Ezekiel 40:10 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Ezekiel 40:10
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.
properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:5-26
The measuring-reed which was in the hand of the surveyor-general was mentioned before, Eze 40:3. Here we are told (Eze 40:5) what was the exact length of it, which must be observed, because the house was measured by it. It was six cubits long, reckoning, not by the common cubit, but the cubit of the sanctuary, the sacred cubit, by which it was fit that this holy house should be measured, and that was a hand-breadth (that it, four inches) longer than the common cubit: the common cubit was eighteen inches, this twenty-two, see Eze 43:13. Yet some of the critics contend that this measuring-reed was but six common cubits in length, and one handbreadth added to the whole. The former seems more pr…
posts--projecting column-faced fronts of the sides of the doorway, opposite to one another.
Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 40:9
The porch of the gate - See account of the gates in the plan.
John Gill on Ezekiel 40:10
And the little chambers of the gate eastward,.... Where the man now was, and was measuring; and the like chambers there were in the other gates, and of the same measure; of which chambers See Gill on Ezekiel 40:7,
were three on this side, and three on that side; three on the right side of the porch to the north, and three on the left side of it to the south:
they three were of one measure; one reed, or three yards and a half square, as in Ezekiel 40:7.
and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side; on the right and left, north and south of the inward gate of the porch, which measure was two cubits, Ezekiel 40:9.
Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 40:6-16
The Buildings of the East Gate
(See Plate II 1). - Eze 40:6. And he went to the gate, the direction of which was toward the east, and ascended the steps thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate one rod broad, namely, the first threshold one rod broad, Eze 40:7. And the guard-room one rod long and one rod broad, and between the guard-rooms five cubits, and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate from the temple hither one rod. Eze 40:8. And he measured the porch of the gate from the temple hither one rod. Eze 40:9. And he measured the porch of the gate eight cubits, and its pillars two cubits; and the porch of the gate was from the temple hither. Eze 40:10. And of the guard-…
The Church Fathers
Moreover the chambers of the gate toward the way of the East were three on this side and three on that side, and there was one measure for the three. What the chambers and what the Eastern way designate, we have already said above, and we do not think it necessary to repeat them at greater length. But we must inquire what it means when it says, "Three on this side, and three on that side." For the chambers next to the Eastern way are the hearts of those fervent in the love of God. And whether those who were chosen in the Old Testament, or those who followed in the New Testament, it certainly stands that all were kindled by love of the Trinity. For they would not truly love God if they had not received the grace of the same Trinity, which is God. Therefore, next to the Eastern way there are three chambers on this side and three on that side, because while the Lord deigned to become incarnate between the ancient and new fathers, the Eastern way appeared as if in the midst of the chambers, which chambers are adorned for the true appearance of virtues in the knowledge of the Trinity. But if we refer the same number to the virtues of the elect, there are three virtues without which one who is now able to do something cannot be saved, namely faith, hope, and charity. And because the same faith, hope, and charity was in the ancient fathers as in the new teachers, three chambers on this side and three on that side are described next to the Eastern way. Or certainly, because there were three distinctions of the ancient fathers, three also of the new follow under grace. For the ancient people had fathers before the law, and then under the law, and afterwards prophets. In the new people, however, first the firstfruits of the Hebrews believed, afterwards the fullness of the Gentiles followed in faith, and then at the end of the age the remnants of the Hebrews are saved. Therefore, because the incarnation of the Lord had from the earlier part fathers before the law, fathers under the law, and finally prophets, and from the later part will gather the faithful from the Hebrews, the faithful from the Gentiles, and afterwards the remnants of the Hebrews, the eastern way is said to have three chambers on this side and three on that. But we also accept this not unsuitably if we say there are three orders of the faithful. For whether in the old or in the new testament, there…
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Six guard alcoves lined the inside of the gates, three on each side, confirming their defensive significance. These gates were similar in layout to those excavated at Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer, but substantially larger in size.
Rashi on Ezekiel 40:10
And the cells of the gate [i.e., of] this [gate] that faced eastward - which was in the eastern wall of the Women’s Court - three were from here and three were from here: three to the south and three to the north, next to the wall of the Women’s Court, and facing the Temple Mount. The measurements of each cell’s interior and the wall that intervened between one and another were explained above.
and one measure for the pillars made for the hall’s posts on the inside.
from here and from here of the right and of the left; their measurement was two cubits.
