Ezekiel 40 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod

Eze 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, on that same day the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.

Eze 40:2

Eze 40:2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain; and upon it was as the building of a city, on the south.

Eze 40:3

Eze 40:3And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a flax-cord in his hand, and a measuring-reed; and he stood in the gate.

Eze 40:4

Eze 40:4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for in order that it might be shewn unto thee art thou brought hither. Declare to the house of Israel all that thou seest.

Measurements Relating to the Temple

Eze 40:5

Eze 40:5And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, each of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Eze 40:6

Eze 40:6And he came to the gate which looked toward the east, and went up its steps; and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold one reed broad.

Eze 40:7

Eze 40:7And each chamber was one reed long and one reed broad; and between the chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate, beside the porch of the gate within, was one reed.

Eze 40:8

Eze 40:8And he measured the porch of the gate within, one reed.

Eze 40:9

Eze 40:9And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

Eze 40:10

Eze 40:10And the chambers of the gate which was toward the east were three on this side and three on that side: they three were of one measure; and the posts on this side and on that side had one measure.

Eze 40:11

Eze 40:11And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

Eze 40:12

Eze 40:12And there was a border before the chambers of one cubit, and a border of one cubit on the other side; and the chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

Eze 40:13

Eze 40:13And he measured the gate from the roof of one chamber to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits, entry opposite entry.

Eze 40:14

Eze 40:14And he made posts, sixty cubits, and by the post was the court of the gate round about.

Eze 40:15

Eze 40:15And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

Eze 40:16

Eze 40:16And there were closed windows to the chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the projections; and the windows round about were inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.

Eze 40:17

Eze 40:17And he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were cells, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty cells were upon the pavement.

Eze 40:18

Eze 40:18And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answering to the length of the gates, namely the lower pavement.

Eze 40:19

Eze 40:19And he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate unto the front of the inner court outside, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.

Eze 40:20

Eze 40:20And the gate of the outer court, that looked toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.

Eze 40:21

Eze 40:21And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its projections were according to the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and breadth five and twenty cubits.

Eze 40:22

Eze 40:22And its windows, and its projections, and its palm-trees were according to the measure of the gate that looked toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the projections thereof were before them.

Eze 40:23

Eze 40:23And the gate of the inner court was opposite to the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

Eze 40:24

Eze 40:24And he brought me toward the south: and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its posts and its projections according to these measures.

Eze 40:25

Eze 40:25And there were windows to it and to its projections round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

Eze 40:26

Eze 40:26And there were seven steps to go up to it; and its projections were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side and one on that side, upon its posts.

Eze 40:27

Eze 40:27And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

Eze 40:28

Eze 40:28And he brought me into the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to these measures:

Eze 40:29

Eze 40:29and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

Eze 40:30

Eze 40:30And there were projections round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.

Eze 40:31

Eze 40:31And its projections were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts: and its ascent was by eight steps.

Eze 40:32

Eze 40:32And he brought me into the inner court toward the east; and he measured the gate according to these measures:

Eze 40:33

Eze 40:33and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

Eze 40:34

Eze 40:34And its projections were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts on this side and on that side: and its ascent was by eight steps.

Eze 40:35

Eze 40:35And he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measures:

Eze 40:36

Eze 40:36its chambers, its posts, and its projections; and there were windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

Eze 40:37

Eze 40:37And its posts were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts, on this side and on that side: and its ascent was by eight steps.

Eze 40:38

Eze 40:38And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.

Eze 40:39

Eze 40:39And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering.

Eze 40:40

Eze 40:40And at the side without, at the ascent to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables:

Eze 40:41

Eze 40:41four tables on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate, -- eight tables, whereon they slew the sacrifice,

Eze 40:42

Eze 40:42-- and at the ascent, four tables of hewn stone, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereon also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.

Eze 40:43

Eze 40:43And the double hooks of a hand breadth were fastened round about within; and upon the tables they put the flesh of the offering.

Eze 40:44

Eze 40:44And outside the inner gate were two cells in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate, and its front towards the south; the other was at the side of the south gate, the front towards the north.

Eze 40:45

Eze 40:45And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

Eze 40:46

Eze 40:46And the cell whose front is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those who, from among the sons of Levi, approach unto Jehovah to minister unto him.

(cf. 1Ki 7:14–22 )

Eze 40:47

Eze 40:47And he measured the court, the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, four square: and the altar was before the house.

Eze 40:48

Eze 40:48And he brought me to the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and the breadth of the gate, three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

Eze 40:49

Eze 40:49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, even by the steps whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.

In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Ezekiel 40 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod

Measurements Relating to the Temple

Pericope