Yehezkiel 40:22

40:22 Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

Yehezkiel 40:1

Vision of the New Temple

40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ¹  was struck down, on this very day, ²  the hand ³  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 6:3

6:3 The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet ⁵  long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet ⁶  wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

[40:1]  ¹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ² tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ³ tn Or “power.”

[40:1]  sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[40:1]  ⁴ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

[6:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “ten cubits.”