King James Version
What Does Ezekiel 40:28 Mean?
“And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;”
Context
26
And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
27
And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
28
And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
29
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
30
And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. broad: Heb. breadth
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(28) **Brought me to the inner court.—**The preposition should be translated *into,* being the same with that in Ezekiel 40:32. The prophet having entered the inner court by the south gate, this is first described (Ezekiel 40:28-31). This and the other gates of this court are essentially the same, and require the same changes of translation as in the case of the outer gates. The same plan will serve for both, remembering that it must be reversed, the porches of one set of gates facing the porches of the other set; of course the steps led to the porches of the inner gates instead of to the opposite end. The few points of difference between them will be noted as they occur.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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