably in the form of palm-trees Eze 40:16. The porch with its steps must have jutted into the inner court.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְבִאֵנִי֮ | vayvieni | and he brought me | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֻלָ֣ם | ʾulam | [the] porch of | H197 → | 34 times |
| הַבַּיִת֒ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַיָּ֙מָד֙ | vaiyamod | and he measured | H4058 → | 51 times |
| אֵ֣ל | ʾel | a pillar of | H352 → | 187 times |
| אֻלָ֔ם | ʾulam | a porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| חָמֵ֤שׁ | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אַמּוֹת֙ | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| מִפֹּ֔ה | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וְחָמֵ֥שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אַמּ֖וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| מִפֹּ֑ה | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וְרֹ֣חַב | verochav | and [the] breadth of | H7341 → | 101 times |
| הַשַּׁ֔עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| שָׁלֹ֤שׁ | shalosh | [was] three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אַמּוֹת֙ | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| מִפּ֔וֹ | mipo | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ | veshalosh | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אַמּ֖וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| מִפּֽוֹ׃ | mipo | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
וַיְבִאֵנִי֮and he brought me
vayvieniH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֻלָ֣ם[the] porch of
ʾulamH197 →34 times
הַבַּיִת֒the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וַיָּ֙מָד֙and he measured
vaiyamodH4058 →51 times
אֵ֣לa pillar of
ʾelH352 →187 times
אֻלָ֔םa porch
ʾulamH197 →34 times
חָמֵ֤שׁfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
אַמּוֹת֙cubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
מִפֹּ֔הfrom here
mipohH6311 →82 times
וְחָמֵ֥שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
אַמּ֖וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
מִפֹּ֑הfrom here
mipohH6311 →82 times
וְרֹ֣חַבand [the] breadth of
verochavH7341 →101 times
הַשַּׁ֔עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
שָׁלֹ֤שׁ[was] three
shaloshH7969 →432 times
אַמּוֹת֙cubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
מִפּ֔וֹfrom here
mipoH6311 →82 times
וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁand three
veshaloshH7969 →432 times
אַמּ֖וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
מִפּֽוֹ׃from here
mipoH6311 →82 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
1 Kings 6:3The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
it leads to
- John 10:23
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3–4
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
- Acts 3:10–11
they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- Matthew 4:5
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
- John 10:23
Through
2 Chronicles 3:4The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
it leads to
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.