Ezekiel 40:36

The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
chambers	תָּאָיו֙ ta.'ov	H8372	a room (as circumscribed) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
posts	אֵלָ֣יו 'e.lov	H352	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
arches	וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יו ve.'e.la.mov	H361	a pillar-space (or colonnade) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
windows	וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת ve.cha.lo.Not	H2474	a window (as perforated) · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural absolute
about	סָבִ֣יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
length	אֹ֚רֶךְ 'O.rekh	H753	length · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fifty	חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים cha.mi.Shim	H2572	fifty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
cubits	אַמָּ֔ה 'a.Mah	H520	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
breadth	וְרֹ֕חַב ve.Ro.chav	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
five	חָמֵ֥שׁ cha.Mesh	H2568	five · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
twenty	וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים ve.'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
cubits	אַמָּֽה 'a.Mah	H520	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the…
Ezekiel 40:29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it an…
Ezekiel 40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the g…
Ezekiel 40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and window…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:27-38

In these verses we have a delineation of the inner court. The survey of the outer court ended with the south side of it. This of the inner court begins with the south side (Eze 40:27), proceeds to the east (Eze 40:32), and so to the north (Eze 40:35); for here is no gate either of the outer or inner court towards the west. It should seem that in Solomon's temple there were gates westward, for we find porters towards the west, Ch1 9:24; Ch1 26:8. But Josephus says that in the second temple there was no gate on the west side. Observe, 1. These gates into the inner court were exactly uniform with those into the outer court, the dimensions the same, the chambers adjoining the same, the galleries…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 40:31

eight steps--The outer porch had only seven (Eze 40:26).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 40:30

And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long - That the five cubits broad should be read twenty-five is evident from Eze 40:21, Eze 40:25, Eze 40:29, Eze 40:33, and Eze 40:36, The word ועשרים veesrim, twenty, has probably been lost out of the text. Indeed the whole verse is wanting in two of Kennicott's MSS., one of De Rossi's, and one of mine, (Cod. B.) It has been added in the margin of mine by a later hand. It is reported to have been anciently wanting in many MSS.

John Gill on Ezekiel 40:35

And he brought me to the north gate,.... That is, of the inner court, for he had measured before the north gate that led to the outward court, Ezekiel 40:20, and here the little chambers, posts, arches, and steps, in all things agree with those of the other gates: what were observed in it different from the rest, an account is given of it in the following verse.

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 40:28-37

The Gates of the Inner Court (Vid., Plate I B and Plate II II). - Eze 40:28. And he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and measured the south gate according to the same measures; Eze 40:29. And its guard-rooms, and its pillars, and its wall-projections, according to the same measures; and there were windows in it and in its wall-projections round about: fifty cubits was the length, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. Eze 40:30. And wall-projections were round about, the length five and twenty cubits, and the breadth five cubits. Eze 40:31. And its wall-projections were toward the outer court; and there were palms on its pillars, and eight steps its ascendings. Eze 40…

The Church Fathers

"And its windows round about, fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width." But because our discourse has led us to the resurrection of the flesh, it is exceedingly sad and greatly lamentable that we know some stand in the Church and yet doubt the resurrection of the flesh. The ancient fathers most certainly believed this would come, even when they held no example yet of that same resurrection. With what condemnation, therefore, are those worthy who have already received the example of the Lord's resurrection, and yet still distrust their own resurrection? They hold the pledge, and have not faith. They fill the Church, but because they doubt their own resurrection, they stand with empty minds. Concerning this resurrection it is said through blessed Job: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day I shall rise from the earth, and again I shall be clothed with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see God; whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another." Hence also through the Psalmist it is said: "In his sight all who descend into the earth fall prostrate." For the dead descend into the earth not in spirit, but in body. Therefore those who descend into the earth fall prostrate in the sight of the Lord, because those who now rot in dust come to judgment by rising again.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 8

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Dictionary and topics

Window · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Ezekiel 40:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:27-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 40:31

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 40:30

John Gill on Ezekiel 40:35

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 40:28-37

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 40:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:27-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 40:31

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 40:30

John Gill on Ezekiel 40:35

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 40:28-37

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 40:35-37

Rashi on Ezekiel 40:36