24 He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its pilasters and portico; they had the same measurements as the others. 25 Both the gate and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was 87½ feet[a] long and 43¾ feet[b] wide. 26 Its stairway had seven steps, and its portico was ahead of them. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on each side. 27 The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:25 Lit 50 cubits
  2. Ezekiel 40:25 Lit 25 cubits
  3. Ezekiel 40:27 Lit 100 cubits

The Gate to the South

24 And then he took me toward the south,[a] and look, a gate toward the south,[b] and he measured its pilasters and its porticos; they had measurements just like the others.[c] 25 And there were for it windows and for its porticos all the way around it[d] like these windows; fifty cubits[e] long and twenty-five cubits[f] wide. 26 And seven steps were going up to it and its porticos before them.[g] And it had palm tree images[h] all along[i] its pilasters. 27 And there was to the way of the south[j] a gate for the inner courtyard, and he measured from gate to the gate on the way of the south, a hundred cubits.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:24 Literally “to the way of the south”
  2. Ezekiel 40:24 Literally “to the way of the south”
  3. Ezekiel 40:24 Literally “like the measurements the these”
  4. Ezekiel 40:25 Literally “all around, all around”
  5. Ezekiel 40:25 That is, 87.5 feet
  6. Ezekiel 40:25 That is, 43.75 feet
  7. Ezekiel 40:26 Literally “to the face of them”
  8. Ezekiel 40:26 Literally “and palm tree images were for it”
  9. Ezekiel 40:26 Literally “from here and one from here to”
  10. Ezekiel 40:27 That is, “to the south”
  11. Ezekiel 40:27 That is, 175 feet