Ezekiel 40:5-16

New Living Translation

The East Gateway

⁵I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1⁄2 feet^[a] long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1⁄2 feet^[b] thick and 10 1⁄2 feet high.

⁶Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back.^[c] ⁷There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1⁄2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3⁄4 feet^[d] along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back. ⁸He also measured the entry room of the gateway.^[e] ⁹It was 14 feet^[f] across, with supporting columns 3 1⁄2 feet^[g] thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.

¹⁰There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical. ¹¹The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 1⁄2 feet^[h] wide at the opening and 22 3⁄4 feet^[i] wide in the gateway passage. ¹²In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch^[j] curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1⁄2 feet^[k] on each side.

¹³Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43 3⁄4 feet.^[l] ¹⁴He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.^[m] ¹⁵The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet^[n] from one end to the other. ¹⁶There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.

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Footnotes

40:5a Hebrew 6 long cubits [3.2 meters], each being a cubit [18 inches or 45 centimeters] and a handbreadth [3 inches or 8 centimeters] in length.
40:5b Hebrew 1 rod [3.2 meters]; also in 40:5c, 7.
40:6 As in Greek version, which reads 1 rod [3.2 meters] deep; Hebrew reads 1 rod deep, and 1 threshold, 1 rod deep.
40:7 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.7 meters]; also in 40:48.
40:8 As in many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version; other Hebrew manuscripts add which faced inward toward the Temple; it was 1 rod [10.5 feet or 3.2 meters] deep. ⁹Then he measured the entry room of the gateway.
40:9a Hebrew 8 cubits [4.2 meters].
40:9b Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters].
40:11a Hebrew 10 cubits [5.3 meters].
40:11b Hebrew 13 cubits [6.9 meters].
40:12a Hebrew 1 cubit [53 centimeters].
40:12b Hebrew 6 cubits [3.2 meters].
40:13 Hebrew 25 cubits [13.3 meters]; also in 40:21, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36.
40:14 Hebrew 60 cubits [31.8 meters]. Greek version reads 20 cubits [35 feet or 10.6 meters]. The meaning of the Hebrew in this verse is uncertain.
40:15 Hebrew 50 cubits [26.5 meters]; also in 40:21, 25, 29, 33, 36.