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Lexicon :: Strong's H352 - 'ayil

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אַיִל
Transliteration
'ayil
Pronunciation
ah'-yil
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as אוּל (H193)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 45d,e,f,g

Strong’s Definitions

אַיִל ʼayil, ah'-yil; from the same as H193; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree:—mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 185x

The KJV translates Strong's H352 in the following manner: ram(s) (156x), post(s) (21x), mighty (men) (4x), trees (2x), lintel (1x), oaks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 185x
The KJV translates Strong's H352 in the following manner: ram(s) (156x), post(s) (21x), mighty (men) (4x), trees (2x), lintel (1x), oaks (1x).

  1. ram

    1. ram as food)

    2. ram as sacrifice)

    3. ram skin dyed red, for tabernacle)

  2. pillar, door post, jambs, pilaster

  3. strong man, leader, chief

  4. mighty tree, terebinth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַיִל ʼayil, ah'-yil; from the same as H193; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree:—mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
STRONGS H352: Abbreviations
I. אַ֫יִל 156 noun masculineGenesis 22:13 ram (as leader of flock, Late Hebrew & Aramaic id., Assyrian ailu DlW, Phoenician איל, = אַיִל rather than אַיָּל, compare CISi. p. 231) — (אָ֑יִל) אַיִל Genesis 15:9 +; construct אֵיל Exodus 29:22 +; plural אֵילִים (אֵילִם, אֵלִים) Genesis 32:15 +; construct אֵילֵי Genesis 31:38; Isaiah 60:7. — ram,
1. used as food Genesis 31:38 (E) Deuteronomy 32:14 (compare ram of sacrifice, below e.g. Exodus 29:32 compare Leviticus 8:31); as yielding wool 2 Kings 3:4; as tribute 2 Chronicles 17:11; as merchandise Ezekiel 27:21; as gift Genesis 32:15 (E); in simile of leaping, skipping Psalm 114:4 (הֶהָרִים רָקְדוּ כְּא׳) Psalm 114:6; in Daniel's vision, ram with two horns symbolizing kings of Media and Persia Daniel 8:3, 4, 6, 7 (4 times in verse); Daniel 8:20; figurative of rich and powerful in Israel Ezekiel 34:17.
2. slain in ceremony of ratification of convenant between י׳ & Abraham Genesis 15:9 (J); in Abraham's sacrifice Genesis 22:13 (twice in verse) (E); Balaam's sacrifice Numbers 23:1 + 5 times Numbers 23 (JE); so in ritual (P),
(a) in consecration ceremony of Aaron & his sons Exodus 29:1 + 15 times Exodus 29 (א׳ מִלֻּאִים Exodus 29:22 compare Exodus 29:26; Exodus 29:27; Exodus 29:31) Leviticus 8:2 + 8 times Leviticus 8 (הַמִּלֻּאִים א׳ Leviticus 8:22; Leviticus 8:29 הָעֹלָה א׳ Leviticus 8:18);
(b) in guilt-offering (אָשָׁם) Leviticus 5:15, 16, 18; Leviticus 5:25; Leviticus 19:21, 22 compare Ezra 10:19 & הַכִּפֻּרִים א׳ Numbers 5:8;
(c) burnt-offering (עֹלָה) Leviticus 9:2 & Numbers 15:6, 11 & Ezekiel 46:4, 5, 6, 7, 11, on day of atonement Leviticus 16:3, 5, Pentecost Leviticus 23:18;
(d) peace-offering (שְׁלָמִים) Leviticus 9:4, 18, 19; beginning of month Numbers 28:11, 12, 14; compare Numbers 29:2, 3; passover Numbers 29:19; Numbers 29:20 compare Ezekiel 45:23, 24; day of firstfruits Ezekiel 45:27; Ezekiel 45:28; in 7th month Ezekiel 29:8 + 18 times Numbers 29;
(e) in law of Nazarite Numbers 6:14, 17, 19;
(f) in consecration of altar of tabernacle Numbers 7:15 + 25 times Numbers 7, compare consecration of Ezekiel's temple-altar Ezekiel 43:23, 25;
(g) more generally 1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 1:11; Micah 6:7; Job 42:8; Psalm 66:15, also Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 60:7; at bringing ark to Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 15:26; others occasions 1 Chronicles 29:21; 2 Chronicles 13:9; 29:21, 22, 32; Ezra 8:35; compare figurative Jeremiah 51:40; Ezekiel 39:18.
3. עֹרֹת אֵילִים מְאָדָּמִים rams' skins dyed red, of covering of tabernacle Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14; Exodus 35:7, 23; Exodus 36:19; compare Exodus 39:34 (all P).

II. אַ֫יִל noun [masculine] projecting pillar or pilaster — א׳ absolute 1 Kings 6:31 (but see below) construct id. Ezekiel 40:14 (but strike out Co) Ezekiel 40:16 (Co better אֵילָיו); אֵיל Ezekiel 41:3, אֵל Ezekiel 40:48; plural אֵילִים Ezekiel 40:14 +; אֵילִם Ezekiel 40:10; suffix אילו Kt Ezekiel 40:9 + 7 times; אלו Kt Ezekiel 40:29 + 2 times Qr (in all) אֵילָיו, אֵלָיו; אֵלֵיהֵמָֿה Ezekiel 40:16; — pilaster or projection in wall at each side of entrance (compare BöProben, 302; NÄ 927), in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 6:31 (BöNÄ 525 reads אֵילָם), in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:9, 10 + 14 times Ezekiel 40, 41 + Ezekiel 40:14a Ew Hi Co אילם compare Greek Version of the LXX B; Ezekiel 40:38 read אילם so Sm Co compare Greek Version of the LXX; Ezekiel 40:14b Co strike out א׳.

