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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records a visionary tour where a measuring figure brings Ezekiel to the inner court’s east gateway to document its architectural dimensions.

The words — חַלּוֹנֹת (challonot) = windows and סָבִיב (savic) = all around, describing the structural placement of light openings encircling the gateway and its portico.

The thread — The identical fifty-by-twenty-five cubit dimensions and surrounding windows appear in Ezekiel 40:25 and Ezekiel 40:36, while Ezekiel 40:21 records the same gate chamber and pillar measurements but omits any window description.

Why it lands — The text demands precise attention to architectural symmetry, requiring the reader to track how repeated measurements establish a standardized sacred space rather than relying on symbolic speculation.

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The Hebrew words

וְתָאָ֞יוve./ta.'o/vand/ chambers/ its וְאֵלָ֤יוve./'e.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 אֹ֚רֶךְ'O.rekh[the] length חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.Shim[was] fifty אַמָּ֔ה'a.Mahcubit[s]וְרֹ֕חַבve./Ro.chavand/ [the] breadth חָמֵ֥שׁcha.Mesh[was] five וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםve./'es.Rimand/ twenty אַמָּֽה׃'a.Mahcubit[s]

King James Version

And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 40:21 Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
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 40:36 as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.