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Ezekiel 40:14

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 40:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court [reached] unto the posts, round about the gate.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court [reached] unto the posts, round about the gate.
Ezekiel 40:14 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 40

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
12and 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.
13And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.
14He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court [reached] unto the posts, round about the gate.
15And [from] the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
16And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon [each] post were palm-trees.
17Then brought he me into the outer court; and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“He made also posts of threescore cubits, &c.] Jerom thinks, that between the outward wall which surrounded this building, and the building itself, these posts or pillars were placed for ornament, which took up the space of sixty cubits; but rather these design the posts or columns of the gate, which supported the arch over it, on which were rooms or stories, and these were sixty cubits high; for of their height is this measure to be understood. So the Targum, “and he made posts, sixty cubits was their height;” in the Targum, in the Polyglot Bible by Montanus, it is, “and he made sixty posts, their height a cubit:” and to this agree Jarchi and Kimchi; these were thirty five yards high, the…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The east gate-building. See Plan III. Ezekiel 40:6 Stairs - Seven in number Ezekiel 40:22. Each threshold of the gate (was) one reed broad (or 9 ft.). The measurements are being taken from East to west, i. e., in depth. Ezekiel 40:7 Every little chamber - The guard-chambers (a) for the use of the Levites who kept watch in the temple. The threshold of the gate by the porch - The second threshold in the easternmost gate-way (c). Porch - Hebrew אולם 'ûlâm; the Septuagint: αἰλάμ ailam; Vulgate: vestibulum. The word probably means porch or portico, connected with “ail” post or pillar. Ezekiel 40:9 The porch is now measured from north to south in “wide.” “The breadth of the entry of the gate”…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“He made - Measured, and thereby shewed what kind of posts they should be. Threescore cubits - Probably this refers to the height of this gate built up two stories above the arch, and the posts in their height are only mentioned, but imply all the rest of the building over the east gate. Unto the post - These high columns, on the inner front of this gate were so disposed, that the last on each side was very near the first post, or pillar of the court on either side of the gate, and so the posts and buildings laid on those posts joined on each side of this gate. Ezekiel 40:15”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the court: Eze 8:7, Eze 42:1; Exo 27:9, Exo 35:17; Lev 6:16; Ch1 28:6; Psa 100:4; Isa 62:9 Ezekiel 40:15”
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