Ezekiel 40:28

The Gates to the Inner Court

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

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Ezekiel 40:28 in Other Translations

KJV

28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

ESV

28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others.

NLT

28 Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

MSG

28 He led me into the inside courtyard through the south gate complex. He measured it and found it the same as the outside ones.

CSB

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.

Ezekiel 40:28 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:28

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate
Having done with the outer court, east, north, and south, the prophet is brought into the inner court by the south gate, which was nearest to enter by. No mention is made of a western gate, there was one in Solomon's temple; for there were porters appointed westward by David, and fixed by Solomon, ( 1 Chronicles 9:24 ) ( 1 Chronicles 26:16 1 Chronicles 26:18 ) , but Josephus ^F12 says, in the second temple the western part had no gate, but a continued wall; for those that came out of the captivity, as Kimchi on ( Ezekiel 40:5 ) observes, built it (as much as they could) according to the form of what they saw in Ezekiel's temple, which shall be in time to come. And he measured the south gate according to these measures;
the gate which led into the inner court; for the south gate, which led to the outward court, he had measured before, ( Ezekiel 40:21 ) .

FOOTNOTES:

F12 De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 5. sect. 2. Vid. Lipman, Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 40:28 In-Context

26 Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side.

27 The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.

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

29 Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

30 (The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.)

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