Ezekiel 40:6-16
gate .............. gate <08179> [unto.]
facing <06440> [which looketh. Heb. whose face was the way. stairs.]
climbed ....... threshold <05592> [threshold.]
10½ feet <07070 0259> [one reed.]
jambs <0352> [the posts.]
alcoves <08372> [the little.]
three ........... three <07969> [they three.]
The entrance into the outer court seems to have been through a porch with doors at both ends; and on each side of this porch were three small chambers, or rooms, for the use of the porters, a reed square in size, with a passage of five cubits between them. The common cubit, termed the "cubit of a man," (De 3:11,) was about 18 inches; but the cubit used by the angel was, as we learn from ch. 43:13, "a cubit and a hand breadth," or about three inches more than the common cubit, that is 21 inches. Hence the measuring reed, which was "six cubits long, by the cubit and the hand breadth," (ver. 5,) must have been about 10« feet
barrier <01366> [space. Heb. limit, or bound.]
gateway <08179> [the gate.]
The whole arch of the east gate, measured from the southern extremity of one room to the northern extremity of the opposite room, was 25 cubits; including the dimensions of the two rooms, or twelve cubits, (ver. 7;) the spaces before the rooms, or two cubits, (ver. 12;) and the breadth of the entrance, ten cubits, (ver. 11;) making all 24 cubits, leaving one cubit for the thickness of the walls.
courtyard <02691> [the court.]
front ..... gate ........ gate <08179 06440> [the face of the gate.]
This was the whole length of the porch, from the outward front, (ch. 41:21, 25,) to the inner side which looks into the first court, (ver. 17,) including the thickness of the walls, (ver. 6,) chambers, (ver. 7,) and spaces between them.
closed <0331> [narrow. Heb. closed.]
alcoves <08372> [the little.]
porches <0361> [arches. or, galleries, or porches.]
within ................. inside <06441> [inward. or, within. palm trees.]
