Ezekiel 40

Ezekiel 40:2

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

I was, in vision, brought, as me seemed, into the land of Israel; and was, by the Spirit of God, set upon a very high hill, even the hill of Sion, under the side whereof was the frame of the city Jerusalem, on the south.

Ezekiel 40:3

And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed.

And, behold, there was a man, indeed the Son of God, whose appearance was bright and glorious, like unto burnished brass; and he had in his hand a line of flax to measure the outward and more spacious courts of the temple, and a measuring reed for the walls and buildings.

Ezekiel 40:5

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

And, behold, he shewed me a description of the temple, in all the courts thereof, and the three walls encompassing them: and first, of the outmost wall, which environs the rest round about; and in his hand he had a measuring reed of six cubits long, every cubit whereof had one handful added to it, above the common and ordinary length thereof; so as, while the common cubit was but of five handfuls, this cubit was according to the rate of six handfuls to each cubit: so he measured this outmost wall, and found it one whole reed, that is six cubits, in breadth, and one whole reed, or six cubits, in height.

Ezekiel 40:6

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.

Then, when he had measured the outmost wall that encompasseth the whole mount of Sion, he went right from the east to the westward, till he came to the next inclosure of the temple; and, whereas there are five gates in that wall, one to the east, another to the west, one to the north, and two to the south, he went to the eastern gate, and ascended up the stairs thereof; and, whereas the gate was double-leaved, he measured the breadth of the VOL. III. N N threshold, which was six large cubits broad, and either of the leaves of that gate.

Ezekiel 40:7

And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits.

And, whereas there were little rooms made in the inside of the gate, backing upon the wall, each of those rooms were six large cubits broad. The rest, unto chapter xliii., is a local description only, of the measure of the several buildings, pertaining to the temple, which cannot be expressed in plainer terms; all the difficulty of those passages, being only in the apprehension of the fashion and quantity of that fabric.