Inner Court Entrances and Chambers
Ezekiel 40:20-23
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Eze.40.20 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:22 (verbal): Same measurement formula applied to another gate facing north — repeats the language of measuring the gate’s length and breadth in the temple-vision.
- Ezekiel 40:26 (verbal): Parallel clause describing the measurement of a gate (here facing east) with the same technical wording — shows the repeated, formulaic survey of the temple gates.
- Ezekiel 40:31 (verbal): Another instance in the chapter where gate dimensions and orientations are systematically measured — continues the pattern of precise architectural measurement.
- 1 Kings 6:2-10 (thematic): Solomon’s temple description provides an earlier Israelite temple architectural parallel — like Ezekiel, it gives precise dimensions and structural details for sacred precincts and entrances.
- Revelation 21:12 (thematic): The New Jerusalem’s gates echo temple-city imagery — the motif of oriented gates and ordered access parallels Ezekiel’s concern with the placement and measurement of gates in a sacred complex.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the gate whose face looked toward the north, to the outer court—he measured its length and its breadth.
- And the gate whose face is toward the north of the outer court—he measured its length and its breadth.
Eze.40.21 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:20 (structural): Immediate context describing the gate complex—continues the account of porticoes/wings and their arrangement, paralleling the ‘three on a side’ architectural feature.
- Ezekiel 40:22 (verbal): Nearby verse that repeats the dimensional language (cubits, length, breadth) for the gate chambers, using the same measurement vocabulary and confirming the layout.
- Ezekiel 41:2 (structural): Measurements of the inner sanctuary and its adjoining structures—continues Ezekiel’s systematic, architectonic measurement program and parallels the focus on precise chamber dimensions.
- 1 Kings 6:5-6 (thematic): Solomon’s temple description: side chambers built in three stories with specified widths—thematises the ‘three on a side’ arrangement and concern for chamber measurements in temple architecture.
- Ezekiel 42:1 (structural): Measurement and description of the surrounding chambers/courts (arrangement, windows, dimensions)—parallels the organizational pattern of ancillary rooms around the temple complex.
Alternative generated candidates
- And its chambers were three on one side and three on the other; its vestibules and its broad rooms were according to the measure of the first gate—fifty cubits its length, and twenty-five cubits its breadth.
- And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its pillars and porches were according to the measure of the first gate—its length fifty cubits, its breadth twenty-five cubits.
Eze.40.22 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- ואלמיו: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,suff3ms
- ותמריו: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,suff3ms
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:6-8 (verbal): Immediate parallel within the same vision: repeats measurements and describes the gateway with windows and the seven steps leading up—closely related vocabulary and formulae.
- Ezekiel 41:1-4 (structural): Continues the temple description with inner chambers and doors facing east and their approach—similar architectural arrangement and orientation of entrances.
- 1 Kings 6:4, 6:29 (verbal): Solomon's temple language: windows and carved palm‑trees/ornamentation (and open lattice work) echo Ezekiel's mention of windows, palm‑tree motifs and decorative elements.
- Ezekiel 46:1-2 (thematic): Regulations and significance of the east gate in Ezekiel's temple tradition—the eastward orientation and special status of the gate parallel the description of the gate that 'faces east' in 40:22.
Alternative generated candidates
- And its windows and its side rooms and its porches were like the measure of the gate whose face looks toward the east; and there were seven steps by which to go up to it, and its doors were before them.
- And its windows and its porches and its palm‑work were like the measurement of the gate that faces east; there were seven steps to go up to it, and its windows were before them.
Eze.40.23 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:22 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same temple-vision sequence—also describes gates facing north and east and repeats the measurement “from gate to gate a hundred cubits.”
- Ezekiel 40:5 (structural): Introduces the measuring-reed and measurement language used throughout Ezekiel 40–42, providing the procedural context for the hundred-cubit measurements in v.23.
- Ezekiel 41:1 (verbal): Continues the temple-measuring motif—here the prophet is led to measure the inner house and its walls, using the same technical measurement language and concern for spatial arrangement.
- 1 Kings 6:2 (thematic): Solomon’s temple description gives precise interior dimensions (e.g., inner sanctuary), providing a canonical precedent for detailing temple architecture and measurements as in Ezekiel’s vision.
Alternative generated candidates
- There was a gate for the inner court opposite the north gate and opposite the east gate; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.
- And there was a gate for the inner court opposite the gate to the north and the gate to the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.
And the gate whose face looked toward the north, to the outer court—he measured its length and its breadth. And its porches were three on one side and three on the other; and its porches and its pilasters were according to the measure of the first gate: fifty cubits its length, and twenty-five cubits its breadth. And its windows and its jambs and its palm‑beams were according to the measure of the gate that faced east; and seven steps went up to it, and its pillars stood before them. And there was a gate for the inner court opposite the gate to the north and to the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.