Ezekiel 40:49
in Ezekiel 40The 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
KJV
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
1Ki 6:3 designates the number by the lesser next round number, "ten"; Ezekiel here, by the larger number, "eleven" [MENOCHIUS]. The Septuagint reads "twelve." he brought me by the steps--They were ten in number [Septuagint].
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and there were steps to it: and pillars before the gates one on this side, and another on that side." But what follows, the length of the vestibule is twenty cubits, and the width is eleven cubits, seems to raise the question of how the dual number, which refers to two decades, and the eleventh, which seems to have one less, can be said to complete the sacred number twelve in the temple vestibule.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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
The length of the porch was twenty cubits,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
By the steps - This was a flight of steps that led to the temple; there were eight steps in each flight. See YY in the plan.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֹ֣רֶךְ | ʾorekh | [the] length of | H753 → | 95 times |
| הָאֻלָ֞ם | haulam | the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | ʾesrim | [was] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אַמָּ֗ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| וְרֹ֙חַב֙ | verochav | and [the] breadth | H7341 → | 101 times |
| עַשְׁתֵּ֣י | ʾashtei | [was] one [plus] | H6249 → | |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | ʾesreh | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אַמָּ֔ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת | uvamaalot | and on the steps | H4609 → | 32 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יַעֲל֖וּ | yaalu | people go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֵלָ֑יו | ʾelav | to it | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְעַמֻּדִים֙ | veamudim | and columns | H5982 → | 111 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָ֣אֵילִ֔ים | haeilim | the pillars | H352 → | 187 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִפֹּ֖ה | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וְאֶחָ֥ד | veechad | and one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִפֹּֽה׃ | mipoh | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
אֹ֣רֶךְ[the] length of
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
הָאֻלָ֞םthe porch
haulamH197 →34 times
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים[was] twenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
אַמָּ֗הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
וְרֹ֙חַב֙and [the] breadth
verochavH7341 →101 times
עַשְׁתֵּ֣י[was] one [plus]
ʾashteiH6249 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֣הten
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
אַמָּ֔הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹתand on the steps
uvamaalotH4609 →32 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יַעֲל֖וּpeople go up
yaaluH5927 →890 times
אֵלָ֑יוto it
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
וְעַמֻּדִים֙and columns
veamudimH5982 →111 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָ֣אֵילִ֔יםthe pillars
haeilimH352 →187 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִפֹּ֖הfrom here
mipohH6311 →82 times
וְאֶחָ֥דand one
veechadH259 →971 times
מִפֹּֽה׃from here
mipohH6311 →82 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
Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the…
it leads to
- Revelation 22:4
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
- Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Jeremiah 1:18
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of…
- Galatians 2:9
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and…
- Revelation 22:4
Through
Ezekiel 40:34Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
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.
- Ezekiel 40:31
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 40:22
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.