Ezekiel 40:27

Ezekiel 40:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there was a gate on the south of the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.

Context of Ezekiel 40:27

25There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide. 26There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet. 28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others. 29Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

Ezekiel 40:27 word by word

וְשַׁ֛עַר לֶחָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִ֖י דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַדָּר֑וֹם וַיָּ֨מָד מִשַּׁ֧עַר אֶל־הַשַּׁ֛עַר דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַדָּר֖וֹם מֵאָ֥ה אַמּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• in the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• towardדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• the southדָּרוֹםdârôm · southH1864
• and he measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:27

• Ezekiel 40:23Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.
• Ezekiel 40:19Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:27

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27The north gateway and the south gateway are described in similar ways to the east gateway. However, the description gives fewer details than it does for the east gateway. Even so, these gates were strong and impressive structures. Like the east gateway, they served as a powerful defensive barrier. They were meant to prevent any defilement (anything unclean or impure) from entering the sacred area. There was no west gateway to either the outer court or the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2720-27. The different approaches corresponded in plan. In the case of these two other gates, however, no mention is made of a building with thirty chambers such as was found on the east side. Only one was needed, and it was assigned to the east as being the sacred quarter, and that most conveniently situated for the officiating priests.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 40:27

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• Prospect
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• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
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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