Ezekiel 40

Measurements of the Outer Wall Ezekiel 40:5–11

⁵Verse 5. Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a hand width each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. ⁶Verse 6. Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide. ⁷Verse 7. Every lodge was one reed long and one reed wide. Between the lodges was five cubits. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

⁸Verse 8. He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed. ⁹Verse 9. Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house. ¹⁰Verse 10. The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side. The three of them were of one measure. The posts had one measure on this side and on that side. ¹¹Verse 11. He measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;

Details of the Eastern Gate Ezekiel 40:12–22

¹²Verse 12. and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. ¹³Verse 13. He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubit, door against door. ¹⁴Verse 14. He also made posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate. ¹⁵Verse 15. From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits. ¹⁶Verse 16. There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post.

¹⁷Verse 17. Then brought he me into the outer court. Behold, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court all around. Thirty rooms were on the pavement. ¹⁸Verse 18. The pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement. ¹⁹Verse 19. Then he measured the width from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north. ²⁰Verse 20. He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces toward the north. ²¹Verse 21. The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side. Its posts and its arches were the same as the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.

²²Verse 22. Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them.

Northern and Southern Gates Ezekiel 40:23–29

²³Verse 23. There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate. ²⁴Verse 24. He led me toward the south; and behold, there was a gate toward the south. He measured its posts and its arches according to these measurements. ²⁵Verse 25. There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits. ²⁶Verse 26. There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them. It had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.

²⁷Verse 27. There was a gate to the inner court toward the south. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate toward the south. ²⁸Verse 28. Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate according to these measurements; ²⁹Verse 29. with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.

Inner Court and Sacrifices Ezekiel 40:30–44

³⁰Verse 30. There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits wide. ³¹Verse 31. Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to it had eight steps. ³²Verse 32. He brought me into the inner court toward the east. He measured the gate according to these measurements; ³³Verse 33. with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁴Verse 34. Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps.

³⁵Verse 35. He brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measurements; ³⁶Verse 36. its lodges, its posts, and its arches. There were windows in it all around. The length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. ³⁷Verse 37. Its posts were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps. ³⁸Verse 38. A room with its door was by the posts at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there. ³⁹Verse 39. In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, on which to kill the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering.

⁴⁰Verse 40. On the one side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables. ⁴¹Verse 41. Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate: eight tables, on which they killed the sacrifices. ⁴²Verse 42. There were four tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. They laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

⁴³Verse 43. The hooks, a hand width long, were fastened within all around. The meat of the offering was on the tables. ⁴⁴Verse 44. Outside of the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate. They faced toward the south. One at the side of the east gate faced toward the north.

Porch of the House Ezekiel 40:45–49

⁴⁵Verse 45. He said to me, “This room, which faces toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house. ⁴⁶Verse 46. The room which faces toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.” ⁴⁷Verse 47. He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits wide, square. The altar was before the house. ⁴⁸Verse 48. Then 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. The width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.

⁴⁹Verse 49. The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it. There were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.