There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
Parallel translations
- WEB There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.
- NASB The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate.
- NLT Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
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Quick answer
An inner-court gate faces the outer north and east gates, one hundred cubits apart. The alignment of inner and outer gates is noted.
Overview
There is a gate of the inner court opposite the outer gates on both the north and the east, with one hundred cubits measured between them. The aligned gates create an ordered axis from outer to inner court. This careful correspondence between the courts portrays a deliberate path of approach toward God's presence, a path opened fully and finally in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 40:19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.
- Ezek 40:27–28The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
- Exod 27:9–18You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- Ezek 40:44Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.
- Exod 38:9–12Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
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