Verse 3

Ezekiel 40:3

New Living Translation

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3 As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יָּבֵ֨יא אוֹתִ֜/י שָׁ֗מָּ/ה וְ/הִנֵּה אִישׁ֙ מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙ כְּ/מַרְאֵ֣ה נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וּ/פְתִיל פִּשְׁתִּ֥ים בְּ/יָד֖/וֹ וּ/קְנֵ֣ה הַ/מִּדָּ֑ה וְ/ה֥וּא עֹמֵ֖ד בַּ/שָּֽׁעַר

English Translation

And he brought me there, and behold, a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, and a measure line of flax was in his hand, and he stood at the gate.

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Chapter 40 Context

1 On April 28, during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity — fourteen years after the fall of Jerusa... Focus ↗

2 In a vision from God (Elohim) he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mounta... Focus ↗

3 As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance...

4 He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have... Focus ↗

5 I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10... Focus ↗

6 Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gat... Focus ↗

7 There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1... Focus ↗

8 He also measured the entry room of the gateway. Focus ↗

9 It was 14 feet across, with supporting columns 3 1⁄2 feet thick. This entry room was at the inner en... Focus ↗

10 There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements,... Focus ↗

11 The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 1⁄2 feet wide at the opening and 22 3⁄4 feet wid... Focus ↗

12 In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1⁄2 feet on... Focus ↗

13 Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of f... Focus ↗

14 He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gatew... Focus ↗

15 The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet from one end to the other. Focus ↗

16 There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their di... Focus ↗

17 Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement... Focus ↗

18 This pavement flanked the gates and extended out from the walls into the courtyard the same distance... Focus ↗

19 Then the man measured across the Temple’s outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the... Focus ↗

20 The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east. Focus ↗

21 Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All t... Focus ↗

22 The windows, the entry room, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east gatew... Focus ↗

23 Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner... Focus ↗

24 Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its various parts, and they were exact... Focus ↗

25 It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway pass... Focus ↗

26 This gateway also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and an entry room at the inner end... Focus ↗

27 And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner cou... Focus ↗

28 Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it h... Focus ↗

29 Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those in the others. It also... Focus ↗

30 (The entry rooms of the gateways leading into the inner courtyard were 14 feet across and 43 3⁄4 fee... Focus ↗

31 The entry room to the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on... Focus ↗

32 Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the s... Focus ↗

33 Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those of the others, and the... Focus ↗

34 Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and ther... Focus ↗

35 Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it h... Focus ↗

36 The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway had the same measurements as in th... Focus ↗

37 Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard, and it had palm tree decorations on the columns. Ther... Focus ↗

38 A door led from the entry room of one of the inner gateways into a side room, where the meat for sac... Focus ↗

39 On each side of this entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for... Focus ↗

40 Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two more tab... Focus ↗

41 So there were eight tables in all — four inside and four outside — where the sacrifices were cut up... Focus ↗

42 There were also four tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31 1⁄2 in... Focus ↗

43 There were hooks, each 3 inches long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was... Focus ↗

44 Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms, one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other... Focus ↗

45 And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the T... Focus ↗

46 The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar — the descendants of... Focus ↗

47 Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. T... Focus ↗

48 Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the open... Focus ↗

49 The entry room was 35 feet wide and 21 feet deep. There were ten steps leading up to it, with a colu... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 40 (49 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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