Ezekiel 40:22
New International Version
Its openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

New Living Translation
The windows, the entry room, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east gateway. There were seven steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and the entry room was at the inner end of the gateway passage.

English Standard Version
And its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps people would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them.

Berean Standard Bible
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

King James Bible
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

New King James Version
Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it.

New American Standard Bible
Its windows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the gate which faced east; and it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.

NASB 1995
Its windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the gate which faced toward the east; and it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.

NASB 1977
And its windows, and its porches, and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the gate which faced toward the east; and it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Its windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the gate which faced toward the east; and it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.

Amplified Bible
Its windows and its porches and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the gate that faced toward the east. It was reached by going up seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.

Christian Standard Bible
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them.

American Standard Version
And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

Contemporary English Version
and the windows, the entrance room, and the carvings of palm trees were just like those in the east gate. The entrance room also faced the courtyard of the temple and had seven steps leading up to it.

English Revised Version
And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Its windows, recessed walls, and palm tree pictures were the same size as those in the east gateway. Seven steps went up to it and led to its entrance hall.

Good News Translation
The entrance room, the windows, and the carved palm trees were like those in the east gate. Here seven steps led up to the gate, and the entrance room was at the end facing the courtyard.

International Standard Version
Its windows, porches, and palm tree ornaments had measurements identical to the east-facing gate. Reached by seven ascending steps, its porch lay to the front of the steps.

Majority Standard Bible
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

NET Bible
Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

New Heart English Bible
And its windows, and its porches, and the palm trees of it had the same measurement as the gate that faced toward the east. And they went up to it by seven steps; and its porch was in front of them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm-trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh towards the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.

World English Bible
Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and its windows, and its arches, and its palm-trees [are] according to the measure of the gate whose face [is] eastward, and they go up on it by seven steps, and its arches [are] before them.

Young's Literal Translation
and its windows, and its arches, and its palm-trees are according to the measure of the gate whose face is eastward, and by seven steps they go up on it, and its arches are before them.

Smith's Literal Translation
And its windows and its porch and its palm tree, as the measure of the gate whose face the way of the east: and they will go up into it by seven steps; and its porch before them.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the windows thereof, and the porch, and the gravings according to the measure of the gate that looked to the east, and they went up to it by seven steps, and a porch was before it.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now its windows, and the vestibule, and the engravings were in accord with the measure of the gate which looked to the east. And its ascent was by seven steps, and a vestibule was before it.

New American Bible
Its windows, its vestibule, and its palm decorations had the same proportions as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, and its vestibule faced the inside.

New Revised Standard Version
Its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. Seven steps led up to it; and its vestibule was on the inside.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And its windows and its porticoes had the same measurements as those of the gate that looks toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and a portico was before them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And its windows and its lintels were like the measure of the gate that faces to the East, and in seven steps going up to it; and a vestibule is before them
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and it was ascended by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And its windows, and its porches, and its palm-trees, were according to the dimensions of the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the porches were within.

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Context
The North Gate
21Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them. 23There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 40:6-9
Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep. / Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep. / Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside; ...

Ezekiel 40:16
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.

Ezekiel 40:20-21
He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north. / Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:24-25
Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others. / Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:28-29
Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others. / Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:32-33
And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others. / Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:35-36
Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others, / as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:48-49
Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side. / The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.

Ezekiel 41:1-2
Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side. / The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

Ezekiel 43:1-2
Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east, / and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

Ezekiel 44:1-2
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut. / And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.

Ezekiel 47:1-2
Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. / Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.

1 Kings 6:3-5
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple. / He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple. / Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.

1 Kings 7:12
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 3:4
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.


Treasury of Scripture

And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looks toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

palm trees

Ezekiel 40:16,31,37
And 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 upon each post were palm trees…

1 Kings 6:29,32,35
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without…

1 Kings 7:36
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

and they

Ezekiel 40:6,26,31,34,37,49
Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad…

Hebrews 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

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Ezekiel 40
1. The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple
6. The description of the east gate of the outer court
20. of the north gate
24. of the south gate
27. of the south gate of the inner court
32. of the east gate
35. and of the north gate
39. Eight tables
44. The chambers
48. The porch of the house














Its windows
The Hebrew word for "windows" is "חַלּוֹן" (chalon), which often signifies openings that allow light to enter. In the context of the temple vision, these windows symbolize spiritual illumination and divine insight. They remind us of the light of God's presence that permeates His holy dwelling, offering guidance and revelation to His people.

and its portico
The term "portico" refers to a covered entrance or porch, known in Hebrew as "אוּלָם" (ulam). This architectural feature signifies a place of transition, a threshold between the outer world and the sacred space within. It represents the invitation to enter into a deeper relationship with God, moving from the mundane to the holy.

and its palm trees
Palm trees, or "תָּמָר" (tamar) in Hebrew, are often associated with victory, peace, and eternal life. In the temple vision, they symbolize the flourishing and enduring nature of God's kingdom. The presence of palm trees in the temple's design serves as a reminder of the peace and prosperity that come from living in accordance with God's will.

had the same measurements
The phrase "had the same measurements" underscores the precision and orderliness of God's design. In Hebrew, "מִדָּה" (middah) refers to measurement or proportion. This consistency in measurements reflects God's unchanging nature and the perfect harmony of His creation. It emphasizes that God's standards are constant and reliable.

as those of the gate facing east
The east gate holds significant symbolism in biblical texts, often representing the direction of God's glory and the coming of the Messiah. The Hebrew word for "east" is "קֶדֶם" (qedem), which can also mean "ancient" or "eternal." This connection to the east gate highlights the anticipation of divine intervention and the hope of redemption.

Seven steps led up to it
The number seven in Hebrew, "שֶׁבַע" (sheva), is symbolic of completeness and perfection. The seven steps leading up to the portico suggest a journey towards spiritual maturity and completeness in God. It signifies the process of ascending to a higher understanding and relationship with the divine.

and its portico was opposite them
The phrase "was opposite them" indicates alignment and intentionality in the temple's design. In Hebrew, "נֶגֶד" (neged) means "in front of" or "facing." This alignment signifies the direct and intentional approach to God's presence, emphasizing the importance of facing God with sincerity and purpose in worship.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Its windows,
וְחַלּוֹנָ֤יו (wə·ḥal·lō·w·nāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2474: A window

portico,
וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ (wə·’ê·lam·māw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 361: A pillar-space, a pale

and palm trees
וְתִ֣מֹרָ֔יו (wə·ṯi·mō·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8561: A palm-like pilaster

had the same measurements
כְּמִדַּ֣ת (kə·mid·daṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4060: Extension, height, breadth, a measure, a portion, a vestment, tribute

as those of the gate
הַשַּׁ֔עַר (haš·ša·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

facing
פָּנָ֖יו (pā·nāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

east.
הַקָּדִ֑ים (haq·qā·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East

Seven
שֶׁ֙בַע֙ (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

steps
וּבְמַעֲל֥וֹת (ū·ḇə·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

led up to it,
יַֽעֲלוּ־ (ya·‘ă·lū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

with its portico
וְאֵֽילַמָּ֖יו (wə·’ê·lam·māw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 361: A pillar-space, a pale

opposite them.
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (lip̄·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face


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