Ezekiel 40:16-36
closed <0331> [narrow. Heb. closed.]
alcoves <08372> [the little.]
porches <0361> [arches. or, galleries, or porches.]
within ................. inside <06441> [inward. or, within. palm trees.]
outer <02435> [the outward.]
chambers ............. chambers <03957> [there were.]
thirty <07970> [thirty.]
before ....... front <06440> [unto the.]
exterior <02351> [without. or, from without.]
gate <08179> [the gate.]
faces <06440> [that looked. Heb. whose face was.]
alcoves <08372> [the little.]
porches <0361> [arches. or, galleries, or porches.]
measurement <04060> [after.]
decorative palm trees <08561> [palm trees.]
up <05927> [and they.]
faced ............. in front of <06440> [before them.]
Or, "suitable to them," that is, to the arches of the east gate. The north gate into the outward court, and every thing belonging to it, were exactly the same as the east gate.
gate .......... gate .... inner ........ gate ... gate <08179 06442> [the gate of.]
That is, the gate of the inner court was opposite, and exactly answered to the gate of the outward court, both on the north and east side; and between the gates of the outward and inner court was a space of an hundred cubits.
measured <04058> [and he.]
gate <08179> [and behold.]
measured <04058> [and he.]
dimensions <04060> [according.]
That is, according to the measures of the eastern and northern gates. There does not appear to have been any gates on the west, though the courts seem to have extended to the western wall
windows .......... windows <02474> [windows.]
long <0753> [the length.]
seven <07651> [seven.]
decorative palm trees <08561> [palm trees.]
inner <06442> [in the.]
measured <04058> [and he.]
brought <0935> [he brought.]
As the outward court inclosed the inner, the prophet was led from the south gate of the outward court to the south gate of the inner, which was opposite it, and so into the inner court itself.
dimensions <04060> [according.]
alcoves <08372> [the little.]
The entrance into the inner court seems to have been through a portico, exactly like that at each gate of the outward court; but the ascent was by eight steps, instead of seven.
windows <02474> [and there.]
porches <0361> [the arches.]
These are supposed to have been built over the spaces which separated the little chambers, or porters' lodges.
43¾ ..... 8¾ <02568 06242> [five and.]
43¾ feet .... 8¾ feet <0520 02568> [five cubits.]
Instead of five cubits, it seems evident, from the parallel places, that we should read twenty-five: the word {ˆsrim} appears to have been lost out of the text.
wide <07341> [broad. Heb. breadth.]
decorative palm trees <08561> [and palm.]
eight <08083> [eight.]
inner <06442> [into the.]
87½ <02572> [it was.]
decorative palm trees <08561> [palm trees.]
That is, probably, the capital of each pillar was ornamented with sculpture, representing leaves or branches of the palm tree.
eight steps <04609 08083> [eight steps.]
north <06828> [to the.]
measured <04058> [measured.]
The north gate, as well as the east, was built in the same manner, and of the same dimensions, as the south gate. See the parallel passages.
alcoves <08372> [little.]
