Ezekiel 40:28

Ezekiel 40:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
• New International Version (NIV)Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements.

Context of Ezekiel 40:28

26Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side. 27The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits. Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others. 29Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30(The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)

Ezekiel 40:28 word by word

וַיְבִיאֵ֛נִי אֶל־חָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִ֖י בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַדָּר֑וֹם וַיָּ֙מָד֙ אֶת־הַשַּׁ֣עַר הַדָּר֔וֹם כַּמִּדּ֖וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

• Next he brought meבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• intoאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• through the southדָּרוֹםdârôm · southH1864
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• and he measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• it had the same measurementsמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
• as the othersאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:28

• Ezekiel 40:32And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:28

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-34The inner courtyard was divided from the outer courtyard by another set of large gateways. These gateways were similar in size and purpose to those of the outer courtyard. The entry rooms of these gateways faced outward toward the outer courtyard, unlike the outer gates, where they faced inward.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3728-37. The inner court and its gates. according to these measures--namely, the measures of the outer gate. The figure and proportions of the inner answered to the outer.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings