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Read›Ezekiel›Chapter 40

The East Gate

Ezekiel 40:15

In 11 translations

BSB
And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.50 (long) cubits is approximately 87.5 feet or 26.7 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33, and 36.
KJV
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
WEB
From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
ASV
And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
LSV
and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate—fifty cubits;
YLT
and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits;
DBY
And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
DRC
And before the face of the gate which reached even to the face of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits.
GNV
And vpon the forefront of the entry of the gate vnto the forefront of the porch of the gate within were fiftie cubites.
JPS
And from the forefront of the gate of the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
LXXE
And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits.

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  • Written (Ketiv): הַיֹּאתוֹן (“the entrance”). Read aloud (Qere): הָֽאִית֔וֹן (“the entrance”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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  • Leningrad Codex reads הָֽיאִת֔וֹן; read aloud (Qere) reads הָֽאִית֔וֹן (“the entrance”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַ֗ל פְּנֵי֙ הַשַּׁ֣עַר היאתון עַל־לִפְנֵ֕י אֻלָ֥ם הַשַּׁ֖עַר הַפְּנִימִ֑י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים אַמָּֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): הָֽאִית֔וֹן
LXX-Br
Καὶ τὸ αἴθριον τῆς πύλης ἔξωθεν, εἰς τὸ αἴθριον αἰλὰμ τῆς πύλης ἔσωθεν πηχῶν πεντήκοντα.

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