Ezekiel 40 · Verse 47

Ezekiel 40:47

So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
Ezekiel 40:47, King James Version

Ezekiel 40:47 in other translations

BSBNext he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
WEBHe measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, square. The altar was before the house.
ASVAnd he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
YLTAnd he measureth the court: the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, square, and the altar is before the house.
DARBYAnd he measured the court, the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, four square: and the altar was before the house.
BBEAnd he took the measure of the open square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, being square; and the altar was in front of the house.
WebsterSo he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

What does Ezekiel 40:47 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
47. court, an hundred cubits ... foursquare--not to be confounded with the inner court, or court of Israel, which was open to all who had sacrifices to bring, and went round the three sides of the sacred territory, one hundred cubits broad. This court was one hundred cubits square, and had the altar in it, in front of the temple. It was the court of the priests, and hence is connected with those who had charge of the altar and the music. The description here is brief, as the things connected with this portion were from the first divinely regulated.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 47 He measured the court - This was the court of the priests. See FFF in the plan.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 40:47 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּ֨מָדvai.Ya.modand he measuredH4058
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הֶחָצֵ֜רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
אֹ֣רֶךְ\׀'O.rekh[the] lengthH753
מֵאָ֣הme.'Ah[was] a hundredH3967
אַמָּ֗ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520
וְרֹ֛חַבve.Ro.chavand [the] breadthH7341
מֵאָ֥הme.'Ah[was] a hundredH3967
אַמָּ֖ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520
מְרֻבָּ֑עַתme.ru.Ba.'ata squareH7251
וְהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַve.ha.miz.Be.achand the altarH4196
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei[was] <to> beforeH6440
הַבָּֽיִת\׃ha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 40:47

  • Ezekiel 40:27

    And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

  • Ezekiel 40:19

    Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

  • Ezekiel 40:23

    And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
court.This was the inner court, or court of the priests, which was of the same dimensions with each division of the outer court; and the altar stood directly before the porch of the temple.
an hundred cubits long.
19,23,27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 40:46

    And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.

  • Ezekiel 40:47

    So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

  • Ezekiel 40:48

    And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

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Ezekiel 40:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y midió el atrio, cien codos de longitud, y la anchura de cien codos cuadrados; y el altar estaba delante de la casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il mesura le parvis: la longueur, 100 coudées, et la largeur, 100 coudées, un carré; et l’autel était devant la maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er maß den Vorhof: die Länge hundert Ellen und die Breite hundert Ellen ins Geviert. Und der Altar war vor dem Hause.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et mensus est atrium longitudine centum cubitorum, et latitudine centum cubitorum per quadrum: et altare ante faciem templi.