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Text -- Ezekiel 40:3-49 (NET)
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40:3 When he brought me there , I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze , with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand . He was standing in the gateway .
40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man , watch closely , listen carefully , and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see .”
40:5 I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple . In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet long . He measured the thickness of the wall as 10½ feet , and its height as 10½ feet .
40:6 Then he went to the gate facing east . He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep .
40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide ; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet . The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet .
40:8 Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet .
40:9 He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet , and its jambs as 3½ feet ; the porch of the gate faced inward .
40:10 There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate ; the three had the same measurement , and the jambs on either side had the same measurement .
40:11 He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet , and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet .
40:12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves , 1¾ feet on either side ; the alcoves were 10½ feet on either side .
40:13 He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet from one entrance to the opposite one .
40:14 He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard .
40:15 From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet .
40:16 There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around , and likewise for the porches . There were windows all around the inside , and on each jamb were decorative palm trees .
40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court . I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around ; thirty chambers faced the pavement .
40:18 The pavement was beside the gates , corresponding to the length of the gates ; this was the lower pavement .
40:19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north .
40:20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north .
40:21 Its alcoves , three on each side , and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate ; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide .
40:22 Its windows , its porches , and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east . Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.
40:23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court ; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet .
40:24 Then he led me toward the south . I saw a gate on the south . He measured its jambs and its porches ; they had the same dimensions as the others .
40:25 There were windows all around it and its porches , like the windows of the others ; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide .
40:26 There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs , one on either side .
40:27 The inner court had a gate toward the south ; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet .
40:28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate . He measured the south gate ; it had the same dimensions as the others .
40:29 Its alcoves , its jambs , and its porches had the same dimensions as the others , and there were windows all around it and its porches ; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet .
40:30 There were porches all around , 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet wide .
40:31 Its porches faced the outer court , and decorative palm trees were on its jambs , and its stairway had eight steps .
40:32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side . He measured the gate ; it had the same dimensions as the others .
40:33 Its alcoves , its jambs , and its porches had the same dimensions as the others , and there were windows all around it and its porches ; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet .
40:34 Its porches faced the outer court , it had decorative palm trees on its jambs , and its stairway had eight steps .
40:35 Then he brought me to the north gate , and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others –
40:36 its alcoves , its jambs , and its porches . It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet .
40:37 Its jambs faced the outer court , and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs , on either side , and its stairway had eight steps .
40:38 There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate ; there they washed the burnt offering .
40:39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering , the sin offering , and the guilt offering .
40:40 On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables , and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables .
40:41 Four tables were on each side of the gate , eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered .
40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone , 32 inches long , 32 inches wide , and 21 inches high . They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.
40:43 There were hooks three inches long , fastened in the house all around , and on the tables was the flesh of the offering .
40:44 On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court , one at the side of the north gate facing south , and the other at the side of the south gate facing north .
40:45 He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple ,
40:46 and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar . These are the descendants of Zadok , from the descendants of Levi , who may approach the Lord to minister to him.”
40:47 He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide ; the altar was in front of the temple .
40:48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side , and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side .
40:49 The length of the porch was 35 feet and the width 19¼ feet ; steps led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
EZEKIEL, 2 |
EZEKIEL, 1 |
DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS |
PRIEST, HIGH |
Ezekiel |
Vision |
Temple |
CRITICISM |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
ATONEMENT, DAY OF |
ARCHITECTURE |
TEMPLE, A2 |
Window |
Reed |
ARCH |
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
Handbreadth |
GUARD |
ASCENT |
LINEN |
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NET Notes -> Eze 40:3; Eze 40:4; Eze 40:4; Eze 40:5; Eze 40:5; Eze 40:5; Eze 40:5; Eze 40:5; Eze 40:6; Eze 40:7; Eze 40:9; Eze 40:9; Eze 40:10; Eze 40:11; Eze 40:11; Eze 40:12; Eze 40:12; Eze 40:13; Eze 40:14; Eze 40:14; Eze 40:14; Eze 40:14; Eze 40:15; Eze 40:16; Eze 40:17; Eze 40:19; Eze 40:21; Eze 40:21; Eze 40:23; Eze 40:24; Eze 40:25; Eze 40:25; Eze 40:25; Eze 40:27; Eze 40:29; Eze 40:29; Eze 40:30; Eze 40:30; Eze 40:33; Eze 40:33; Eze 40:36; Eze 40:36; Eze 40:37; Eze 40:38; Eze 40:42; Eze 40:42; Eze 40:42; Eze 40:43; Eze 40:43; Eze 40:44; Eze 40:44; Eze 40:45; Eze 40:47; Eze 40:48; Eze 40:48; Eze 40:48; Eze 40:48; Eze 40:48; Eze 40:49; Eze 40:49; Eze 40:49
NET Notes: Eze 40:3 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been tr...
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NET Notes: Eze 40:5 Heb “one rod [or “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).
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NET Notes: Eze 40:6 The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block,...
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NET Notes: Eze 40:7 Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase ̶...
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NET Notes: Eze 40:10 The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.
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NET Notes: Eze 40:16 Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).
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NET Notes: Eze 40:17 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been tr...
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NET Notes: Eze 40:24 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been tr...
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NET Notes: Eze 40:38 The MT reads “jambs of the gates” which does not make sense in a context discussing one chamber. The emendation to “porch” is ...
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NET Notes: Eze 40:47 Heb “one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, a square” (i.e., 52.5 meters by 52.5 meters).
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