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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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof; and he measured the jamb of the gate, one reed broad, and the other jamb, one reed broad.

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Cross-references (19)

Passages linked to Ezekiel 40:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Ezekiel 8:16 He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh’s house; and I saw at the door of Yahweh’s temple, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward Yahweh’s temple, and their faces toward the east. They were worshiping the sun toward the east.
  • Ezekiel 43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east.
  • 1 Kings 6:8 The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, and out of the middle into the third.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:18 who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:24 On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
  • Nehemiah 3:29 After them, Zadok the son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate made repairs.
  • Psalms 84:10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Jeremiah 19:2 and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I will tell you.
  • Ezekiel 10:18 Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
  • Ezekiel 11:1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
  • Ezekiel 40:20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces toward the north.
  • Ezekiel 40:5 Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a hand width each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
  • Ezekiel 40:7 Every lodge was one reed long and one reed wide. Between the lodges was five cubits. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
  • Ezekiel 40:26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them. It had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.
  • Ezekiel 43:8 in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door post beside my door post. There was a wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed. Therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
  • Ezekiel 44:1 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
  • Ezekiel 46:1-2 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
  • Ezekiel 46:12 When the prince prepares a free will offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings as a free will offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out; and after his going out one shall shut the gate.
  • Ezekiel 47:1 He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, threshold.

Or, threshold.

Or, upper posts.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 40:6 Then came he unto the gate which…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Then, when the prophet had well observed the outer…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The east - Either of one of the inner…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Went up the stairs thereof] As the…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 40:6-8. Then came he unto the gate, &c.…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The east gate-building. See Plan III.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And. In this verse occurs the first of thirty-four…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the stairs--seven in number (Eze 40:26).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6-8. Coming now to the main gateway of the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. The threshold. After measuring the surrounding wall the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain Eze_40:6-16 contain a description of the eastern gate, or…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The east gate. The gate which looketh toward the…

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