Ezekiel 40:15

Ezekiel 40:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.

Context of Ezekiel 40:15

13The man also measured between the back wall of one room and the back wall of the room opposite. It was 12½ metres from one wall to the other wall, across the passage. 14The entrance room had pillars on the outside that were 30 metres high. The yard was all around three sides of the room. The passage was 25 metres long, from the gate at the front to the entrance room into the yard. 16The rooms for the guards all had small windows in their outside walls. The walls between the rooms also had small windows. The entrance room to the yard also had windows of the same kind. Men had cut pictures of palm trees on the inside walls of the passage. 17The man took me through the entrance gate into the outside yard of the temple. I saw 30 rooms there, all along the wall of the yard. A path of flat stones was in front of the rooms.

Ezekiel 40:15 word by word

וְעַ֗ל פְּנֵי֙ הַשַּׁ֣עַר הָֽאִית֔וֹן עַל־לִפְנֵ֕י אֻלָ֥ם הַשַּׁ֖עַר הַפְּנִימִ֑י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים אַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And from the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the entranceאִיתוֹןye'ithôn · entranceH2978
• of the porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197
• of the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:15

• Ezekiel 41:21There were square posts on each side of the entrance to the temple's big hall. The entrance to the Most Holy Place seemed the same.
• Ezekiel 41:17Workers had cut pictures in the wood above the doors and all over the walls. They were pictures of palm trees and cherubs. There was a picture of a palm tree between each cherub. They covered all the inside walls of the temple. Each cherub had two faces.
• Ezekiel 41:6The side rooms were on three levels. Each level had 30 rooms. The temple's wall at each level was less thick than the wall below. So the wall itself held up each level of rooms. They did not have to fix the side rooms into the temple's wall.
• Ezekiel 41:7The side rooms at each level were wider than the rooms on the level below them, because the temple's wall was less thick. There was a set of stairs that went from the lowest level to the middle level and up to the top level.
• Ezekiel 40:6Then he went to the gate on the east side. He climbed its steps and he measured the size of the entrance. It was 3 metres deep.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Fifty cubits - The length of the building. See MMMMM in the plan.Read the comment
• 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. 5-16The exact architectural details of the temple are difficult to translate. Some of the building terms are hard to understand in every language. However, the overall impression of these gates is clear. The gates looked like fortresses (strong buildings used for defense). They were built to keep out people who did not have permission to enter. These gates protected the holy space of the temple. The eastern gateway is described first because it was the most…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-49The arrangements as to the land and the temple are, in many particulars, different from those subsisting before the captivity. There are things in it so improbable physically as to preclude a purely literal interpretation. The general truth seems to hold good that, as Israel served the nations for his rejection of Messiah, so shall they serve him in the person of Messiah, when he shall acknowledge Messiah (Is 60:12; Zec 14:17-19; compare Psa 72:11). The…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