He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.
Parallel translations
- WEB He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate.
- KJV He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
- BSB Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.
- NKJV He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.
- NASB He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the courtyard.
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Quick answer
The posts are measured at sixty cubits, with the court reaching around the gate. The vertical and surrounding measures are noted.
Overview
The guide measures the posts at sixty cubits and notes that the court extends to the posts all around the gateway. The Hebrew here is difficult and translations vary, but the sense concerns the substantial structure of the gate's pillars and the surrounding court. Despite the textual uncertainty, the verse continues the pattern of comprehensive measurement that displays the grandeur and order of God's appointed house.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 27:9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
- Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
- Ezek 42:1Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the room that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north.
- Ezek 8:7He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
- 1 Chr 28:6He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
- Isa 62:9but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh; and those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
- Lev 6:16That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
- Exod 35:17the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
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