"So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar {that was} befo…" — Ezekiel 40:47

Ezekiel 40:47 · KJV

“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

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Ezekiel 40 — Context

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect {is} toward the south, {is} for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. {charge: or, ward, or, ordinance}

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

The length of the porch {was} twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and {he brought me} by the steps whereby they went up to it: and {there were} pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

Cross References

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 40:23

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.

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. {without: or, from without}