Ezekiel 40:47 KJV

So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

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Matthew Henry

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Parallel Passages

  • Ezekiel 40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
  • Revelation 21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Ezekiel 40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
  • Ezekiel 40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
  • Ezekiel 40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

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Topics

  • Ezekiel Of a man with measuring line

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • So he measured וַיָּמָד wayyāmād מָדַד Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • the court אֶת ʾet Object marker הֶחָצֵר heḥāṣēr חָצֵר Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • an hundred מֵאָה mēʾâ מֵאָה Number · masculine or feminine singular
  • cubits אַמָּה ʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular
  • long אֹרֶךְ ʾōrek אֹרֶךְ Noun · masculine singular
  • and an hundred מֵאָה mēʾâ מֵאָה Number · masculine or feminine singular
  • cubits אַמָּה ʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular
  • broad וְרֹחַב wĕrōḥab רֹחַב Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • foursquare מְרֻבָּעַת mĕrubbāʿat רָבַע Verb · pual passive participle, feminine singular
  • and the altar וְהַמִּזְבֵּחַ wĕhammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with and, the
  • before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
  • the house הַבָּיִת habbāyit בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular · with the

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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