Bible Strands
Ezekiel 40:14
Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Ezekiel’s vision of a future temple complex, continuing the sequential architectural survey begun in the preceding chapter.
The words — אֵילִים ('ei.Lim) translates literally as "pillars" or "gateposts," and שִׁשִּׁים (shi.Shim) means "sixty," specifying the exact height of these structures in cubits.
The thread — This specification of courtyard gateposts parallels the tabernacle court layout in Exodus 27:9 and points forward to the temple courts Solomon will construct in 1 Chronicles 28:6.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that sacred access is governed by exact physical boundaries, demanding precise attention to the measured dimensions before any theological application.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
Cross-references
- Exodus 27:9 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- 1 Chronicles 28:6 And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- Psalms 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
- Isaiah 62:9 For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
- Ezekiel 8:7 Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
- Ezekiel 42:1 Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
- Exodus 35:17 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
- Leviticus 6:16 Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.