He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces toward the north.
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He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces toward the north.
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And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
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And the gate of the outer court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 40:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 40:6 Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Now is this measurer giving account of the north…
Now is this measurer giving account of the north gate of this outward court, in which is a most exact harmony with the measures, fashion, and ornaments of the east gate, so that nothing needs be here repeated; who would know all particulars of this gate may find them in the east gate.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the little chambers thereof were three on this…
And the little chambers thereof were three on this side, and three on that side,.... As in the eastern gate, and the measures the same, Eze 40:7. Gospel churches in the latter day will be all on the same plan, and modelled according to the same pattern, and be in just the same order, one as another:
and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were after the same measure of the first gate; the eastern gate: believers will be all pillars in the church of God, and partakers of the same like precious faith:
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the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits; see Eze 40:13.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The gates both of the outer and of the…
The gates both of the outer and of the inner court. Compare Plan II.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The different approaches corresponded in plan. In the case…
The different approaches corresponded in plan. In the case of these two other gates, however, no mention is made of a building with thirty chambers such as was found on the east side. Only one was needed, and it was assigned to the east as being the sacred quarter, and that most conveniently situated for the officiating priests.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. The northern and southern gates are here seen…
20. The northern and southern gates are here seen to correspond exactly in dimensions, surroundings, and distance from the gate of the inner court, with the eastern or main entrance, which has been previously described.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. The dimensions of the N. gate were as…
20. The dimensions of the N. gate were as those of the E. gate.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 20-23The north gate. This was in all respects…
Vers. 20-23The north gate. This was in all respects similar to that upon the east, though its description proceeds in the reverse order, beginning with the three "chambers," or lodges, on each side of the footway (ver. 21), going on to the "posts," "arches," and "windows," and ending with the outside steps, seven in number (ver. 22), which are here first mentioned in connection with the gates. Its dimensions were the same as those of the "first" gate, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits broad. It stood exactly in front of a corresponding gate into the inner court, and the distance between the two gates was, as before, a hundred cubits.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 See how you translated this in Ezekiel 40:7.
chambers
See how you translated this in Ezekiel 40:7.
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portico
See how you translated this in Ezekiel 8:16.
measured the same
"had the same measurement"
fifty cubits
about 27 meters. (See: Biblical Distance)
cubits
See how you translated these "long" cubits in Ezekiel 40:05.
twenty-five cubits
about 13.5 meters
the main gate
This refers to the gate on the eastern side of the outer courtyard. AT: "the main gate, which was on the eastern side of the outer wall"
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gate
court
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 40:20-27 The gateway on the north and the south…
40:20-27 The gateway on the north and the south gateway are described in similar terms, though in less detail than the east gateway. They were also a formidable defensive barrier against the intrusion of any defilement. There is no west gateway to the outer or the inner court because the area behind the Temple proper was blocked off to prevent access from the rear.
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