Bible Strands
Ezekiel 40:47
Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel receives a visionary tour where an unnamed figure demonstrates the temple complex. The vision unfolds during a systematic survey of the inner court and its adjacent structures.
The words — וַ/יָּ֨מָד (va/i.Ya.mod) = and he measured and הֶ/חָצֵ֜ר (he./cha.Tzer) = the courtyard open the verse. These terms record the active survey of the sacred enclosure.
The thread — The measuring motif recurs in Ezekiel 40:19, Ezekiel 40:23, and Ezekiel 40:27. Each passage extends the survey to different gates and court boundaries.
Why it lands — The text states the court's exact square dimensions and the altar's placement directly before the temple. It requires the reader to note the precise geometry and the altar's central location without adding symbolic meaning.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.