Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure
Ezekiel 40:28-37
Eze.40.28 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:39 (verbal): Describes the parallel action of being brought to and measuring the north gate of the inner court—same visionary measuring sequence applied to the opposite gate.
- Ezekiel 41:1 (thematic): Continues the temple-measuring motif by recording measurements inside the temple building itself (doorposts/jambs), linking the chapter’s systematic survey of sacred space.
- 1 Kings 6:2 (thematic): Solomon’s temple description gives specific architectural measurements of a holy building—parallels the theme of precise dimensions for sacred structures.
- Revelation 21:15-17 (structural): Uses a measuring rod to survey the new Jerusalem’s walls and dimensions; echoes the prophetic motif of divine measurement and orderly space in eschatological/temple imagery.
Alternative generated candidates
- And he brought me to the inner court, to the gate of the south; and he measured the gate of the south according to these measures.
- And he brought me to the inner court by the gate of the south; and he measured the gate of the south according to these measures.
Eze.40.29 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 42:1-5 (verbal): Repeats the description of chambers adjoining the court with the same basic dimensions (fifty cubits by twenty‑five cubits) and galleries/windows around them — a near verbal/structural parallel within Ezekiel's temple vision.
- Ezekiel 41:4-6 (structural): Describes side chambers, windows and measurements of the temple building itself; parallels the architectural features (side rooms, openings, and measured proportions) found in 40:29.
- 1 Kings 6:5-8 (thematic): Solomon's temple account: side chambers built against the walls, windows in tiers, and specific room arrangements — an earlier temple model that Ezekiel's measurements and chamber descriptions allude to or echo.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4-6 (thematic): Chronicles' description of Solomon's temple dimensions and wall construction (thickness, chambers) provides a parallel tradition of temple architecture that resonates with the chambers and measurements in Ezekiel 40:29.
Alternative generated candidates
- Its porches, its pilasters, and its windows were like these; and windows to it and to its pilasters all around—fifty cubits in length and twenty‑five cubits in breadth.
- Its porches, its pillars, and its windows according to these measures; and its windows and its pillars were round about—fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in breadth.
Eze.40.30 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- סביב: ADV
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- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- אמות: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:6 (structural): Immediate context in the same vision describing the layout and measurements of the side chambers and their openings—continues the same sequence of cubit measurements for windows and chambers.
- Ezekiel 41:7 (verbal): Describes "windows round about" and their arrangement in rows—echoes the language and architectural feature of surrounding windows/balconies found in 40:30.
- 1 Kings 6:8 (verbal): Solomon's temple account states that windows were made "in the wall of the house round about"—a parallel phrasing and similar architectural detail in an earlier temple tradition.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4-5 (thematic): Gives the overall cubit dimensions and structural layout of Solomon's temple, paralleling Ezekiel's systematic use of cubit measurements to describe temple architecture.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the alcoves all around were twenty‑five cubits long and five cubits wide.
- And the porches round about were twenty-five cubits in length and five cubits in breadth.
Eze.40.31 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואלמו: CONJ+PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
- אל: NEG
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- מעליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:5-8 (verbal): Solomon’s temple account describing side chambers and their arrangement against the temple walls—parallels Ezekiel’s emphasis on outer chambers/rooms and architectural detail.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5-7 (verbal): Parallel to 1 Kings: narrative of the temple’s side rooms and superimposed chambers, echoing Ezekiel’s description of ancillary rooms and their relation to the courts.
- Ezekiel 40:30 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same vision describing the chambers, their thresholds/doors, and stairways—continuation of the architectural layout to which v.31 belongs.
- Ezekiel 41:6 (structural): Later chapter’s treatment of side chambers and their construction/details in the visionary temple, providing a corroborating architectural picture and vocabulary.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the alcove faced the outer court; and palm‑trees stood beside its pilasters, and eight steps went up to it.
- And its porches faced the outer court; palm-trees stood before it, and eight steps went up to it.
