Ezekiel 40:29

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records a vision where a measuring figure guides him into the inner court through the south gate. The text specifies the dimensions and architectural layout of this particular gateway.

The words — תָּאֳיָיו (ta'ōyāyw) translates to "its chambers" and חַלּוֹנוֹת (ḥallōnōt) translates to "windows." These terms identify the structural elements that replicate the standardized design of the preceding gates.

The thread — The description runs parallel to Ezekiel 40:25, Ezekiel 40:7, and Ezekiel 40:16, which consistently report that gate chambers, side pillars, porticoes, and surrounding windows maintain identical measurements throughout the vision.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to record exact architectural data rather than extract abstract symbolism. It asks for attention to structural uniformity as the primary datum of the vision.

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The Hebrew words

וְתָאָ֞יוve./ta.'o/vand/ chambers/ its וְאֵילָ֤יוve./'ei.lo/vand/ pillars/ its וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ve./'e.la.mo/vand/ porches/ its כַּמִּדּ֣וֹתka./mi.Dot[were] according to the/ measurements הָאֵ֔לֶּהha./'E.leh<the>/ these וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹתve./cha.lo.Notand/ windowsל֛וֹl/o[belonged] to/ itוּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יוu./le./'e.la.mo/vand/ to/ porches/ its סָבִ֣יב׀sa.Vivall around סָבִ֑יבsa.Vivall around חֲמִשִּׁ֤יםcha.mi.Shim[was] fifty אַמָּה֙'a.Mahcubit[s]אֹ֔רֶךְ'O.rekh[the] length וְרֹ֕חַבve./Ro.chavand/ [the] breadth עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.Rim[was] twenty וְחָמֵ֖שׁve./cha.Meshand/ five אַמּֽוֹת׃'a.Motcubits

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 40:25 Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Ezekiel 40:7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.
Ezekiel 40:16 The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
Ezekiel 40:10 There were three gate chambers on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the gateposts on either side also had the same measurements.
1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
2 Chronicles 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
Nehemiah 13:5 and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
Nehemiah 13:9 Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
Jeremiah 35:2 “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
Jeremiah 36:10 From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.