Ezekiel 40:15

15 From the front of the outer side of the gateway to the front of the porch of the inner side of the gateway was eighty-seven and one-half feet.

Ezekiel 40:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:15

And from the face of the gate of the entrance
That is, from the outward gate as you went into the porch, and was to the east, so called from people's passing and repassing F2 in it; so Jarchi takes it to be the eastern gate; the Targum calls it the middle gate: unto the face of the porch of the inner gate;
which opened at the other end of the porch, into the outward court, and was to the west: from gate to gate were fifty cubits;
as he measured the breadth of the porch before, ( Ezekiel 40:13 ) , here the length; there were three chambers six cubits long, which made eighteen; and between each chamber were five cubits, which were ten cubits; and the space between the chambers and the gates at each end were six cubits each; ( Ezekiel 40:8 ) , which make twelve more; and then allow ten cubits for the thickness of both walls of each gate, and there will be fifty cubits, or twenty nine yards and half a foot.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Vid. R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 9. 1.

Ezekiel 40:15 In-Context

13 The man measured the gateway from the roof of one room to the roof of the opposite room. It was about forty-four feet from one door to the opposite door.
14 The man also measured the porch, which was about thirty-five feet wide. The courtyard was around the porch.
15 From the front of the outer side of the gateway to the front of the porch of the inner side of the gateway was eighty-seven and one-half feet.
16 The rooms and porch had small windows on both sides. The windows were narrower on the side facing the gateway. Carvings of palm trees were on each side wall of the rooms.
17 Then the man brought me into the outer courtyard where I saw rooms and a pavement of stones all around the court. Thirty rooms were along the edge of the paved walkway.
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