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The measurement was up to the portico facing the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He measured also the vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/40.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway <i>extended</i> to the gatepost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He made the side pillars sixty cubits <i>high;</i> the gate <i>extended</i> all around to the side pillar of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he made the side pillars sixty cubits <i>high;</i> the gate <i>extended</i> round about to the side pillar of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He made the side pillars sixty cubits <i>high</i>; the gate <i>extended</i> round about to the side pillar of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He made [the measurement of] the side pillars sixty cubits <i>high;</i> the gate <i>extended</i> all around to the side pillar of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next, he measured the porch—105 feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next, he measured the pilasters—105 feet. The gate extended around to the pilaster of the court.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court reached unto the posts, round about the gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He measured the entrance room at the far end of the passageway, and it was ten meters wide. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court reached unto the post, the gate being round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He also measured the entrance hall. It was 35 feet wide. In front of the entrance hall to the gateway was a courtyard on all sides.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/40.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The room at the far end led out to a courtyard. He measured that room and found it was 34 feet wide. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/40.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the open air porch at 60 cubits from the doorjamb of the courtyard that encompassed the gate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/40.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He also measured the porch, one hundred three feet four inches; and to the jamb of the courtyard was the gateway all around.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He made also posts of sixty cubits; even to the post of the court around the gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He also made posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he makes the posts of sixty cubits, even to the post of the court, the gate all around;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he maketh the posts of sixty cubits, even unto the post of the court, the gate all round about;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will make projections sixty cubits, and to the projection of the enclosure of the gate round about, round about.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He made also fronts of sixty cubits: and to the front the court of the gate on every side round about. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he found the fronts to be sixty cubits. And at the front, there was a court for the gate on every side all around.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />All around the courtyard of the gatehouse were posts six cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He measured also the vestibule, twenty cubits; and the gate next to the pilaster on every side of the court.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He measured also the portico, sixty cubits; likewise to the portico of the court round about the gate, sixty cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he made before the face of the gate, sixty cubits, and before the front of the other outside gate, sixty cubits<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He made also posts of threescore cubits; even unto the posts of the court in the gates round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the open space of the porch of the gate without, was twenty cubits to the chambers round about the gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=12064" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">The East Gate</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">Next he measured</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: ’ê·lîm (N-mp) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">the gateposts</a> <a href="/hebrew/8346.htm" title="8346: šiš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Sixty. Multiple of shesh; sixty.">to be sixty</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·māh (N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits high.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: haš·ša·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">The gateway extended</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: ’êl (N-msc) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">the gatepost</a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: he·ḥā·ṣêr (Art:: N-cs) -- A yard, a hamlet.">of the courtyard.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15-17</a></span><br />The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. / The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height. / And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">1 Kings 6:2-3</a></span><br />The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. / The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">2 Chronicles 3:3-4</a></span><br />The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard. / The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a></span><br />Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/2-1.htm">Zechariah 2:1-2</a></span><br />Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. / “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">Exodus 27:9-19</a></span><br />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, / with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts. / Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-15.htm">1 Kings 7:15-22</a></span><br />He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. / He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high. / For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-11.htm">2 Chronicles 4:11-12</a></span><br />Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God: / the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12-13</a></span><br />The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. / There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Isaiah 40:12</a></span><br />Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">Jeremiah 31:38-40</a></span><br />“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. / The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah. / The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10</a></span><br />And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-9.htm">Exodus 25:9</a></span><br />You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-33.htm">1 Kings 6:33-35</a></span><br />In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance. / The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels. / He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">2 Chronicles 3:15-17</a></span><br />In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits. / He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. / Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He made also posts of three score cubits, even to the post of the court round about the gate.</p><p class="hdg">the court</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/8-7.htm">Ezekiel 8:7</a></b></br> And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Ezekiel 42:1</a></b></br> Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that <i>was</i> over against the separate place, and which <i>was</i> before the building toward the north.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">Exodus 27:9</a></b></br> And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward <i>there shall be</i> hangings for the court 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class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm">of the north gate</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">of the south gate</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-27.htm">of the south gate of the inner court</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-32.htm">of the east gate</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-35.htm">and of the north gate</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Eight tables</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-44.htm">The chambers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">48. