Ezekiel 40:6

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Summary

Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

Unto

Stairs

Ezekiel 40:26

1 Kings 6:8

One reed

Ezekiel 40:5

Bible References

Unto

And the gate which faces the way of the north of the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.

And He brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they bowed themselves eastward to the sun.

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of Jehovah's house, which faces eastward. And behold, twenty-five men were at the opening of the gate; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.

And he led me to the gate, the gate that faces eastward.

And he brought me back by the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary which looks eastward. And it was shut.

So says the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that faces eastward shall be shut the six working days. But on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

And before they were at the king's gate eastward, they were gatekeepers in the companies of the sons of Levi.

After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired across from his house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.

And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom by the entry of Potsherd Gate. And there declare the words that I shall tell you.

Stairs

And seven steps were going up to it, and its porches were before them. And it had palm trees, one from here and another from there, on its pillars.

The door for the middle story was in the right side of the house. And they went up with winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.

One reed

And behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring reed, six cubits long, with a cubit and a span. And he measured the building's breadth, one reed; and the height, one reed.