Ezekiel 40:48

And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
brought	וַיְבִאֵנִי֮ vay.vi.'e.Ni	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
porch	אֻלָ֣ם 'u.Lam	H197	a vestibule (as bound to the building) · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	הַבַּיִת֒ ha.ba.Yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
measured	וַיָּ֙מָד֙ vai.Ya.mod	H4058	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
post	אֵ֣ל 'el	H352	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
porch	אֻלָ֔ם 'u.Lam	H197	a vestibule (as bound to the building) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
five	חָמֵ֤שׁ cha.Mesh	H2568	five · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cubits	אַמּוֹת֙ 'a.mOt	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
five	וְחָמֵ֥שׁ ve.cha.Mesh	H2568	five · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cubits	אַמּ֖וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
breadth	וְרֹ֣חַב ve.Ro.chav	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
gate	הַשַּׁ֔עַר ha.Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
three	שָׁלֹ֤שׁ sha.Losh	H7969	three · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cubits	אַמּוֹת֙ 'a.mOt	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
three	וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ ve.sha.Losh	H7969	three · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cubits	אַמּ֖וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits wa…
2 Chronicles 3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:39–end

In these verses we have an account, I. Of the tables that were in the porch of the gates of the inner court. We find no description of the altars of burnt-offerings in the midst of that court till Eze 43:13. But, because the one altar under the law was to be exchanged for a multitude of tables under the gospel, here is early notice taken of the tables, at our entrance into the inner court; for till we come to partake of the table of the Lord we are but professors at large; our admission to that is our entrance into the inner court. But in this gospel-temple we meet with no altar till after the glory of the Lord has taken possession of it, for Christ is our altar, that sanctifies every gift.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 40:48

These two verses belong to the forty-first chapter, which treats of the temple itself.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 40:48

Breadth of the gate - It is evident that the gate was a bivalve, or had folding doors. The length of the porch was twenty cubits. Josephus says the vestibule was twenty cubits long and ten broad. Antiq. lib. 8:3, 2.

John Gill on Ezekiel 40:48

And he brought me to the porch of the house,.... Having passed through the inner court, and measured that, he came to the body of the fabric, the principal part of it, the house or temple; to the porch that led into it. Here of right a new chapter should begin, for this and the next verse more properly "belong" to the following chapter. This porch was a large roof, and was a covering both from cold winds and storms, and from the scorching heat of the sun; and was an emblem of Christ, the hiding place from the wind, and the covert from the tempest of divine justice and vengeance, and the wrath of God; and from the heat of a fiery law, of Satan's fiery darts or temptations, and of the persecut…

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The Church Fathers

"And he brought me into the porch of the temple, and he measured the porch five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side." Moreover, the aforementioned man led Ezekiel into the vestibule, or πρόπυλον of the temple, which measured five cubits on each side, for the one who was brought in had been trained in divine understanding and knew neither right nor left, but entered by the royal way. The width of the gate itself, which was the entrance to the vestibule of the temple, was three cubits on each side. In the elegant observance of the Holy Scriptures, it is not said from the right or the left, lest anything be named left in the Holy of Holies, but from this side and that side, that is, from both sides. And immediately the discerning reader understands that the number three relates to the mystery of the Trinity, which is the gate for those who approach God, for the Father is in the Son, and the Son is in the Father, and the Holy Spirit is in both. This number three is the gate for those who, after baptism in the Trinity, come to salvation.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Ezekiel 40:48

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:39–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 40:48

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 40:48

John Gill on Ezekiel 40:48

The Church Fathers

Ezekiel 40:48

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:39–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 40:48

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 40:48

John Gill on Ezekiel 40:48

The Church Fathers

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 40:48–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 40:48–end

Rashi on Ezekiel 40:48