Ezekiel 40:28-37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

And he measured the south gate according to these measures - namely, the measures of the outer gate. The figure and proportions of the inner answered to the outer.

Verse 30. And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. This verse is omitted in the Septuagint, the Vatican manuscript, and others. The dimensions here of the inner gate do not correspond to the outer, though Ezekiel 40:28 asserts that they do. Havernick, retaining the verse, understands it of another porch looking inward toward the temple.

Arches - `the porch' (Fairbairn). The columns on which the arches rest (Henderson).

Verse 31. The going up to it had eight steps - the outer porch had only seven (Ezekiel 40:26).

Verse 37. The posts thereof were toward the outer court - "the posts" х wª'eeylaayw (H352)]. The Septuagint and the Vulgate read [wªeelamaaw] 'the porch,' which answers better to Ezekiel 40:31; Ezekiel 40:34. "The arches" or 'porch' (Maurer).

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 40:28

Ezekiel 40:28-37

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

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

30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.h

31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.

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

33 And 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.

34 And 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 eight steps.

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

36 The 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.

37 And 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.