† III. [אַ֫יִל ?] noun masculine leader, chief (= ram, as leader of flock ? compare Di Exodus 15:15 Ol§142 f LagBN 170 & see Ezekiel 34:17) — construct אֵל Ezekiel 31:11; plural construct אֵילֵי Exodus 15:15; Ezekiel 17:13 + 2 Kings 24:15 Qr (Kt אולי see אוּל); אֵלֵי Ezekiel 32:21 (strike out Co, see Greek Version of the LXX). — leader, chief מוֺאָב א׳ Exodus 15:15; הָאָרֶץ א׳ Ezekiel 17:13; 2 Kings 24:15 Qr; גּוֺיִם א׳ Ezekiel 31:11 (אֵלִים Job 41:17 see below אלה; perhaps אֵלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 31:14 but compare below IV. איל & also אֶל Note 1).

† IV. [אַ֫יִל ?] noun masculine terebinth (probably as prominent, lofty tree, see Di Genesis 12:6; Genesis 14:6) — construct אֵיל only proper name פָּארָן אֵיל see below; plural אֵילִים Isaiah 1:29; אֵלִים Isaiah 57:5 construct אֵילֵי Isaiah 61:3; suffix אֵלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 31:14 (> strike out Co. see Vulgate [Arabic Versions]). — terebinth (compare אֵלָה); as marking idol-shrines Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 57:5 (so Che Di etc. > gods); figurative of ransomed ones of Zion אֵילֵי הַצֶּדֶק; perhaps of haughty ones Ezekiel 31:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:6; 14:6; 15:9; 15:9; 22:13; 22:13; 31:38; 31:38; 32:15; 32:15

Exodus

15:15; 15:15; 15:15; 25:5; 26:14; 29; 29:1; 29:22; 29:22; 29:26; 29:27; 29:31; 29:32; 35:7; 35:23; 36:19; 39:34

Leviticus

5:15; 5:16; 5:18; 8; 8:2; 8:18; 8:22; 8:29; 8:31; 9:2; 9:4; 9:18; 9:19; 16:3; 16:5; 19:21; 19:22; 23:18

Numbers

5:8; 6:14; 6:17; 6:19; 7; 7:15; 15:6; 15:11; 23; 23:1; 28:11; 28:12; 28:14; 29; 29:2; 29:3; 29:19; 29:20

Deuteronomy

32:14

1 Samuel

15:22

1 Kings

6:31; 6:31

2 Kings

3:4; 24:15; 24:15

1 Chronicles

15:26; 29:21

2 Chronicles

13:9; 17:11; 29:21; 29:22; 29:32

Ezra

8:35; 10:19

Job

41:17; 42:8

Psalms

66:15; 114:4; 114:6

Isaiah

1:11; 1:29; 1:29; 34:6; 57:5; 57:5; 60:7; 60:7; 61:3

Jeremiah

51:40

Ezekiel

17:13; 17:13; 27:21; 29:8; 31:11; 31:11; 31:14; 31:14; 31:14; 32:21; 34:17; 34:17; 39:18; 40; 40:9; 40:9; 40:10; 40:10; 40:14; 40:14; 40:14; 40:14; 40:16; 40:16; 40:29; 40:38; 40:41; 40:48; 41:3; 43:23; 43:25; 45:23; 45:24; 46:4; 46:5; 46:6; 46:7; 46:11

Daniel

8:3; 8:4; 8:6; 8:7; 8:20

Micah

6:7

H352

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Strong's Number H352 matches the Hebrew אַיִל ('ayil),
which occurs 196 times in 171 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Num 29:26–Eze 40:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:26 - “On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:27 - with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:29 - “On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:30 - with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:32 - “On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:33 - with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:36 - but you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:37 - and the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat[fn] of lambs,
rams of Bashan and goats,
with the very finest[fn] of the wheat—
and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - And Samuel said,
“Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he had to deliver to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:21 - And they offered sacrifices to the LORD, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the LORD, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 - Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes for ordination[fn] with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of what are not gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute, and the Arabians also brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21 - And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - At that time those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:15 - I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:4 - The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:6 - O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:11 - “What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the LORD;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:29 - For they[fn] shall be ashamed of the oaks
that you desired;
and you shall blush for the gardens
that you have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The LORD has a sword; it is sated with blood;
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
and I will beautify my beautiful house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:40 - I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and male goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - And he took one of the royal offspring[fn] and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (the chief men of the land he had taken away),

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:11 - I will give it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds,[fn] and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, to the world below, among the children of man,[fn] with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:18 - You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:10 - And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. The three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He measured also the vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:16 - And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - Its side rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 - And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:26 - And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - Its vestibule faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36 - Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others,[fn] and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.

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