There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits wide.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
- 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 40:21The 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 40:25There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- 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 40:36its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- 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.
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