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.
Ezekiel 40:6 in other translations
| BSB | Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep. |
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| WEB | Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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, |
| DARBY | And he came to the gate which looked 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | Then he came to the gate which looketh towards the east, and ascended its stairs, and measured the threshhold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshhold of the gate, which was one reed broad. |
What does Ezekiel 40:6 mean?
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Ezekiel 40:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 40:6
- Ezekiel 8:16
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 five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
- Ezekiel 43:1
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
- Nehemiah 3:29
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
- Ezekiel 10:18
Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
- 1 Chronicles 9:18
Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
- Jeremiah 19:2
And go forth unto 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 thee,
- 1 Chronicles 9:24
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
- Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- Ezekiel 40:20
And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
- 1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
- Ezekiel 11:1
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
- Ezekiel 46:12
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh 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 forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
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Context
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 40:7
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.
Ezekiel 40:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Después vino á la puerta que daba cara hacia el oriente, y subió por sus gradas, y midió el un poste de la puerta, de una caña en anchura, y el otro poste de otra caña en ancho. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il vint à la porte qui regardait vers l’orient, et il monta par ses degrés; et il mesura le seuil de la porte, une canne en largeur, et l’autre seuil, une canne en largeur; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er ging zu dem Tore, das gegen Osten gerichtet war, und stieg dessen Stufen hinauf. Und er maß die Schwelle des Tores: eine Rute breit, und zwar die erste Schwelle eine Rute breit |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et venit ad portam quæ respiciebat viam orientalem, et ascendit per gradus ejus: et mensus est limen portæ calamo uno latitudinem, id est, limen unum calamo uno in latitudine. |