Ezekiel 40:8,9

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 he came to the word gate Ezekiel 40:8went back to the same word Ezekiel 40:7, the clause following which he repeated. Some MSS. and all the ancient Versions, except Targ., omit. Fig. 1, mn.

the posts thereof Possibly: the post sing used collectively. The posts are the projecting wall-fronts or jambs on either side of the exit or door from the porch into the outer court, Fig. 1, no. The thickness of this jamb was two cubits.

was inward Or, toward the inside(Ezekiel 40:7), i.e. on the end of the gateway building toward the interior, and looking into the outer court. This is specially mentioned because in the inner gateway buildings the porch was on the side away from the house.