Ezekiel 40:16
14 Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.
15 And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
18 which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
- KJV
- And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
- WEB
- There were closed windows to the side rooms, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post.
- ASV
- And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon [each] post were palm-trees.
- DARBY
- And there were closed windows to the chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the projections; and the windows round about were inward; and upon [each] post were palm-trees.
- BLB
- And [were] beveled windows in the gate chambers, and in their side pillars on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the porticos; and [were] windows all around on the inside, and on each side pillar [were] palm trees.
- ÅB
- Og det var vinduer med fast gitter på vaktstuene og på deres pilarer innentil mot porten rundt omkring, og likeså på hallene; og slik var det vinduer rundt omkring innentil, og på pilarene var det palmer.
- OTB
- Det var lukkede vinduer i vaktrommene og deres sidepilarer innenfor porten rundt omkring, samt i forhallen. Åpningene rundt omkring vendte innover, og ansiktene til de fremspringende veggene var dekorert med palmetrær.
- B1930
- Og det var vinduer med fast gitter på vaktstuene og på deres pilarer innentil mot porten rundt omkring, og likeså på hallene; og således var det vinduer rundt omkring innentil, og på pilarene var det palmer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
Read in contextEzekiel 41:26
There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
Read in context1 Kings 6:4
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
Read in contextEzekiel 40:21–22
Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Read in context1 Kings 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
Read in context1 Kings 6:35
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
Read in context1 Kings 6:29
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
Read in contextEzekiel 42:3
Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
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