Context 30There were porches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31Its porches were toward the outer court; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps. 32He brought me into the inner court toward the east. And he measured the gate according to those same measurements. 33Its guardrooms also, its side pillars and its porches were according to those same measurements. And the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34Its porches were toward the outer court; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps. 35Then he brought me to the north gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements, 36with its guardrooms, its side pillars and its porches. And the gate had windows all around; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. 37Its side pillars were toward the outer court; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight steps. 38A chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering. 39In the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. 40On the outer side, as one went up to the gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables. 41Four tables were on each side next to the gate; or, eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. 42For the burnt offering there were four tables of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43The double hooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. 44From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one of which was at the side of the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the south gate facing toward the north. 45He said to me, “This is the chamber which faces toward the south, intended for the priests who keep charge of the temple; 46but the chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister to Him.” 47He measured the court, a perfect square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the temple. 48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side. 49The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended were columns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. Douay-Rheims Bible And the porch round about was five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. Darby Bible Translation And there were projections round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad. English Revised Version And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. Webster's Bible Translation And the arches around were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. World English Bible There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad. Young's Literal Translation As to the arches all round about, the length is five and twenty cubits, and the breadth five cubits; Library The Parts of the City. Sion. The Upper City: which was on the North Part. There is one who asserts Jerusalem to stand on seven hills; but whether upon a reason more light, or more obscure, is not easy to say. "The whale showed Jonah (saith he) the Temple of the Lord, as it is said, 'I went down to the bottom of the mountains': whence we learn that Jerusalem was seated upon seven mountains." One may sooner almost prove the thing itself, than approve of his argument. Let him enjoy his argument to himself; we must fetch the situation elsewhere. "The city itself (saith Josephus) … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness. The Millennium in Relation to Israel. The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem: Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 40:30 NIV • Ezekiel 40:30 NLT • Ezekiel 40:30 ESV • Ezekiel 40:30 NASB • Ezekiel 40:30 KJV • Ezekiel 40:30 Bible Apps • Ezekiel 40:30 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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