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. The width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
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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. The width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
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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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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.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 40:48 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 6:3 The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 The porch that was in front, its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 40:48 And he brought me to the porch…
Eze 40:48 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.
Ver. 48. The porch of the house.] Which was covered over-head, to keep them dry in foul weather. What Christ doth for all his. See Isa 4:5-6; Isa 25:4. {See Trapp on "Isa 25:4"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He brought me, from the measuring the building and…
He brought me, from the measuring the building and court, to the porch of the house, that porch which joined to the temple, and was part of the house.
Each post of the porch; the post or wall on each side of the gate. The thickness or space between the outside of the wall and the inside of the wall was five cubits on each side, north and south, if we suppose the breadth of the porch from north to south, and the length from east to west. 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 gatespace, and this one cubit broad; and then each leaf hanged on posts two cubits thick; which amount to eleven cubits.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The breadth - The whole breadth was eleven cubits,…
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. And each leaf hung on posts two cubits thick, which amount to eleven cubits.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 48. Breadth of the gate] It is evident…
Verse 48. 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. viii. 3, 2.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 40:48-49. And measured each post of the porch…
Eze 40:48-49. And measured each post of the porch — By the posts are meant the side-posts, or columns, on each side of the door of entrance: see Eze 40:9; these were measured to be five cubits thick, both on the north and south sides. And the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, &c. — “Two doors, of three cubits wide, opening each way, formed the entrance; these, with five on each side, called the posts of the porch, amount to sixteen cubits; and the other four may be supposed to have been the distance from these posts to the outside of the walls of the temple.” — Scott.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Porch of the House. The front of the…
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
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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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain That side. Septuagint add, "and the opening (Greek: euros,…
That side. Septuagint add, "and the opening (Greek: euros, width) of the gate was 14 cubits, and the breadth (projections, Greek: epomides) of the," &c., (Haydock) or the wall on each side of the door was three cubits, so that the porch was 20 cubits broad. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain These two verses belong to the forty-first chapter, which…
These two verses belong to the forty-first chapter, which treats of the temple itself.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 48. With this verse the description of the house…
48. With this verse the description of the house or temple begins. Toy, following the Greek text, renders, “Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch on each side five cubits thick; the width of the entrance was fourteen cubits, and the jambs of the entrance were three cubits wide on each side.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 48. post of the porch] The “post” is as…
48. post of the porch] The “post” is as before the front or jamb of the advancing wall on each side of the entrance. This wall was 5 cubits thick. Fig. 2, ab.
breadth of the gate was three cubits] The “gate” here means the two bits of wall (N. to S.) on either side, the fronts of which formed the posts or jambs of the entrance, Fig. 2, bh. The language is brief; LXX. either read or judged that the reading should be: and the breadth of the entrance was fourteen cubits, and the side pieces of the entrance of the porch were three cubits on one side and three cubits, &c. These measures are correct and probably original, for 14 (entrance, Fig. 2, aa, bb) + 6 (3 + 3) = 20 the extent of the porch N. to S. (Eze_40:49).
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Eze_40:48 to Eze_41:4. Measurements of the Temple house, in its three parts, porch, holy place and most holy place
48, 49. The porch. Fig. 2, A.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 48, 49 With these verses the following chapter…
Vers. 48, 49 With these verses the following chapter ought to have commenced, as the seer now advances to a description of the house, or temple proper, as in 1Ki_6:2, with its three parts a porch (vers. 48, 49), a holy place, (Eze_41:1) and a holy of holies. (Eze_41:4)
The porch, or vestibule, according to Keil, appears to have been entered by a folding door of two leaves, each three cubits broad, which were attached to two side pillars five cubits broad, and met in the middle, so that the whole breadth of the porch front was six cubits, or, including the posts, sixteen cubits. The measurements in ver. 49 of the length of the porch (from east to west) twenty cubits, and the breadth (from north to south) eleven cubits, he harmonizes with this view by assuming that the pillars, which were five cubits bread in front, were only half that breadth in the inside, the side wall dividing it in two, so that, although to one entering the opening was only six cubits, the moment one stood in the interior it was 6 cubits + 2 2.5 cubits = 11 cubits. Kliefoth, however, rejects this explanation, and understands the three cubits to refer to the portion of the entrance on either side which was closed by a gate, perhaps of lattice-work, leaving for the ingress and egress of priests a passage of five cubits. In this view the whole front of the porch would he 5 cubits of passage + 6 (2 3) cubits of lattice-work + 10 (2 5) cubits of pillar, equal in all to 21 cubits. Dr. Currey, in the "Speaker"s Commentary," includes the three cubits of door in the five cubits of post, and, supposing the temple entrance to be ten cubits, makes the whole front to have been twenty cubits. We prefer Kliefoth"s opinion.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 See how you translated this in Ezekiel 8:16.
portico
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the house
this refers to the temple
its doorposts
"the doorposts of the house"
cubits
See how you translated these "long" cubits in Ezekiel 40:05.
five cubits
about 2.7 meters (See: Biblical Distance)
fourteen cubits
about 7.5 meters
three cubits
about 1.6 meters
twenty cubits
about 11 meters
eleven cubits
about 6 meters
columns
pieces of stone that were tall and narrow and supported the roof of the building
translationWords
doorpost
sanctuary
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 40:48–41:3 The Temple was at the protected center of…
40:48–41:3 The Temple was at the protected center of the Temple complex, adjacent to the inner court. It was located at the highest point of the complex, a further ten steps up from the inner court, which was itself eight steps above the outer court. Like Solomon’s Temple before it, this Temple was made up of three areas: the entry room, the sanctuary, and the Most Holy Place.
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