The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 40
1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity,
in the beginning of the year, in the tenth
day of the month, in the fourteenth year
after the city was struck, in the same day,
Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought
me there.
2 In the visions of God he brought me
into the land of Israel, and set me down
on a very high mountain, on which was
something like the frame of a city to the
south.
3 He brought me there; and, behold,
there was a man whose appearance was
like the appearance of bronze, with a line
of flax in his hand and a measuring reed;
and he stood in the gate.
4 The man said to me, “Son of man, see
with your eyes, and hear with your ears,
and set your heart on all that I will show
you; for you have been brought here so
that I may show them to you. Declare all
that you see to the house of Israel.”
5 Behold, there was a wall on the outside
of the house all around, and in the man’s
hand a measuring reed six cubits† long,
of a cubit and a hand width each. So he
measured the thickness of the building,
one reed; and the height, one reed.
6 Then he came to the gate which looks
toward the east, and went up its steps. He
measured the threshold of the gate, one
reed wide; and the other threshold, one
reed wide.
7 Every lodge was one reed long and one
reed wide. Between the lodges was five
cubits. The threshold of the gate by the
porchofthe gate toward the house was one
reed.
8 He measured also the porch of the gate
toward the house, one reed.
9 Then he measured the porch of the
gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits;
and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
10 The side rooms of the gate eastward
were three on this side, and three on that
side. The three of them were of one measure.
The posts had one measure on this
side and on that side.
11 He measured the width of the opening
ofthe gate, ten cubits; and the length ofthe
gate, thirteen cubits;
12 and a border before the lodges, one
cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit
on that side; and the side rooms, six cubits
on this side, and six cubits on that side.
13 He measured the gate from the roof of
the one side room to the roof of the other,
a width of twenty-five cubits, door against
door.
14 He also made posts, sixty cubits; and
the court reached to the posts, around the
gate.
15 From the forefront of the gate at
the entrance to the forefront of the inner
porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
16 There were closed windows to the
side rooms, and to their posts within the
gate all around, and likewise to the arches.
Windows were around inward. Palm trees
were on each post.
17 Then he brought me into the outer
court. Behold, there were rooms and a
pavement made for the court all around.
Thirty rooms were on the pavement.
18 The pavement was by the side of the
gates, corresponding to the length of the
gates, even the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the width from the
forefront of the lower gate to the forefront
of the inner court outside, one hundred
cubits, both on the east and on the north.
20 He measured the length and width
of the gate of the outer court which faces
toward the north.
21 The lodges of it were three on this side
and three on that side. Its posts and its
arches were the same as the measure of
the first gate: its length was fifty cubits,
and the width twenty-five cubits.
22 Its windows, its arches, and its palm
trees were the same as the measure of the
gate which faces toward the east. They
went up to it by seven steps. Its arches
were before them.
23 There was a gate to the inner court
facing the other gate, on the north and on
the east. He measured one hundred cubits
from gate to gate.
24 He led me toward the south; and
behold,there was a gate towardthe south.
He measured its posts and its arches
according to these measurements.
25 There were windows in it and in its
arches all around, like the other windows:
the length was fifty cubits, and the width
twenty-five cubits.
26 There were seven steps to go up to it,
and its arches were before them. It had
palm trees, one on this side, and another
on that side, on its posts.
27 There was a gate to the inner court
toward the south. He measured one hundred
cubits from gate to gate toward the south.
28 Then he brought me to the inner court
by the south gate. He measured the south
gate according to these measurements;
29 with its lodges, its posts, and its arches,
according to these measurements. There
were windows in it and in its arches all
around. It was fifty cubits long, and
twenty-five cubits wide.
30 There were arches all around, twentyfive
cubits long and five cubits wide.
31 Its arches were towardthe outer court.
Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to
it had eight steps.
32 He brought me into the inner court
toward the east. He measured the gate
according to these measurements;
33 with its lodges, its posts, and its arches,
according to these measurements. There
were windows in it and in its arches all
around. It was fifty cubits long, and
twenty-five cubits wide.
34 Its arches were towardthe outer court.
Palm trees were on its posts on this side
and on that side. The ascent to it had eight
steps.
35 He brought me to the north gate, and
he measured it according to these measurements
36 its lodges, its posts, and its arches.
There were windows in it all around.
The length was fifty cubits and the width
twenty-five cubits.
37 Its posts were toward the outer court.
Palm trees were on its posts on this side
and on that side. The ascent to it had eight
steps.
38 A room with its door was by the posts
at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there.
39 In the porch of the gate were two tables
on this side andtwo tables onthat side,
on which to kill the burnt offering, the sin
offering, and the trespass offering.
40 On the one side outside, as one goes up
to the entry of the gate toward the north,
were two tables; and on the other side,
which belonged to the porch of the gate,
were two tables.
41 Four tables were on this side, and four
tables on that side, by the side of the gate:
eight tables, on which they killed the sacrifices.
42 There were four cut stone tables for
the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long,
a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high.
They laid the instruments with which they
killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice
on them.
43 The hooks, a hand width long, were
fastened within all around. The meat of
the offering was on the tables.
44 Outside of the inner gate were rooms
for the singers in the inner court, which
was at the side of the north gate. They
faced toward the south. One at the side of
the east gate faced toward the north.
45 He said to me, “This room, which faces
toward the south, is for the priests who
perform the duty of the house.
46 The room which faces toward the
north is for the priests who perform the
duty of the altar. These are the sons of
Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi
come near to Yahweh to minister to him.”
47 He measured the court, one hundred
cubits long and one hundred cubits wide,
square. The altar was before the house.
48 Then he brought me to the porch of
the house, and measured each post of the
porch, five cubits on this side, and five
cubits on that side. The width of the gate
was three cubits on this side and three
cubits on that side.
49 The length of the porch was twenty
cubits and the width eleven cubits, even by
the stepsby whichthey wentupto it. There
were pillars by the posts, one on this side,
and another on that side.