King James Version
Ezekiel 40:35 in the King James Version says “And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;”
Ezekiel 40:35 · KJV
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me to the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
“and measured”
H4058properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
“it according to these measures”
H4060properly, extension, i.e., height or breadth; specifically, tribute (as measured)
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