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">The porch of the house</a></span><br></div></div><div 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data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/40.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/40.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high.</b><br>The measurement of the gateposts at sixty cubits high indicates a significant and imposing structure, reflecting the grandeur and holiness of the temple vision. In ancient Near Eastern architecture, such dimensions would denote a place of great importance and reverence. The use of "cubits," a common biblical unit of measurement, ties this vision to the historical context of Israel, where the cubit was approximately 18 inches. This height suggests a divine standard, as the temple is a place where God’s presence dwells. The number sixty, often associated with completeness or perfection in biblical numerology, underscores the temple's role as a perfect dwelling place for God. This vision of the temple, given to Ezekiel during the Babylonian exile, serves as a prophetic hope for restoration and a future where God’s presence is fully realized among His people.<p><b>The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.</b><br>The description of the gateway extending to the gatepost of the courtyard highlights the interconnectedness of the temple's structure, symbolizing access to God and the orderly approach to His presence. In the ancient temple layout, the courtyard was a significant area where worshippers gathered, and the gateway served as the transition from the outside world into the sacred space. This architectural detail emphasizes the importance of proper approach and reverence when entering the presence of God. The courtyard, often a place of sacrifice and worship, represents the communal aspect of worship and the gathering of God’s people. This imagery can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate gateway through which believers enter into the presence of God, as He declared Himself to be the "door" in <a href="/john/10-9.htm">John 10:9</a>. The vision of the temple, with its precise measurements and design, points to the order and holiness required in worship and the ultimate fulfillment of God’s presence with His people through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel receives visions from God, including the detailed vision of a new temple in chapters 40-48.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_vision.htm">The Temple Vision</a></b><br>This vision, starting in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Ezekiel 40</a>, describes a future temple with precise measurements and details, symbolizing God's presence and order.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_gateposts.htm">The Gateposts</a></b><br>Part of the temple's structure, the gateposts are significant in the vision, symbolizing strength, stability, and the entrance to God's holy presence.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_courtyard.htm">The Courtyard</a></b><br>Represents the outer area of the temple, a place of gathering and worship, indicating access to God for His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_measuring.htm">The Measuring</a></b><br>The act of measuring signifies God's precise plan and order, reflecting His sovereignty and the importance of holiness in worship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_order.htm">God's Sovereignty and Order</a></b><br>The detailed measurements reflect God's control and the importance of order in His creation and worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_access_to_god.htm">Holiness and Access to God</a></b><br>The temple's structure, including the gateposts, symbolizes the holiness required to approach God and the access He provides through His covenant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a></b><br>The temple vision points to a future reality where God's presence is fully realized among His people, encouraging believers to live in anticipation of this promise.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_temple.htm">Spiritual Temple</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to be holy as God's spiritual temple, reflecting His presence in our lives and communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 40</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_ezekiel's_and_1_kings'_temples_differ.htm">What explains inconsistencies between the Temple vision in Ezekiel 40 and other biblical Temple descriptions, such as in 1 Kings 6-7?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_ezekiel_40_5-16_match_temple_finds.htm">How do the measurements in Ezekiel 40:5-16 align with archaeological evidence of any actual Temple structure?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_hasn't_ezekiel's_temple_been_built.htm">If Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 40 was meant as a literal blueprint, why hasn't this Temple been constructed in the centuries that followed?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He made also posts</span>. In using the verb "made" the prophet either went back in thought to the time when the man who then explained the building had fashioned it (Hengstenberg); or he employed the term in the sense of <span class="accented">constituit</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> fixed or estimated, "inasmuch as such a height could not be measured from the bottom to the top with the measuring-red" (Keil). The "posts," the <span class="hebrew">אֵילִים</span> of ver. 9, were sixty cubits high, and corresponded to the towers in modern churches. To the objection sometimes urged against what is called the "exaggerated" height of these columns, Kliefoth replies, "If it had been considered that our church towers have grown up out of gate-pillars, that one can see, not merely in Egyptian obelisks and Turkish minarets, but also in our own hollow factory chimneys, how upon a base of two cubits, square pillars of sixty cubits high can be erected, and that finally the talk is of a colossal building seen in vision, no critical difficulties would have been discovered in this statement as to height." The last clause, <span class="cmt_word">even unto the post of the court round about the gate</span>, should read, <span class="accented">and the court</span> reached <span class="accented">unto the post</span> (<span class="hebrew">אַיִל</span> being used collectively), <span class="accented">the gate</span> being <span class="accented">round about</span> (Revised Version); or, <span class="accented">the court round about the gate</span> reached to <span class="accented">the pillars</span> (Keil); or, <span class="accented">at the pillar the court</span> was round <span class="accented">about the gate</span> (Kliefoth). The sense is, that the court lay round about the inner egress from the gate. The Authorized Version, with which Dr. Currey, in the 'Speaker's Commentary,' agrees, thinks of an inner hall between the porch of the gate and the two most western guard-chambers, round the sides of which the sixty-cubit columns stood. Ewald, following the corrupt text of the LXX., translates, "And the threshold of the outer vestibule twenty cubits, the gate court abutting on the chambers round about." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Next he measured</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֥עַשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the gateposts</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵילִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[to be] sixty</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁשִּׁ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(šiš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8346.htm">Strong's 8346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sixty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits [high].</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The gateway [extended]</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשַּׁ֖עַר</span> <span class="translit">(haš·ša·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבִֽיב׃</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the gatepost</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵיל֙</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the courtyard.</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽחָצֵ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥā·ṣêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> </span><span class="str2">A yard, a hamlet</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Ezekiel 40:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 40:14 He made also posts sixty cubits (Ezek. 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