King James Version

What Does Ezekiel 40:29 Mean?

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.

Context

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

31

And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**10. in the border of Israel--**on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare 2Ki 25:19-21, with 1Ki 8:65). **ye shall know that I am the Lord--**by the judgments I inflict (Psa 9:16).

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

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