It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87-1/2 feet long and 43-3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
Parallel translations
- WEB There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- KJV And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
- BSB Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- NKJV There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
- NASB The gate and its porches had windows all around like those other windows; the length was fifty cubits and the width, twenty-five cubits.
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Quick answer
The south gate has matching windows and the same fifty-by-twenty-five-cubit measure. Its dimensions mirror the other gates.
Overview
Like the others, the south gate has windows all around in it and its arches, and measures fifty cubits long by twenty-five wide. The repetition of identical measures reinforces the harmonious uniformity of the temple gates. This consistency continues to emphasize that God's dwelling is ordered throughout, every detail conforming to one divine plan.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 40:33and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements: and there were windows therein and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezek 40:29and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezek 40:21–22The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- Ezek 40:16There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees.
- 2 Pet 1:19We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
- John 12:46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
- 1 Cor 13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
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