Eze.40.32 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויביאני: VERB,hifil,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
- אל: NEG
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- את: PRT,acc
- השער: NOUN,m,sg,def
- כמדות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
- האלה: DEM,pl
Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:26 (verbal): Same unit of the temple vision describing courts and gates nearby; continues the sequence of measurements and architectural detail immediately surrounding v.32.
- Ezekiel 40:31 (verbal): Closely related wording about measuring the gate (‘measured the gate according to these measures’), showing the repetitive measurement formula in the vision.
- Ezekiel 41:1-4 (structural): Continues the temple description with measurements of the inner house and doorways, expanding the architectural program begun in ch.40.
- Ezekiel 42:20 (structural): Later movement through the temple courts and gates; parallels the prophet’s guided tour and the attention to particular courtways and gate locations (north/east) in the vision.
- 1 Kings 6:2-10 (thematic): Solomon’s temple construction and measurements provide an earlier precedent for describing temple architecture and gates—themantic background to Ezekiel’s measured temple vision.
Alternative generated candidates
- And he brought me to the inner court by the way of the east; and he measured the gate according to these measures.
- And he brought me to the inner court by the gate of the east; and he measured the gate of the east according to these measures.
Eze.40.33 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ותאיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs
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- האלה: DEM,pl
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:5 (verbal): Repeats the same measurements for the side chambers—length fifty cubits and breadth twenty-five cubits—echoing the description in 40:33.
- Ezekiel 40:32 (verbal): Immediate parallel within the same chapter that restates the presence of windows and the surrounding chambers with the same dimensions.
- 1 Kings 6:5-6 (structural): Solomon’s temple is described as having side chambers built against the walls with windows; similar architectural language and arrangement of chambers and windows.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5-6 (structural): Chronicles parallels the account of side chambers constructed around the temple’s walls, echoing the same structural feature reflected in Ezekiel’s measurements.
Alternative generated candidates
- Its porches, its pilasters, and its windows were like these; and windows to it and to its pilasters all around—fifty cubits in length and twenty‑five cubits in breadth.
- Its porches, its pillars, and its windows according to these measures; and its windows and its pillars were round about—fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in breadth.
Eze.40.34 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:8 (verbal): Mentions winding stairs and passages within Solomon's temple—parallels Ezekiel's reference to steps/ramps leading into temple chambers (shared architectural language).
- 1 Kings 6:5-10 (structural): Describes side chambers and the arrangement of levels and access in Solomon's temple; structurally analogous to Ezekiel's measured description of terraces and stairways.
- Exodus 26:20-30 (thematic): Gives instructions for constructing the sacred enclosure and internal arrangement of the tabernacle; thematically parallels Ezekiel's concern with precise sacred architecture and measured approach to the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 42:1-14 (structural): Within the same Ezekiel vision, these verses describe chambers, their dimensions, and entrances for priests—directly parallel to the stairways and access patterns noted in 40:34.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11-12 (allusion): David hands Solomon a detailed temple plan and measurements; echoes the motif of divinely sanctioned architectural plans found in Ezekiel's temple vision.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the alcoves faced the outer court; and palm‑trees stood beside its pilasters, one on this side and one on that side, and eight steps went up to it.
- And its porches faced the outer court; palm-trees stood before it on this side and on that side, and eight steps went up to it.
Eze.40.35 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויביאני: VERB,hifil,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
- אל: NEG
- שער: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הצפון: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ומדד: VERB,piel,perf,3,m,sg
- כמדות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
- האלה: DEM,pl
Parallels
- Exodus 25:9 (verbal): God instructs Moses to build the tabernacle 'according to all that I shew thee' — a command to follow a given pattern, echoing Ezekiel’s phrase 'according to these measures' (כמדות האלה).
- Ezekiel 40:16 (verbal): In the same temple-vision Ezekiel repeatedly uses the measuring formula ('and he measured') for gates and thresholds; 40:35 mirrors this recurring technical measuring language (internal verbal parallel).
