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

47So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. 48And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. 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.

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

• 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 40:21And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
• 1 Kings 7:15For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
• 2 Chronicles 3:17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
• Jeremiah 52:17Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yhwh, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of Yhwh, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
• Revelation 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him 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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• Atonement, Day of
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• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Jachin and Boaz
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites

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