Ezekiel 40:6
4 “Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
5 And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.
8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;
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
- Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
- KJV
- Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
- WEB
- Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide.
- ASV
- Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
- DARBY
- And he came to the gate which looked toward the east, and went up its steps; and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold one reed broad.
- BLB
- And he went to the gateway of which its face [was] toward the east, and he went up on its steps and measured the threshold of the gateway, one rod deep, even one threshold, one rod deep.
- ÅB
- Så kom han til den port hvis forside vendte mot øst, og han steg opp etter dens trinn, og han målte portens treskel: den var én stang i bredden - det var den første treskel, og den var én stang i bredden.
- OTB
- Så gikk han til den østvendte porten, gikk opp trinnene, og målte terskelen til porten; den var en stav dyp.
- B1930
- Så kom han til den port hvis forside vendte mot øst, og han steg op efter dens trin, og han målte portens treskel: den var én stang i bredden - det var den første treskel, og den var én stang i bredden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 8:16
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:1
Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
Read in contextNehemiah 3:29
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:18
Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.
Read in context1 Chronicles 9:18
he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
Read in contextJeremiah 19:2
and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
Read in context1 Chronicles 9:24
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
Read in contextPsalms 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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