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Ezekiel 40:7
Ezekiel 40:7 is verse 7 of Ezekiel chapter 40, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
5 (long) cubits is approximately 8.75 feet or 2.7 meters; also in verses 30 and 48.
King James Version
And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
World English Bible
Every lodge was one reed long and one reed wide. Between the lodges was five cubits. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
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Ezekiel 40:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
6 Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
7 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.
8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;
9 it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ezekiel 42:5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.
1 Kings 6:5Against 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 6:6The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
1 Kings 6:7The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
1 Kings 6:8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
1 Kings 6:9So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
1 Kings 6:10He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
1 Chronicles 9:26But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 23:28but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
2 Chronicles 3:9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
Ezra 8:29Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
Jeremiah 35:4and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.