Ezekiel 40:49

The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — A measuring figure describes the portico's dimensions to Ezekiel during his prophetic vision of the restored temple.

The words — The Hebrew אֹרֶךְ ('O.rekh) denotes the length or depth of the structure, while הָאֻלָם (ha./'u.Lam) specifically identifies the portico or porch itself.

The thread — The architectural details of temple entrances and side pillars recur in the descriptions of Solomon’s temple in 1 Kings 7:15 and 2 Chronicles 3:17.

Why it lands — The text records that the portico measured twenty cubits wide, twelve deep, with ten steps and columns flanking the side pillars, demanding precise attention to structural order rather than symbolic speculation.

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The Hebrew words

אֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekh[the] length of הָאֻלָ֞םha./'u.Lamthe/ porch עֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.Rim[was] twenty אַמָּ֗ה'a.Mahcubit[s]וְרֹ֙חַב֙ve./Ro.chavand/ [the] breadth עַשְׁתֵּ֣י'ash.Tei[was] one [plus]עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.Rehten אַמָּ֔ה'a.Mahcubit[s]וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹתu./va./ma.'a.Lotand/ on the/ steps אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich יַעֲל֖וּya.'a.Lupeople go up אֵלָ֑יו'e.La/vto/ it וְעַמֻּדִים֙ve./'a.mu.Dimand/ columns אֶל־'el-to הָ֣אֵילִ֔יםha./'ei.Limthe/ pillars אֶחָ֥ד'e.Chadone מִפֹּ֖הmi./Pohfrom/ here וְאֶחָ֥דve./'e.Chadand/ one מִפֹּֽה׃mi./Pohfrom/ here

King James Version

The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

Cross-references

1 Kings 7:15 He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
2 Chronicles 3:17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
Jeremiah 52:17 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
Ezekiel 40:31 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
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 40:37 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
1 Kings 6:3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.