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the distance was twenty-five cubits from one parapet opening to the opposite one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He measured then the gate from the roof of <i>one</i> little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth <i>was</i> five and twenty cubits, door against door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/40.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the gateway from the roof of <i>one</i> gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width <i>was</i> twenty-five cubits, as door faces door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from <i>one</i> door to <i>the</i> door opposite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the door opposite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from <i>one</i> door to <i>the</i> door opposite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from <i>one</i> door to <i>the</i> door opposite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He measured the gate from the roof of one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the opposite door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the gate from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43 3 /4 feet. The openings of the recesses faced each other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43 3/4 feet. The openings of the recesses faced each other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The man measured the distance from the back wall of one of these rooms to the same spot in the room directly across the passageway, and it was twelve and a half meters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He measured the gateway from the top of one guardroom to the top of the opposite guardroom. It was 44 feet wide from one door to the opposite door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/40.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then he measured the distance from the back wall of one room to the back wall of the room across the passageway from it, and it was 42 feet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/40.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He measured the gate from the roof of the guardhouses to the roof of another at 25 cubits from doorway to opposite doorway. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/40.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43 3/4 feet from one entrance to the opposite one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side-room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of fourty-three feet one inch; the openings being opposite each other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He measured the gate from the roof of the one side room to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, door against door. <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 measures the gate from the roof of the [one] little chamber to the roof of another; the breadth—twenty-five cubits, opening opposite opening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he measureth the gate from the roof of the one little chamber to the roof of another; the breadth twenty and five cubits, opening over-against opening.<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 measure the gate from the roof of the chamber to its roof; the breadth, twenty and five cubits, door over against door.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he measured the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another, in breadth five and twenty cubits: door against door. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he measured the gate, from the roof of one chamber to the roof of another, twenty-five cubits in width, from door to door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Next he measured the gatehouse from the back wall of one cell to the back wall of the cell on the opposite side through the openings facing each other, a width of twenty-five cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the gate from the back of the one recess to the back of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from wall to wall.<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 then the gate from the roof of one small room to the roof of another; the breadth was twenty-five cubits from door to door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he measured the gate from its roof to its roof, the width twenty and five cubits, and a gate next to a gate<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he measured the gate from the roof of the one cell to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he measured the gate from the wall of one chamber to the wall of the other chamber: the breadth was twenty-five cubits, the one gate over against the other gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/40-13.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=12052" 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">12</span>In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4058.htm" title="4058: way·yā·māḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To measure. A primitive root: properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure; figuratively, to be extended.">Then 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/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</a> <a href="/hebrew/1406.htm" title="1406: mig·gaḡ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A roof, a top. Probably by reduplication from ga'ah; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar.">from the roof</a> <a href="/hebrew/8372.htm" title="8372: hat·tā (Art:: N-ms) -- A chamber. And ta ah; from ta'ah; a room.">of one gate chamber</a> <a href="/hebrew/1406.htm" title="1406: lə·ḡag·gōw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A roof, a top. Probably by reduplication from ga'ah; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar.">to the roof</a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: rō·ḥaḇ (N-ms) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">of the opposite one;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">the distance was twenty-five</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: wə·ḥā·mêš (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five."></a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/6607.htm" title="6607: pe·ṯaḥ (N-ms) -- Opening, doorway, entrance. From pathach; an opening, i.e. Door or entrance way.">from doorway</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6607.htm" title="6607: pā·ṯaḥ (N-ms) -- Opening, doorway, entrance. From pathach; an opening, i.e. Door or entrance way.">doorway.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.…<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="/exodus/26-30.htm">Exodus 26:30</a></span><br />So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a></span><br />The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1-2</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. / But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.<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/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/7-2.htm">1 Kings 7:2-3</a></span><br />He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. / The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.<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="/exodus/27-1.htm">Exodus 27:1</a></span><br />“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-11.htm">1 Chronicles 28:11-12</a></span><br />Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat. / The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10-11</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, / shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/36-20.htm">Exodus 36:20-30</a></span><br />Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/40-25.htm">Ezekiel 40:25</a></b></br> And <i>there were</i> windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length <i>was</i> fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Ezekiel 40:7</a></b></br> And <i>every</i> little chamber <i>was</i> one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers <i>were</i> five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within <i>was</i> one reed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Ezekiel 40:12</a></b></br> The space also before the little chambers <i>was</i> one cubit <i>on this side</i>, and the space <i>was</i> one cubit on that side: and the little chambers <i>were</i> six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Alcove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Cell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-1.htm">Door</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Five</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Guardroom</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-10.htm">Little</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Lodge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-9.htm">Measureth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Parapet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-11.htm">Rear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-31.htm">Room</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Top</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-17.