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Ezekiel 40:24
Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel receives a visionary tour from a divine guide, who leads him to the south side to inspect the temple complex’s outer court structures.
The words — The Hebrew verb וּמָדַד (u.ma.dad) translates literally as "and he measured," emphasizing the guide’s systematic assessment of the gate’s side pillars and portico.
The thread — This measurement motif appears in Ezekiel 40:6 when the guide measures the eastern gate threshold, and in Ezekiel 40:20 when the north gate’s dimensions are recorded, while Ezekiel 46:9 later ties gate orientation to worship practice.
Why it lands — The text demands precise observation of the sanctuary’s layout before drawing any theological conclusions about worship order or divine holiness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
After 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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 40:6 Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
- Ezekiel 40:20 He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
- Ezekiel 46:9 When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
- Ezekiel 40:28 Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.
- Ezekiel 40:33 Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:35 Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,