King James Version
Ezekiel 40:47 in the King James Version says “So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.”
Ezekiel 40:47 · KJV
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. charge: or, ward, or, ordinance
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
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.
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“So he measured”
H4058properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“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)
“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)
“that was before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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