Ezekiel

Ezekiel 40

1Ezekiel's vision of the model of a city, and of an angel with a line and measuring reed taking the dimensions of the temple. 6The description of the east gate of the outer court, 20of the north gate, 24and of the south gate; 27of the south gate of the inner court, 32of the east gate, 35and of the north gate. 39The eight tables. 44The chambers for the singers and for the priests in waiting. 48The porch of the house.

1IN the ^afive and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that ^bthe city was smitten, in the ^cselfsame day ^dthe hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

a ch. 1.2,3; 8.1; 20.1; 24.1; 26.1,2; 29.1,17; 30.20; 31.1; 32.1,17; 33.21. b ch. 33.21. Je. 39; 52. 2Ki. 25. 2Ch. 36.17-19. c Ex. 12.41. Ge. 22.14. Is. 43.2. d ch. 1.3; 3.12,14,22; 8.3; 11.24. Re. 1.10.

2^eIn the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon ^fa very high mountain, ¹by which was as the ^gframe of a city on the south.

e ch. 1.1; 8.3. f Is. 1.2,3. ch. 17.22,23. Re. 21.10. Da. 2.35,44. g Ps. 48.2. Is. 54.11-13. Ga. 4.26. ch. 48.30-35. Re. 21; 22.1-5.

3And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was ^ha man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with ⁱa line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood ^jin the gate.

h ch. 1.7,27. Da. 10.6. Zec. 6.12. Re. 1.15; 21.5. Ps. 22.27,28. He. 13.8. i Zec. 2.1. Re. 11.1; 21.15. ch. 45.1; 47.3; 42.16-19. Ga. 6.16. Is. 8.20. 2Ti. 3.16,17. j Jn. 10.2,7,9. He. 1.2,3. Re. 3.7. Ep. 4.11.

4And the man said unto me, Son of man, ^kbehold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought ^*hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

k Mat. 13.9; 10.27. ch. 2.7,8; 3.17; 43.10; 44.5. Ac. 20.27. 1Co. 11.23. Mat. 28.19,20. De. 12.32.

5And behold ^la wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: ^mso he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

l Zec. 2.5. Is. 26.1; 60.18. Ps. 125.2. m ch. 42.20. Ep. 3.18. Mat. 16.18; 28.20. He. 3.6. Ja. 4.12. Re. 21.16.

6¶Then came he unto ⁿthe gate ²which looketh toward the east, and went up the ^ostairs thereof, and measured the ^pthreshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate , which was one reed broad.

n v.19,20. ch. 8.16. 1Ch. 9.18. Jn. 14.6; 10.7,9. Mat. 7.13,14. Is. 60.3,11. Re. 21.25. o v.20,26. Ps. 84.7. Ep. 4.12,13. Job 17.9. Pr. 4.18. 2Pe. 1.5-9; 3.18. p Jn. 1.14. Is. 7.14; 9.6; 28.16.

7And every ^qlittle chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

q 1Ch. 9.18,23,24; 26.12,13,18. Ca. 1.4; 3.4. Is. 26.20; 32.18. Jn. 14.2. Re. 21.27. 1Ki. 14.28.

8He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

9Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

10And the ^rlittle chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

r v.7. 1Ch. 9.18,23,24; 26.12,13. Ca. 1.4; 3.4. Is. 26.20. Jn. 14.2. Re. 21.27.

11And he measured ^sthe breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the ³length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

s He. 7.25. Jn. 6.37. Ep. 2.18. Re. 3.7. 1Co. 1.30. Is. 45.17,22,24,25.

12The ⁴space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side , and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

13He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

14He made also ⁵posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the ^tcourt round about the gate.

t ch. 42.1. Ex. 27.9. Ps. 65.4; 84.2,3; 87.4; 100.4. Is. 54.2; 60.8; 62.9.

15And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

16And there were ⁶narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the ⁷arches: and windows were round about ⁸inward: and ^uupon each post were ^vpalm trees.

u Mat. 4.19. 1Th. 2.19,20. Ga. 4.19. v Ca. 7.7,8. Ps. 92.12. Re. 7.9. ch. 41.18.

17Then brought he me into ^wthe outward court, and, lo, there were ⁹chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: ^xthirty chambers were upon ^ythe pavement.

w Re. 11.2. 1Ki. 6.36; 8.64. 2Ch. 20.5; 4.9. 2Ki. 21.5. v.20. ch. 44.4. x ch. 45.5. y 2Ch. 7.3. Es. 1.6. ch. 42.1,3,4,5,7-13; 45.5.

18And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.

19Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate ^zunto the forefront of the inner court ^10*without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

z v.23,27,47. ch. 46.2.

20¶^aAnd the gate of the outward court ¹¹that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

a v.6-19.

21And the ^blittle chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the ¹²arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

b v.7,10-16.

22And ^ctheir windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and ^dthey went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

c v.16. d v.6,31,34,37. Ps. 84.7. 1Co. 13.9. 2Pe. 1.5-9. Ep. 4.12,13. Job 17.9. Pr. 4.18. Re. 10.7; 11.15.

