Lexicon :: Strong's H8179 - šaʿar

The LORD said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” I looked to the north, and there was this offensive statue north of the Altar Gate, at the entrance.

Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the LORD’s house, and I saw women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

“The answer marked[fn] Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams, give the order to[fn] slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.

Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 ¹/₂ feet deep ​— ​one threshold was 10 ¹/₂ feet deep.

Each recess was 10 ¹/₂ feet long and 10 ¹/₂ feet deep, and there was a space of 8 ³/₄ feet[fn] between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate’s portico was 10 ¹/₂ feet.

Next he measured the gate’s portico;

it[fn] was 14 feet,[fn] and its jambs were 3 ¹/₂ feet.[fn] The gate’s portico was on the temple side.

There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the jambs on either side also had the same measurements.

Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] while the width[fn] of the gate was 22 ³/₄ feet.[fn]

Then he measured the gate from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43 ³/₄ feet.[fn] The openings of the recesses faced each other.

Next, he measured the porch ​— ​105 feet.[fn][fn]

The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate’s portico on the inside was 87 ¹/₂ feet.[fn]

The recesses and their jambs had beveled windows all around the inside of the gate. The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each jamb was decorated with palm trees.

which flanked the courtyard’s gates and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet.[fn] This was the east; next the north is described.

He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.

Its three recesses on each side, its jambs, and its portico had the same measurements as the first gate: 87 ¹/₂ feet long and 43 ³/₄ feet wide.

Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them.

The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.

He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and portico; they had the same measurements as the others.

The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.

Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

Then he brought me to the north gate. When he measured it, it had the same measurements as the others,

There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate’s portico.[fn] The burnt offering was to be washed there.

Inside the gate’s portico there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and guilt offering.

Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done.

Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers:[fn] one[fn] beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south[fn] gate, facing north.

Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were 8 ³/₄ feet thick on each side. The width of the gate was 24 ¹/₂ feet,[fn] and the side walls of the gate were[fn] 5 ¹/₄ feet[fn] wide on each side.

The glory of the LORD entered the temple by way of the gate that faced east.

The LORD said to me, “This gate will remain closed. It will not be opened, and no one will enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain closed.

“The prince himself will sit in the gate to eat a meal before the LORD. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gate and go out the same way.”

Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked, and the glory of the LORD filled his temple. And I fell facedown.

“Yet they will occupy my sanctuary, serving as guards at the temple gates and ministering at the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and will stand before them to serve them.

“When they enter the gates of the inner court they are to wear linen garments; they must not have on them anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court and within it.

“The prince should enter from the outside by way of the gate’s portico and stand at the gate’s doorpost while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He will bow in worship at the gate’s threshold and then depart, but the gate is not to be closed until evening.

“The people of the land will also bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance of that gate on the Sabbaths and New Moons.