Ezekiel 40:49

⁴⁷ 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.

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.

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 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.
KJV: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
WEB: The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits, even by the steps by which they went up to it. There were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
ASV: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
DARBY: The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, even by the steps whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.
BLB: The length of the portico [was] twenty cubits, and the width [was] twelve cubits, and by the [ten] steps that they went up to it; and pillars [were] by the doorposts, one on this side, and one on this side.

ÅB: Forhallen var tyve alen lang og elleve alen bred, og den hadde trinn som førte opp til den, og ved pilarene sto der søyler, én på hver side.
[^1]: d.e. brennofferalteret; ESK 43, 13 fg.
OTB: Forhallen var tjue alen bred og elleve alen fra front til bak. Den ble nådd med en trapp, og det var søyler på hver side av dørkarmene.
B1930: Forhallen var tyve alen lang og elleve alen bred, og den hadde trin som førte op til den, og ved pilarene stod der søiler, én på hver side.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 3:12
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
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Jeremiah 52:17–23
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
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2 Chronicles 3:17
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.
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1 Kings 7:15–21
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
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Ezekiel 40:31
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
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Ezekiel 40:34
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
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Ezekiel 40:37
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
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1 Kings 6:3
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.
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