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Ezekiel 40:47

45 Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”

Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

48 Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.

49 The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.

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BSB
Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
KJV
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
WEB
He measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, square. The altar was before the house.
ASV
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
DARBY
And he measured the court, the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, four square: and the altar was before the house.
BLB
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits wide, being square; and the altar [was] before the face of the temple.
ÅB
Og han målte forgården: den var hundre alen lang og hundre alen bred i firkant, og alteret[^1] sto foran huset.
OTB
Han målte gårdsplassen; den var en perfekt firkant, hundre alen lang og hundre alen bred. Og alteret var foran tempelet.
B1930
Og han målte forgården: den var hundre alen lang og hundre alen bred i firkant, og alteret stod foran huset. / < d.e. brennofferalteret; ESK 43, 13 fg.>

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  • Ezekiel 40:27

    The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

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  • Ezekiel 40:19

    Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

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  • Ezekiel 40:23

    There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

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