Ezekiel 40:49

Ezekiel 40:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
• New International Version (NIV)The portico was twenty cubits wide, and twelve cubits from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs, and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps. And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.

Context of Ezekiel 40:49

47Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple. 48Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8-3/4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 24-1/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5-1/4 feet long. The entry room was 35 feet wide and 21 feet deep. There were ten steps leading up to it, with a column on each side.

Ezekiel 40:49 word by word

אֹ֣רֶךְ הָאֻלָ֞ם עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אַמָּ֗ה וְרֹ֙חַב֙ עַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אַמָּ֔ה וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲל֖וּ אֵלָ֑יו וְעַמֻּדִים֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֵילִ֔ים אֶחָ֥ד מִפֹּ֖ה וְאֶחָ֥ד מִפֹּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• of the porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• elevenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• elevenעַשְׁתֵּי‛ashtêy · elevenH6249
• by the stepsמַעֲלָהma‛ălâh · stepH4609
• whereby they went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• by the postsאַ֫יִל'ayil · pillarH352
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:49

• Ezekiel 40:21Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87-1/2 feet long and 43-3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
• 1 Kings 7:15Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.
• 2 Chronicles 3:17Then he set up the two pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one to the south of the entrance and the other to the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.
• Jeremiah 52:17The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the Lord’s Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.
• Revelation 3:12All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49By the steps - This was a flight of steps that led to the temple; there were eight steps in each flight. See YY in the plan.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49Outside the entry room were square columns with an unknown purpose, similar to those in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 48-4948-49. These two verses belong to the forty-first chapter, which treats of the temple itself.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