Ezekiel 40:49

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.”

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BSBPD

“The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The 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 another on that side.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“the length of the porch twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and by the steps whereby they go up unto it: and pillars <FI>are<Fi> at the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 40:49 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 6:3The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
  2. 1 Kings 7:15He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
  3. 1 Kings 7:21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:17Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
  5. Jeremiah 52:17Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
  6. Ezekiel 40:31Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
  7. Ezekiel 40:34Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
  8. Ezekiel 40:37Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
  9. Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

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