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The East Gate

There was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring reed of six cubits[a] long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth.[b] So he measured the width of the building, one reed. And the height, one reed.

Then he went to the gateway facing east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed wide. And the other threshold of the gate was one reed wide. Every little chamber was one reed long and one reed wide. And between the little chambers were five cubits.[c] And the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the inside gate was one reed.

He measured also the vestibule of the gate within, one reed. Then he measured the vestibule of the gate, eight cubits.[d] And its posts, two cubits.[e] And the vestibule of the gate was the inner end.

10 The little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side and three on that side. The three were of one measurement. And the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. 11 He measured the width of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits,[f] and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.[g] 12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit[h] on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side. And the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. 13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another; the width was twenty-five cubits,[i] door against door. 14 He measured the posts, sixty cubits,[j] even to the post of the court all around the gate. 15 From the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.[k] 16 There were narrow windows in the little chambers and in their posts inside the gate all around, and likewise in the vestibules. And windows were all around inside. And on each post were palm tree ornaments.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 About 11 feet, or 3.2 meters. The long cubit of about 21 inches, or about 53 centimeters is used throughout ch. 40–48.
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 About 3 inches, or 7.5 centimeters.
  3. Ezekiel 40:7 About 8¾ feet, or 2.7 meters; and in v. 48.
  4. Ezekiel 40:9 About 14 feet, or 4.2 meters.
  5. Ezekiel 40:9 About 3½ feet, or 1 meter.
  6. Ezekiel 40:11 About 18 feet, or 5.3 meters.
  7. Ezekiel 40:11 About 18 feet wide and 23 feet long, or 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters long.
  8. Ezekiel 40:12 About 21 inches, or about 53 centimeters.
  9. Ezekiel 40:13 About 44 feet, or 13 meters; and in vv. 21, 25, 29, 30, 33, and 36.
  10. Ezekiel 40:14 About 105 feet, or 32 meters.
  11. Ezekiel 40:15 About 88 feet, or 27 meters; and in vv. 21, 25, 29, 33, and 36.

Now there was (A)a wall all around the outside of the [a]temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six [b]cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.

The Eastern Gateway of the Temple

Then he went to the gateway which faced (B)east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide. Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod. He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod. Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside. 10 In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side.

11 He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a [c]space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door. 14 He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost. 15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits. 16 There were (C)beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were (D)palm trees.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit. house
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 A royal cubit of about 21 inches
  3. Ezekiel 40:12 Lit. border