Ezekiel 40:30

30 (There were porticoes all around, 43 and three-quarter feet long and eight and three-quarter feet^[a] wide.^[b])

Ezekiel 40:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:30

And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long,
&c.] That is, high; this was the height of them; these were the frontispiece of the gate to the inner court without, and faced the outward court, as appears by the following verse; these were a kind of portico over the eight steps to this gate after mentioned; they were fourteen yards and three inches high, from the bottom to the top of them: and five cubits broad;
two yards and a half, one foot and three inches; and which very probably were the breadth of the steps that came up to them: none of these arches were in the second temple, as Lipman ^F13 observes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 22.

Ezekiel 40:30 In-Context

28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

29 Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 and a half feet long and 43 and three-quarter feet wide.

30 (There were porticoes all around, 43 and three-quarter feet long and eight and three-quarter feet wide.)

31 Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit five cubits
• [b]. Some Hb mss, LXX omit v. 30