23And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he ^emeasured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

e v.19. Ex. 38.9-12. Is. 8.20. ch. 3.17,19; 42.2. Ga. 6.16. Phi. 3.16.

24¶^fAfter that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

f v.6-23.

25And there were ^gwindows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

g v.16,22. 1Ki. 6.4. Is. 42.6; 6.6; 60.18,20. Jn. 1.7,8; 8.12; 12.35.

26And there were ^hseven steps ⁱto go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had ^jpalm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

h v.6,22. 2Pe. 3.18; 1.5-9. Ps. 84.7. Ep. 4.12,13. i 1Ki. 10.5. j v.16. Ca. 7.7,8. Ps. 92.12. Re. 7.9. Is. 41.19; 55.13; 60.21; 61.3. ch. 47.12. Ps. 1.3.

27And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and ^khe measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

k v.19,23,47.

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

l v.17. m ch. 8.16.

29And the ⁿlittle chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were ^owindows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

n v.7,10,17,21,33,36,38. 2Ki. 23.21. 1Ch. 28.11-13. 2Ch. 31.11. Ne. 13.5,9,12,13. Je. 35.2,4; 36.10. Ca. 1.4; 3.4. Is. 26.20; 32.18. Jn. 14.2. Re. 21.27. o v.16,22,25.

30And the ^parches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits ¹³broad.

p v.16,21.

31And the arches thereof were ¹⁴toward the ^*utter court; and ^qpalm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had ^reight steps.

q v.16. Ca. 7.7,8. Ps. 92.12. Re. 7.9. 1Co. 4.15. 1Th. 2.19,20. Ga. 4.19. Mat. 4.19. r v.22,26,34,37. Ho. 6.3. Mat. 13.23. 1Co. 13.9,10,12. Ep. 4.12,13. Phi. 1.9; 3.14. 2Pe. 1.5-9; 3.18. 1Th. 2.10.

32¶^sAnd he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

s v.28-31.

33And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

34And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had ^teight steps.

t v.1,6,22,31,37,49.

35¶^uAnd he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;

u v.28-34. ch. 44.4; 47.2.

36The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

37And the posts thereof were toward the ^*utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

38And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where ^vthey washed ^wthe burnt offering.

v Le. 1.9. 1Pe. 3.21. Tit. 3.5. 1Co. 6.11. He. 10.22,23. Ja. 4.8. Re. 1.5. 2Ch. 4.6. w ch. 46.2.

39¶And in the porch of the gate were two ^xtables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the ^yburnt offering and ^zthe sin offering and the trespass offering.

x 1Co. 10.16,21; 11.23-26. Is. 53.4,5,7,10. Ga. 3.13. He. 10.1,4,5. Is. 25.6; 55.1,2. Le. 1; 4-6. y Le. 1.3; 4.2,3; 5.6,12; 6.6; 7.1. Is. 53.5. He. 10.12,14. z ch. 42.13; 44.27; 46.20.

40And at the side ^*without, as one goeth ¹⁵up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.

41Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.

42And the four tables were of ^*hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid ^athe instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

a Ac. 2.23; 4.27,28. Is. 53.4-6. Zec. 12.10; 13.7.

43And within were ¹⁶hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and ^bupon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

b 1Co. 10.16; 11.23-26. Mat. 26.26-28.

44¶And ^*without the inner gate were the ^cchambers of the ^dsingers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate ^ehaving the prospect toward the north.

c v.7,10,29. d 1Ch. 6.31,32,33. Ep. 5.19. Col. 3.16. Ro. 10.15. Ep. 3.8; 4.11,12. e ch. 8.5.

45And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for ^fthe priests, ^gthe keepers of the ¹⁷charge of the house.

f Le. 8.35. Nu. 18.5; 3.27,28,32,38. 1Ch. 6.49; 9.23. 2Ch. 13.11. Ps. 134.1. Mal. 2.4-7. 1Ti. 6.20. Re. 1.6. 1Pe. 2.5. Ro. 12.1. g ch. 44.8,14-16; 48.11.

46And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the ^hkeepers of the charge of the altar: these are ¹⁸the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, ⁱwhich come near to the LORD to minister unto him.

h Nu. 18.5. Le. 6.12,13. 1Ki. 2.27,35. ch. 44.15; 48.11. 1Co. 9.13,14. 1Ti. 5.17. i Ro. 1.9,16. Ep. 2.17,18. Col. 4.12.

47So ^jhe measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

j v.19,23,27. ch. 43.13-17. He. 13.10.

48¶And he brought me to the ^kporch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

k 1Ki. 6.3. Jn. 10.7,9; 14.6. Re. 3.7,8.

49^lThe length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the ^msteps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the ⁿposts, one on this side, and another on that side.

l 1Ki. 6.3. m v.31,34,37. n v.48. 1Ki. 7.21. 2Ch. 3.17. Re. 3.12. Ga. 2.9. 1Ti. 4.6,12. 2Ti. 2.15; 4.2,5.