Ezekiel 40:19

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records a visionary architectural survey within Ezekiel’s temple vision. A measuring figure documents the spatial relationships between the courts and gateways.

The words — וַ/יָּ֣מָד (va/i.Ya.mod) translates literally as “and he measured,” while רֹ֡חַב (Ro.chav) means “breadth” or “distance.” These terms anchor the passage in precise spatial calculation.

The thread — The measuring motif continues in Ezekiel 40:23 and Ezekiel 40:27, where similar distances are recorded for the north and south gates, and reappears in Ezekiel 46:1 regarding the east gate’s operational status.

Why it lands — The text demands attention to exact dimensions and symmetrical layout, requiring the reader to track the structural integrity of the sanctuary without embellishment.

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The Hebrew words

וַיָּ֣מָדva/i.Ya.modand/ he measured רֹ֡חַבRo.chav[the] breadth מִלִּפְנֵי֩mi./li/f.Neifrom/ to/ before הַשַּׁ֨עַרha./Sha.'arthe/ gate הַתַּחְתּ֜וֹנָהha./tach.To.nah<the>/ lower לִפְנֵ֨יli/f.Neito/ [the] front of הֶחָצֵ֧רhe./cha.Tzerthe/ courtyard הַפְּנִימִ֛יha./pe.ni.Mi<the>/ inner מִח֖וּץmi./Chutzfrom/ outside מֵאָ֣הme.'Aha hundred אַמָּ֑ה'a.Mahcubit[s]הַקָּדִ֖יםha./ka.Dimthe/ east וְהַצָּפֽוֹן׃ve./ha./tza.Fonand/ the/ north

King James Version

Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 40:23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 40:27 The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 46:1 “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.