King James Version
Ezekiel 40:15 in the King James Version says “And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.”
Ezekiel 40:15 · King James Version
He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees. narrow: Heb. closed arches: or, galleries, or, porches inward: or, within
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“And from the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“And from the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
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