- Ezekiel 43:13-17 (structural): Later in Ezekiel the prophet receives precise, schematic dimensions for the altar and temple areas—continuing the same concern for exact measurements and orderly sacred space found in 40:35 (structural continuation).
- Zechariah 2:1-2 (thematic): Zechariah sees a man with a measuring line measuring Jerusalem—a prophetic motif of measuring holy space and defining sacred boundaries that parallels Ezekiel’s measuring of the temple gates/courts.
- Revelation 11:1 (allusion): John is told to 'measure the temple of God'—an apocalyptic act that evokes prophetic temple-measuring traditions (notably Ezekiel’s detailed measurements) and frames sacred space in eschatological terms.
Alternative generated candidates
- And he brought me to the gate of the north, and he measured it according to these measures.
- And he brought me to the gate of the north, and he measured it according to these measures.
Eze.40.36 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- תאיו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
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- ואלמיו: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,suff3ms
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:2-4 (verbal): Same Ezekiel temple vision—continues the building measurements and describes inner chambers, doorways and windows, using similar measurement language and arrangement of side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:2-8 (structural): Solomon’s temple account gives precise dimensions and describes porches and narrow windows with recessed frames—comparable architectural language (measurements, doorways, windows) to Ezekiel’s temple plan.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3-7 (structural): Parallel summary of Solomon’s temple construction (dimensions, porch/vestibule, and upper chambers with windows), offering a related architectural model to which Ezekiel’s measurements and windows allude.
- Exodus 26:15-30 (thematic): Tabernacle construction specifications include precise panel and chamber measurements and ordered spatial design; thematically parallels Ezekiel’s concern for exact proportions and orderly temple architecture.
Alternative generated candidates
- Its porches, its pilasters, and its windows were like these; and windows to it and to its pilasters all around—fifty cubits in length and twenty‑five cubits in breadth.
- Its porches, its pillars, and its windows according to these measures; and its windows and its pillars were round about—fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in breadth.
Eze.40.37 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:29 (verbal): Solomon’s temple doors are carved with cherubim, palm trees and open flowers—direct verbal parallel in the use of palm‑tree ornamentation at temple gates/entrances.
- 1 Kings 6:32 (verbal): A neighboring verse in the Solomon‑temple description places palm trees between cherubim at the entrance—closely parallels Ezekiel’s repeated palm‑tree motif flanking gateways.
- Ezekiel 40:22 (structural): An earlier verse in the same temple vision also describes palm trees at the gate and related architectural features—shows the same decorative/structural element repeated in the gate complex.
- Ezekiel 40:26 (structural): Another nearby verse in Ezekiel’s gate descriptions refers to steps, porches and adjoining chambers—connects with 40:37’s mention of steps up to the outer court and the arrangement of gate features.
Alternative generated candidates
- And its pilasters faced the outer court; and palm‑trees stood beside its pilasters, one on this side and one on that side, and eight steps went up to it.
- And its pillars toward the outer court; palm-trees stood before it on this side and on that side, and eight steps went up to it.
And he brought me to the inner court at the gate of the south; and he measured the gate of the south according to these measures.
Its porches, its posts, and its pilasters according to these measures; and windows for it and for its pilasters all around—fifty cubits long and twenty‑five cubits wide. And chambers all around—twenty‑five cubits long and five cubits wide. And its chambers toward the outer court, and palm‑trees beside its posts, and eight steps went up to it. And he brought me to the inner court by the way of the east; and he measured the gate according to these measures.
Its porches, its posts, and its pilasters according to these measures; and windows for it and for its pilasters all around—fifty cubits long and twenty‑five cubits wide. And its chambers toward the outer court, and palm‑trees beside it on this side and on that side, and eight steps went up to it. And he brought me to the gate of the north, and he measured it according to these measures.
Its porches, its posts, and its pilasters; and windows for it and for its pilasters all around—fifty cubits long and twenty‑five cubits wide. And its posts toward the outer court, and palm‑trees beside its posts on this side and on that side, and eight steps went up to it.