Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Ezekiel 40:8
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
The east gate-building. See Plan III. Ezekiel 40:6 STAIRS - Seven in number Ezekiel 40:22. Each threshold of the gate (was) one reed broad (or 9 ft.). The measurements are being taken from East to w...
Chapter s 40-48. The final nine Chapter s of this book form the climax of the great prophecies of Ezekiel; they belong to the most difficult in the entire prophetic Word. Once more the hand of the Lor...
He is first struck by a thick wall encircling the Temple. Steps led up to the eastern gateway which pierced the wall, and on each side of which were three guard-rooms....
HE MEASURED, &c. Verse. is not found in the Septuagint, Syriac, or Vulgate. It may be the latter clause of Ezekiel 40:7 copied again through human infirmity....
These verses should read: AND HE MEASURED THE PORCH OF THE GATE, EIGHT CUBITS; AND THE POSTS THEREOF, &c the words "within (Ezekiel 40:8) … gate" (Ezekiel 40:9) being omitted. The copyist's eye when h...
The outer gateway on the East side As the Temple lay east and west, the eastern gateway was the natural entrance. Through it Jehovah entered to take up his abode in the new House (Ezekiel 43:4); it w...
Ezekiel 40:1-27. The outer gateway and court In the 25th year of Jehoiachin's captivity, which was the 14th year after the fall of the city (b.c. 572), the prophet fell into a prophetic trance (Ezeki...
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTER COURT AND ITS GATEWAYS 40:5-27 TRANSLATION[502] [502] At this point the American Standard Version of 1901 has been followed with only slight modification. (5) And behold...
THE NEW TEMPLE Ezekiel, transported in vision to Palestine, is set down on the N. side of the Temple mountain, and sees the Temple buildings extending to the S. like a city. A supernatural figure, li...
Should be omitted. It contradicts Ezekiel 40:9, and is evidently a copyist's repetition....
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ ABOUT EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 Terrible events happened in Jerusalem during Ezekiel’s...
Ezekiel recorded the measurements as the *angel measured the east gate. It was one of three gates that led into the *temple area. (That is, the ‘outer area’.) For us today, this description is hard t...
Ezekiel 40:6 contain a description of the eastern gate, or rather, gate-building of the Temple, by which one entered from the precincts into the outer court. The other gates were like it, but this is...
וַ יָּ֜מָד אֶת ־אֻלָ֥ם הַ שַּׁ֛עַר מֵ
THE IMPORT OF THE VISION WE have now reached the last and in every way the most important section of the book of Ezekiel. The nine concluding Chapter s record what was evidently the crowning experienc...
This final section must be studied in relation to all that has immediately preceded it, wherein the spiritual restoration and cleansing of the people had been foretold. The picture of the restored ord...
The Reader will form a better calculation of the extent of this wonderful city, by considering what its dimensions were. A cubit for the sanctuary measurement, was one foot and nine inches; and if the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 40, 41, 42, AND 43. The remaining part of the prophecy is the establishment of His sanctuary in the midst of His people. The reader will perceive that we find...
HE MEASURED ALSO THE PORCH OF THE GATE WITHIN, ONE REED. This was either the measure of the breadth of the porch between the opposite chambers on both sides; or rather of the length of that space, whi...
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. Ver. 8. _He measured, also the porch._] This porch, which had neither doors nor roof that we read of, was _symbolum coeli: coelum enim undique...
_Then came he unto the gate_, &c. After having passed the court of the Gentiles, he came to the eastern gate, or the court of Israel. For the temple being placed toward the west part of the holy mount...
He measured also the porch of the gate within, the pillared archway itself, ONE REED....
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE-BUILDING. The remaining Chapter s of Ezekiel's prophecy give an ideal picture of the spiritual temple of the Lord, of His Church of the New Testament, of his glorious kingdom....
THE PORCH; the posts, which were joined together at the top by an arch, and so made the portico, say some. The open space under the arch between the posts, or the ally which leads from the gate into t...
Ezekiel 40:8 measured H4058 (H8799) vestibule H197 inside H1004 gate H8179 one H259 rod H7070...
‘He also measured the vestibule of the gate towards the house which was one reed. So he measured the vestibule of the gate, eight cubits, and its posts, two cubits, and the vestibule of the gate was t...
THE MEASURING OF THE TEMPLE (EZEKIEL 40:5 TO EZEKIEL 42:20). There follows now the measuring in detail of the temple and the temple area, and we may ask what is the purpose of these detailed measureme...
THE NEW TEMPLE (EZEKIEL 40:1 TO EZEKIEL 48:35). The book of Ezekiel began with a vision of the glory of God and the coming of the heavenly chariot throne of God in order to speak directly to His peopl...
CONTENTS: Vision of the man with the measuring reed. The future temple and its service. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, sons of Zadok. CONCLUSION: A great and beautiful temple, framed in detail in the cou...
Ezekiel 40:1. _In the five and twentieth year of our captivity._ When the pious jews were dispirited, the Lord revived them with the hopes of a better temple than that which Solomon had built. This wh...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 40:1 Vision of Restoration. With the last date in the book appearing at Ezekiel 40:1, Ezekiel arrives at the beginning of the end. The book’s fin
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 40:5 The tour with accompanying measurements begins at the main east entrance. The main units of measurement are given (v. Ezekiel 40:5): the reed
THE IDEAL TEMPLE OF THE FUTURE (Chap. 40) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 40:1. “IN THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH YEAR.” The fiftieth year from the 18th of Josiah, the year of his memorable passover (2 Kings 22:1...
EXPOSITION The magnificent temple-vision, as it is usually styled, a description of which forms the closing section of this book (Ezekiel 40-48.), was the last extended" word" communicated to the prop...
Ezekiel 40:5. _And behold a wall outside the house (viz. the house of God) round about, and in the man's hand a measuring rod of six cubits, by the cubit and an handbreadth;_ (The exact proportions of...
We want to get into the study of Ezekiel tonight, and right off the top I would like to confess to you that of all of the Bible and the passages in the Bible, I understand this the least. I do not pre...
The porch — The posts which were joined together at the top by an arch, and so made the portico....