John Trapp Complete Commentary
Ezekiel 40:11
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
Ver. 11. And the length.] That is, the height of the gate.
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
Ver. 11. And the length.] That is, the height of the gate.
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...
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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....
ENTRY. entrance, or doorway. LENGTH. extent, or way....
_breadth of the entry_ The "breadth" the measure from N. to S. of the outside entrance was 10 cubits, Fig. 1, _ee, ff;_and this was the breadth of the passage all along, except perhaps before the guar...
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...
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...
THE LENGTH OF THE GATE— _The length of the entry of the gate. Ezekiel 40:12. The space_] _The border._...
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...
_AND THE LITTLE CHAMBERS OF THE GATE EASTWARD WERE THREE ON THIS SIDE, AND THREE ON THAT SIDE; THEY THREE WERE OF ONE MEASURE: AND THE POSTS HAD ONE MEASURE ON THIS SIDE AND ON THAT SIDE._ No JFB com...
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...
THE LENGTH OF THE GATE, THIRTEEN CUBITS] an obscure statement, not reconcilable with the other measurements. If 'breadth' instead of 'length' were meant 13 + 6 + 6 would make 25, but this would allow...
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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 יָּ֛מָד אֶת ־רֹ֥חַב פֶּֽתַח ־הַ שַּׁ֖עַר
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_Thirteen, or twenty-six feet high._...
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...
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AND HE MEASURED THE BREADTH OF THE ENTRY OF THE GATE, TEN CUBITS,.... Five yards, two feet and a half: this was the measure of the eastern gate, whether outward or inward; for they were both of a meas...
_Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits_, &c. This was a portico beyond the little chambers which looked into the first court. It was eight cubits wide, and the two side-posts were two c...
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 BREADTH OF THE ENTRY: it is meant of the whole length of the entry, or walk through the porch, which was so wide, and to which they ascended by stairs of a semi-circular form. THE LENGTH; the heig...
Ezekiel 40:11 measured H4058 (H8799) width H7341 entrance H6607 gateway H8179 ten H6235 cubits H520 length H753 gat
‘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...
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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...
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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
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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...
Of the entry — It is meant of the whole length of the entry, or walk through the porch, to which they ascended by stairs of a semicircular form....