Ezekiel 40:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he went to the gateway facing east and went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one reed wide, and the other threshold was also one reed wide.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then he went to the gateway that faced east, climbed its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate as one rod wide.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then came{H935} he unto the gate{H8179} which looketh{H6440} toward{H1870} the east,{H6921} and went up{H5927} the steps{H4609} thereof: and he measured{H4058} the threshold{H5592} of the gate,{H8179} one{H259} reed{H7070} broad;{H7341} and the other{H259} threshold,{H5592} one{H259} reed{H7070} broad.{H7341}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then came{H935}{(H8799)} he unto the gate{H8179} which looketh{H6440} toward{H1870} the east{H6921}, and went up{H5927}{(H8799)} the stairs{H4609} thereof, and measured{H4058}{(H8799)} the threshold{H5592} of the gate{H8179}, which was one{H259} reed{H7070} broad{H7341}; and the other{H259} threshold{H5592} of the gate, which was one{H259} reed{H7070} broad{H7341}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then came he vnto the eastdore, and wente vp the stares, & measured the postes of the dore: wherof euery one was a meterodde thicke. Euery chambre was a meterodde longe and brode:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then came he vnto the gate, which looketh towarde the East, and went vp the stayres thereof, and measured the poste of the gate, which was one reede broade, and the other poste of the gate, which was one reede broade.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then came he to the gate which loketh toward the east, and went vp the staires therof, and measured the post of the gate one cane broade, and the other post of the gate one cane broade.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he cometh in unto the gate whose front `is' eastward, and he goeth up by its steps, and he measureth the threshold of the gate one reed broad, even the one threshold one reed broad,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then he came to the doorway looking to the east, and went up by its steps; and he took the measure of the doorstep, one rod wide.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
  • Ezek 43:1 : 1 Afterward, he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.
  • Ezek 40:20 : 20 On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.
  • Ezek 11:1 : 1 Moreover, the spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house, which faces eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate were twenty-five men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
  • Ezek 40:5 : 5 There was a wall all around the outside of the temple, and in the man's hand was a measuring reed six cubits long, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the width of the wall structure, one reed, and the height, one reed.
  • Ezek 40:7 : 7 Each gate chamber was one reed long and one reed wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits, and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one reed.
  • Ezek 10:18 : 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
  • 1 Kgs 6:8 : 8 The door for the middle chamber was on the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and from the middle into the third.
  • 1 Chr 9:18 : 18 They previously served in the king's gate to the east. They were gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.
  • 1 Chr 9:24 : 24 The gatekeepers were in four quarters: east, west, north, and south.
  • Neh 3:29 : 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Jer 19:2 : 2 And go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you,
  • Ezek 40:26 : 26 Seven steps led up to it, and its arches were in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and another on that side.
  • Ezek 43:8 : 8 By setting their threshold by my threshold, and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only a wall between me and them, they have defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
  • Ezek 44:1 : 1 Then he brought me back by way of the gate of the outer sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut.
  • Ezek 46:1-2 : 1 Thus says the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be closed the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate from outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
  • Ezek 46:12 : 12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open for him the gate that faces toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the Sabbath day: then he shall go out; and after he goes out, one shall shut the gate.
  • Ezek 47:1 : 1 Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and, behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house faced east, and the waters came down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 40:7-15
    9 verses
    90%

    7 Each gate chamber was one reed long and one reed wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits, and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one reed.

    8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one reed.

    9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the posts were two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was toward the inside.

    10 In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were of the same size, and the posts had the same size on this side and that.

    11 He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

    12 There was a barrier before the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

    13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other, the width was twenty-five cubits as door faced door.

    14 He made the gateposts sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.

    15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.

  • Ezek 40:32-37
    6 verses
    86%

    32 He brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these measurements.

    33 Its gate chambers, its posts, and its arches were according to these measurements. And there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

    34 Its arches faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its gateposts, on this side and on that side; and going up to it were eight steps.

    35 He brought me to the north gate and measured it according to these same measurements.

    36 Also its gate chambers, its posts, and its arches; it had windows all around, its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.

    37 Its gateposts faced the outer court; palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side; and going up to it were eight steps.

  • Ezek 40:5
    85%

    5 There was a wall all around the outside of the temple, and in the man's hand was a measuring reed six cubits long, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the width of the wall structure, one reed, and the height, one reed.

  • Ezek 40:47-49
    3 verses
    84%

    47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare; and the altar was in front of the temple.

    48 Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.

    49 The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits. By the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.

  • Ezek 41:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 Afterward, he brought me to the temple and measured the posts, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side, which was the width of the tabernacle.

    2 And the width of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side: and he measured its length, forty cubits; and its width, twenty cubits.

    3 Then he went inward and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the width of the door, seven cubits.

  • Ezek 40:17-24
    8 verses
    83%

    17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

    18 The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement.

    19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.

    20 On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.

    21 Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts, and its arches had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.

    22 Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees had the same measurements as the gate facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its arches were in front of it.

    23 A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gate, just as the eastern gate; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.

    24 After that he brought me toward the south, and there was a gateway facing south; and he measured its gateposts and its arches according to these same measurements.

  • Ezek 40:27-29
    3 verses
    83%

    27 There was also a gateway on the inner court facing south, and he measured from gate to gate toward the south one hundred cubits.

    28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate according to these same measurements.

    29 Its gate chambers, its posts, and its arches were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

  • Ezek 42:15-19
    5 verses
    81%

    15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out toward the gate that faced east, and measured it all around.

    16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.

    17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.

    18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

    19 He turned to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

  • Ezek 40:3
    81%

    3 He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen line in his hand and a measuring reed, and he stood in the gateway.

  • Ezek 41:5
    78%

    5 After, he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the house on every side.

  • Ezek 42:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Then he brought me out to the outer court, by way of the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was opposite the separate area, which was before the building toward the north.

    2 In front of the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits.

  • Ezek 41:8
    77%

    8 I also saw the height of the house all around: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

  • Ezek 43:1
    77%

    1 Afterward, he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.

  • Ezek 41:17
    77%

    17 To that above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

  • Ezek 41:15
    77%

    15 And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate place that was behind it, along with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple and the porches of the court;

  • Ezek 41:12
    76%

    12 Now the building that faced the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

  • Ezek 42:4
    76%

    4 And before the chambers there was a walk of ten cubits wide inward, a pathway of one cubit; and their doors faced north.

  • Rev 11:1
    75%

    1 And there was given to me a reed like a rod, and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship there.

  • Rev 21:15
    75%

    15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates of it, and the wall of it.