8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway;

Other Translations of Ezekiel 40:8

King James Version

8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

English Standard Version

8 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed.

The Message

8 He measured the inside porch of the gate complex:

New King James Version

8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod.

New Living Translation

8 He also measured the entry room of the gateway.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 40:8

Chapter Contents

The Vision of the Temple.

Here is a vision, beginning at ch. 40, and continued to the end of the book, ch. 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to any difficulty we meet with, let us bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough; and let us wait till God shall reveal even this unto us. This chapter describes two outward courts of the temple. Whether the personage here mentioned was the Son of God, or a created angel, is not clear. But Christ is both our Altar and our Sacrifice, to whom we must look with faith in all approaches to God; and he is Salvation in the midst of the earth, Psalm 74:12, to be looked unto from all quarters.