Ezekiel 40:16

Ezekiel 40:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
• New International Version (NIV)The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees.

Context of Ezekiel 40:16

14And he made posts, sixty cubits, and by the post was the court of the gate round about. 15And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. And there were closed windows to the chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the projections; and the windows round about were inward; and upon [each] post were palm-trees. 17And he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were cells, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty cells were upon the pavement. 18And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answering to the length of the gates, [namely] the lower pavement.

Ezekiel 40:16 word by word

וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹת אֲטֻמ֣וֹת אֶֽל־הַתָּאִ֡ים וְאֶל֩ אֵלֵיהֵ֨מָה לִפְנִ֤ימָה לַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֔יב וְכֵ֖ן לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹת סָבִ֤יב׀ סָבִיב֙ לִפְנִ֔ימָה וְאֶל־אַ֖יִל תִּמֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:16

• Ezekiel 41:16The thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about the three of them (opposite the thresholds it was wainscoted with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered),
• 1 Kings 6:4And for the house he made closed windows with fixed lattices.
• 1 Corinthians 13:12For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.
• Ezekiel 40:7And [each] chamber was one reed long and one reed broad; and between the chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate, beside the porch of the gate within, was one reed.
• Ezekiel 40:21And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its projections were according to the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and breadth five and twenty cubits.
• Ezekiel 41:15And he measured the length of the building before the separate place, which was at the back of it, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court.
• Ezekiel 42:3over against the twenty [cubits] that pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court; there was gallery against gallery in the third [story];
• John 5:2Now there is in Jerusalem, at the sheepgate, a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.
• 1 Kings 6:29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without.
• 2 Chronicles 3:5And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.
• Psalms 92:12The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
• Revelation 7:9After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 The east gate-building. See Plan III. Ezekiel 40:6 Stairs - Seven in number Ezekiel 40:22. Each threshold of the gate (was) one reed broad (or 9 ft.). The measurements are being taken from East to west, i. e., in depth. Ezekiel 40:7 Every little chamber - The guard-chambers (a) for the use of the Levites who kept watch in the temple. The threshold of the gate by the porch - The second threshold in the easternmost gate-way (c). Porch - Hebrew…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The carved palm trees remind readers of the rich plant life of the garden of Eden. Palm trees were a sign of life and fruitfulness (that is, the ability to grow and produce food). Similar carvings appear in the temple described in 1 Kings 6:29.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. narrow--latticed [Henderson]. The ancients had no glass, so they had them latticed, narrow in the interior of the walls, and widening at the exterior. "Made fast," or "firmly fixed in the chambers" [Maurer]. arches--rather, "porches."Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 40:16

• Palm Tree
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• Desire of All Nations
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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