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Ezekiel 40:24 Explained in Context
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Verse 24. 24After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's measured final vision states or reports “After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south” at Ezekiel 40:24 as a specific part of “Outer Court Pavement and North and South Gates Form a Symmetrical Approach.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 40:17–27
Read Ezekiel 40:24 with 40:17–27. By itself, “After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Thirty pavement chambers and the east, north, and south outer gates are measured with matching rooms, windows, palms, steps, and one-hundred-cubit spacing.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Ezekiel 40:17–27. Ezekiel's measured final vision states or reports “After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south” at Ezekiel 40:24 as a specific part of “Outer Court Pavement and North and South Gates Form a Symmetrical Approach.” The literary form and this limit govern it: Symmetry does not encode a modern political map, and gated access must not justify exclusion based on race, class, or disability.
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Read Ezekiel 40:17–27 — Outer Court Pavement and North and South Gates Form a Symmetrical ApproachSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Ezekiel 40:17–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 40:17–27
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