Ezekiel 40:15
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New International Version (©2011)
The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The full length of the gateway passage was 87-1/2 feet from one end to the other.

English Standard Version (©2001)
From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate's portico on the inside was 87 1/2 feet.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The distance from the front entrance gate to the vestibule of the inner gate measured 50 cubits.

NET Bible (©2006)
From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The total length of the gateway from the front of the outer part to the front of the inner part of the entrance hall was 871/2 feet.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

American King James Version
And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

American Standard Version
And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And before the face of the gate which reached even to the face of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits.

Darby Bible Translation
And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

English Revised Version
And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

Webster's Bible Translation
And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

World English Bible
[From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

Young's Literal Translation
and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

40:1-49 The Vision of the Temple. - Here is a vision, beginning at ch. 40, and continued to the end of the book, ch. 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to any difficulty we meet with, let us bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough; and let us wait till God shall reveal even this unto us. This chapter describes two outward courts of the temple. Whether the personage here mentioned was the Son of God, or a created angel, is not clear. But Christ is both our Altar and our Sacrifice, to whom we must look with faith in all approaches to God; and he is Salvation in the midst of the earth, Ps 74:12, to be looked unto from all quarters.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. - The whole length of the gate, from the outer entrance to the inner exit fifty cubits, was thus composed -

1. An outer threshold - 6 cubits

2. Three guard-chambers, six cubits each -18 cubits

3. Two spaces between the chambers, five cubits each - 10 cubits

4. An inner threshold - 6 cubits

5. A porch before the gate - 8 cubits

6. One post, or pillar - 2 cubits

Total - 50 cubits

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And from the face of the gate of the entrance,.... That is, from the outward gate as you went into the porch, and was to the east, so called from people's passing and repassing (b) in it; so Jarchi takes it to be the eastern gate; the Targum calls it the middle gate:

unto the face of the porch of the inner gate; which opened at the other end of the porch, into the outward court, and was to the west: from gate to gate

were fifty cubits; as he measured the breadth of the porch before, Ezekiel 40:13, here the length; there were three chambers six cubits long, which made eighteen; and between each chamber were five cubits, which were ten cubits; and the space between the chambers and the gates at each end were six cubits each; Ezekiel 40:8, which make twelve more; and then allow ten cubits for the thickness of both walls of each gate, and there will be fifty cubits, or twenty nine yards and half a foot.

(b) Vid. R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 9. 1.

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The East Gate
…14He made also posts of three score cubits, even to the post of the court round about the gate. 15And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. 16And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and on each post were palm trees.

Ezekiel 40:14 He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway--sixty cubits. The measurement was up to the portico facing the courtyard.
Ezekiel 40:16 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
Ezekiel 40:21 Its alcoves--three on each side--its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.