Ezekiel 40:14

Translations

Modern

Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.

Traditional

He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.

Literal

And He measured the porticos, sixty cubits high, and to the gatepost of the court was the gateway all around.

Latin

Et fecit frontes per sexaginta cubitos, et ad frontem atrium portæ undique per circuitum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.

Notes

Ezekiel 40:5–16

The 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 important. It stood on the sacred east–west line (a straight line from east to west) on which the whole temple was built. This gateway is also important because the glory of the Lord (God’s visible and powerful presence) would return through it (Ezekiel 43:1–5).

Ezekiel 40:1–46:24

The prophet’s tour of the new temple began outside the building. He then moved step by step toward its center.

After reaching the inside, he walked outward again. The tour ended at the kitchens located in the corners of the outer courtyard (Ezekiel 46:19–24).

Theme notes and profiles

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Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Measurements

sixty cubits high: About 105 ft (32 m)

Related verses

Exodus 27:9
You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
Ezekiel 42:1
Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
Ezekiel 8:7
Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
1 Chronicles 28:6
And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
Isaiah 62:9
For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
Psalm 100:4
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
Exodus 35:17
…the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
Leviticus 6:16
Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

Glossary

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