Ezekiel 40:6

Then came he unto the gate that looked toward the east, and went up by the steps thereof,—and measured the threshold of the gate one reed broad, and the other threshold one reed broad.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

In Context

5And lo a wall on the outside of the house round about on every side,—and in the hand of the man, was the measuring reed six cubits by the cubit, and a handbreadth, so he measured the breadth of the enclosing-wall, one reed, and the height one reed.

7And the lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad, and between the lodges, was a space of five cubits,—and the threshold of the gate from beside the porch of the gate inwards, was one reed.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:8The entrance of the lowest story, was on the right side of the house,—and, by winding stairs, went they up unto the middle [story], and, out of the middle, into, the third.

1 Chronicles 9:24Towards the four winds, were the keepers of the gates,—eastward, westward, northward, and southward.

Psalms 84:10For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.

Ezekiel 8:16So he brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and lo! at the opening of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men,—their backs towards the temple of Yahweh and their faces eastward, and they were bowing down eastward unto the Sun.

Ezekiel 11:1And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east gate of the house of Yahweh which looketh eastward, and lo! in the opening of the gate, twenty-five men,—and I saw in their midst Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah princes of the people.

Ezekiel 40:7And the lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad, and between the lodges, was a space of five cubits,—and the threshold of the gate from beside the porch of the gate inwards, was one reed.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:6-27

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and a hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. 6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. 7 And every little chamber… Read the whole commentary →

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