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-1.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-11.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Alcove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-45.htm">Cell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Door</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Five</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-15.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-28.htm">Guardroom</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-36.htm">Little</a> <a href="/matthew/13-32.htm">Lodge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Measureth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Parapet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm">Rear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-17.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Room</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Top</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 40</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">The description of the east gate of the outer court</a></span><br><span 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 id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Measuring in biblical terms often signifies God's order and precision, reflecting His sovereignty and the importance of the structure being measured. The act of measuring can also symbolize judgment or evaluation, as seen in other prophetic books like <a href="/revelation/11.htm">Revelation 11:1</a>.<p><b>from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one;</b><br>The mention of "roof" and "gate chamber" suggests a detailed architectural design, emphasizing the grandeur and complexity of the temple vision. Gate chambers were likely guardrooms or places for temple officials, indicating the temple's function as a place of both worship and administration. This reflects the temple's role as a center of spiritual and communal life in Israel.<p><b>the distance was twenty-five cubits</b><br>A cubit is an ancient measurement roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 centimeters. Thus, twenty-five cubits would be about 37.5 feet or 11.25 meters. This specific measurement underscores the temple's grand scale and the meticulous nature of the vision. The number twenty-five may also have symbolic significance, representing completeness or divine grace in biblical numerology.<p><b>from doorway to doorway.</b><br>This phrase highlights the symmetry and orderliness of the temple's design. The concept of doorways in scripture often symbolizes access or entry into a sacred space, suggesting themes of invitation and separation. The temple's doorways serve as a threshold between the divine and the human, echoing the role of Christ as the mediator between God and humanity, as seen in <a href="/john/10-9.htm">John 10:9</a> where Jesus refers to Himself as the door.<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_man_with_the_measuring_rod.htm">The Man with the Measuring Rod</a></b><br>A divine figure, possibly an angel, who guides Ezekiel through the vision of the temple and provides precise measurements, symbolizing God's order and precision.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The central focus of Ezekiel's vision in chapters 40-48, representing God's presence among His people and a future hope for restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_gateway.htm">The Gateway</a></b><br>Part of the temple structure, the gateway's measurements emphasize the order and holiness required in approaching God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a></b><br>The historical context of Ezekiel's prophecy, where the Israelites are in Babylon, longing for restoration and return to their homeland.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_order_and_precision.htm">God's Order and Precision</a></b><br>The detailed measurements in Ezekiel's vision remind us of God's order and precision in His plans. We are called to trust in His perfect design for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_worship.htm">Holiness in Worship</a></b><br>The temple's structure and measurements emphasize the holiness required in worship. We should approach God with reverence and purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>Ezekiel's vision provided hope for the exiles, reminding us that God has a plan for restoration and renewal in our lives, even in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a></b><br>The temple represents God's presence. As believers, we are now the temple of the Holy Spirit, called to live lives that reflect His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/future_fulfillment.htm">Future Fulfillment</a></b><br>The vision points to a future fulfillment in Christ and the ultimate restoration of all things, encouraging us to live with an eternal perspective.<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/why_do_ezekiel_42_and_1_kings_6_differ.htm">Why do the measurements in Ezekiel 42 seem to conflict with earlier temple designs described in 1 Kings 6?</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/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/ezekiel_4_6__judah's_40_days_vs._kings.htm">Ezekiel 4:6: How do the 40 days for Judah align with or contradict other biblical timelines found in Kings and Chronicles?</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 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The breadth</span> of the gate from the roof of one little chamber or lodge to another, measuring from door to door, was <span class="cmt_word">five and twenty cubits</span>, which were thus made up: 10 cubits of footway + 12 (2 × 6) cubits for the two guard-rooms + 3 (2 × say 1.5) cubits for the thickness of the two side walls = 25 cubits in all. According to ver. 42, the length of a hewn stone was one cubit and a half. The doors from which the measurements were taken must have been in the side walls at the back of the guard- looms. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/40-13.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">Then he measured</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֣מָד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·māḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4058.htm">Strong's 4058: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch, to measure, to be extended</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the gateway</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשַּׁ֗עַר</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">from the roof</span><br /><span class="heb">מִגַּ֤ג</span> <span class="translit">(mig·gaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1406.htm">Strong's 1406: </a> </span><span class="str2">A roof, the top of an altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of a gate chamber</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתָּא֙</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8372.htm">Strong's 8372: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chamber</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the roof</span><br /><span class="heb">לְגַגּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḡag·gōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1406.htm">Strong's 1406: </a> </span><span class="str2">A roof, the top of an altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the opposite one;</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹ֕חַב</span> <span class="translit">(rō·ḥaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Breadth, width</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the distance was] twenty-five</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמּ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’am·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<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">from doorway</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּ֖תַח</span> <span class="translit">(pe·ṯaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6607.htm">Strong's 6607: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, entrance way</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֥גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">doorway.</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּֽתַח׃</span> <span class="translit">(pā·ṯaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6607.htm">Strong's 6607: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, entrance way</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/40-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 40:13 He measured the gate from the roof (Ezek. 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