Ezekiel 40:5-7
Lexham English Bible
The Eastern Gate
5 And there was a wall on the outside of the temple all the way around it,[a] and in the hand of the man the reed[b] for measurement was six long cubits, according to[c] the cubit[d] and a handbreadth,[e] and he measured the width of the outer wall as one reed,[f] and the height as one reed.[g] 6 And then he went toward[h] the gate whose face was to the east.[i] And he went up by[j] its steps, and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed[k] wide. 7 And the alcove[l] was one reed[m] long and one reed[n] wide,[o] and between the alcoves was five cubits,[p] and the threshold of the gate along the side of the portico of the gate on the inside[q] was one reed.[r]
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- Ezekiel 40:5 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 40:5 Or “rod”
- Ezekiel 40:5 Literally “with/in”
- Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 18 inches
- Ezekiel 40:5 A handbreadth wasabout 3 inches; the reed/rod was 10.5 feet long
- Ezekiel 40:5 That is, 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 40:6 Or “to”
- Ezekiel 40:6 Literally “to the way toward the east”
- Ezekiel 40:6 Or “with”
- Ezekiel 40:6 That is, about 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 40:7 Or “niches” in the temple tower
- Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 40:7 That is, 10.5 x 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 8.75 feet
- Ezekiel 40:7 Literally “from the house”
- Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 10.5 feet
Ezekiel 40:5-7
New International Version
The East Gate to the Outer Court
5 I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured(A) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.
6 Then he went to the east gate.(B) He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. 7 The alcoves(C) for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[b] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48.
- Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verse 48
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