"And {there were} narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to …" — Ezekiel 40:16

Ezekiel 40:16 · KJV

“And {there were} narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows {were} round about inward: and upon {each} post {were} palm trees. {narrow: Heb. closed} {arches: or, galleries, or, porches} {inward: or, within}”

— Ezekiel 40:16

Verse 15

And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate {were} fifty cubits.

Verse 17

Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, {there were} chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers {were} upon the pavement.

Ezekiel 40 — Context

He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.

And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate {were} fifty cubits.

And {there were} narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows {were} round about inward: and upon {each} post {were} palm trees. {narrow: Heb. closed} {arches: or, galleries, or, porches} {inward: or, within}

Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, {there were} chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers {were} upon the pavement.

And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates {was} the lower pavement.

Cross References

Ezekiel 41:26

And {there were} narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and {upon} the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.

1 Kings 6:4

And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. {of...: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed}

2 Chronicles 3:5

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

1 Kings 6:32

The two doors also {were of} olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid {them} with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. {two...: or, leaves of the doors} {open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers}

1 Kings 6:35

And he carved {thereon} cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered {them} with gold fitted upon the carved work.

1 Kings 6:29

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. {open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers}

Ezekiel 40:21-22

And the little chambers thereof {were} three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof {was} fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. {arches: or, galleries, or, porches}

John 5:2

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep {market} a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. {market: or, gate}