God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 40:15
15The total length of the gateway from the front of the outer part to the front of the inner part of the entrance hall was 87½ feet.
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
13He measured the gateway from the top of one guardroom to the top of the opposite guardroom. It was 44 feet wide from one door to the opposite door. 14He also measured the entrance hall. It was 35 feet wide. In front of the entrance hall to the gateway was a courtyard on all sides. The total length of the gateway from the front of the outer part to the front of the inner part of the entrance hall was 87½ feet. 16The guardrooms and recessed walls inside the gateway had small windows all around. The entrance hall also had windows all around on the inside. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls. 17Then the man brought me into the outer courtyard. I saw rooms there and pavement all around the courtyard. There were 30 rooms along the edge of the pavement.
Read all of Ezekiel 40Ezekiel 40:15 word by word
וְעַ֗ל פְּנֵי֙ הַשַּׁ֣עַר הָֽאִית֔וֹן עַל־לִפְנֵ֕י אֻלָ֥ם הַשַּׁ֖עַר הַפְּנִימִ֑י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים אַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:15
- Ezekiel 41:21The doorframes in the holy place were square. In front of the most holy place was something similar.
- Ezekiel 41:17In the space above the door to the most holy place and on the walls all around it,
- Ezekiel 41:6The rooms were arranged on three different stories. There were 30 rooms on each story. These rooms had supports all the way around the temple wall, but these supports were not fastened to the temple wall.
- Ezekiel 41:7The side rooms grew wider all the way around as they went up, story after story. The surrounding structure went from story to story all around the temple. The structure grew wider as it went higher. A stairway went from the first story through the second story to the third story.
- Ezekiel 40:6Then the man went to the gateway that faced east. He went up its steps and measured the entrance to the gateway. It was 10½ feet wide.
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
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