Ezekiel 40:37

Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Ezekiel records a visionary tour of a future temple, detailing the architectural specifications of its gate structures.

The words — תִמֹרִים (ti.mo.Rim) means palm trees, and חִיצוֹנָה (Chi.tzo.Nah) means outer, identifying the courtyard's boundary and the carved pillar decorations.

The thread — This description of a portico facing the outer court with palm-decorated pillars and eight steps appears identically in Ezekiel 40:31 and Ezekiel 40:34.

Why it lands — The text mandates precise attention to structural layout and orientation, requiring the reader to track architectural order rather than invent symbolic meanings.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֵילָ֗יוve./'ei.lo/vand/ pillars/ its לֶֽחָצֵר֙le./cha.Tzer[were] to the/ courtyard הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔הha./Chi.tzo.Nah<the>/ outer וְתִמֹרִ֥יםve./ti.mo.Rimand/ palm trees אֶל־'el-[were] to אֵילָ֖יו'ei.lo/vpillars/ its מִפּ֣וֹmi./Pofrom/ here וּמִפּ֑וֹu./mi./Poand/ from/ here וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥הu./she.mo.Nehand/ [was] eight מַעֲל֖וֹתma.'a.Lotsteps מַעֲלָֽיו׃ma.'a.lo/vascents/ its

King James Version

And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 40:34 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
Ezekiel 40:31 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.