Ezekiel 40:11

11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.[a]

Ezekiel 40:11 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
New Living Translation (NLT)
11 The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 feet wide at the opening and 22 feet wide in the gateway passage.
The Message Bible (MSG)
11 He measured the outside entrance to the gate complex: fifteen feet wide and nineteen and a half feet deep.
American Standard Version (ASV)
11 And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
11 Then the man measured the width of the entrance to the gateway. It was 17½ feet wide, and the gateway was 23 feet long.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
11 Then he measured the width of the gate's entrance; it was 17 and a half feet, while the width of the gateway was 22 and three-quarter feet.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
11 Then the man measured the entrance of the gateway. It was 17 and a half feet wide and almost 23 feet long.

Ezekiel 40:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:11

And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten
cubits
Five yards, two feet and a half: this was the measure of the eastern gate, whether outward or inward; for they were both of a measure, as appears from the thresholds being alike: and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
that is, the height of it; it was seven yards and three inches high; a prodigious gate this! a fit emblem of our Lord Jesus Christ, as the open door, the gate of life, through which whoever enters shall be saved; and there is room for multitudes to enter.

Ezekiel 40:11 In-Context

9 it was eight cubits deep and its jambs were two cubits thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.
10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements.
11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.
12 In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square.
13 Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from one parapet opening to the opposite one.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, about 18 feet wide and 23 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters long
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