And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
Parallel translations
- WEB There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits wide.
- BSB (The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)
- NKJV There were archways all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
- NASB There were porches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
- NLT (The entry rooms of the gateways leading into the inner courtyard were 14 feet across and 43-3/4 feet wide.)
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Quick answer
Arches around the inner gate measure twenty-five cubits by five. Additional dimensions of the inner gateway are recorded.
Overview
The verse notes arches all around the inner gate, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. This brief measurement is absent from some manuscripts, and its details are debated, but it continues the careful documentation of the inner court's gates. Whatever the textual questions, the thorough measuring sustains the vision's emphasis on the ordered and complete design of God's dwelling.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 40:21And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
- Ezek 40:25And 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.
- Ezek 40:29And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
- Ezek 40:36The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
- Ezek 40:33And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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