What Does Ezekiel 40:10 Mean?
And the chambers of the gate facing the sunrise were three on this side and three on that side. All three were of one measure, and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
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King James Version
And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.THE KEY
The gate’s symmetry is more than visual: every chamber and post on both sides belongs to one shared measure.
THE MEANING
The way into the holy space is shown with both sides held to the same dimension. Each chamber and post fits within a shared measure, so the entrance forms one coherent structure.
THE ROOT
מִדָּה
middah
GROWS FROM
מדד
To measure.
The noun מִדָּה (middah, measure or dimension) grows from מדד (mādad, to measure): the act of measuring becomes a settled dimension. The chambers and posts share more than a count; they are brought into one measure, making the gate a coherent whole.
ALSO GROWS
mādad: To measure or take a measurement.
מָדַד
This verb names the action behind the shared dimensions in the verse.
middot: Measures or dimensions; the plural of מִדָּה (middah).
מִדּוֹת
The plural form makes clear that distinct dimensions can still belong to the same measured order.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling becomes coherent as its separate parts are brought into shared proportion.
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty forearms, and the width of one curtain four forearms; every one of the curtains shall have one measure.And the other cherub was ten forearms; both cherubim were of one measure and one size.In whom the whole building, joined at the joints, grows into a set-apart temple in the Lord.THE THREAD
And behold, there was a wall outside the house all around, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six forearms long, by the forearm and a handbreadth. He measured the breadth of the building, one reed, and its rising, one reed.The Hebrew verb translated “measured” here comes from מדד (mādad, to measure), the same root behind מִדָּה (middah, measure) in verse 10. The shared dimensions are the result of repeated measuring: the gate’s symmetry is made visible through the measure taken.
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