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;
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

Context of Ezekiel 40:28

26Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side. 27The 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. 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. 29Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30(The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• me to the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• by the southדָּרוֹםdârôm · southH1864
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• and he measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• according to these measuresמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:28

• Ezekiel 40:32Then 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