"Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect {is} toward…" — Ezekiel 42:15

Ezekiel 42:15 · KJV

“Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect {is} toward the east, and measured it round about.”

— Ezekiel 42:15

Verse 14

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy {place} into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they {are} holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to {those things} which {are} for the people.

Verse 16

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. {side: Heb. wind}

Ezekiel 42 — Context

Then said he unto me, The north chambers {and} the south chambers, which {are} before the separate place, they {be} holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place {is} holy.

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect {is} toward the east, and measured it round about.

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. {side: Heb. wind}

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Cross References

Ezekiel 43:1

Afterward he brought me to the gate, {even} the gate that looketh toward the east:

Ezekiel 40:6-16

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. {which looketh...: Heb. whose face was the way toward the east}

Ezekiel 41:15

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which {was} behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; {galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars}

Ezekiel 41:2-5

And the breadth of the door {was} ten cubits; and the sides of the door {were} five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. {door: or, entrance}