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Ezekiel 40 — Sermon Preparation
In a vision, Ezekiel is guided by an angelic figure who measures the outer and inner gates and courts of the new temple. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 40, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Ezekiel 40 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שַׁעַר | shaʻar | H8179 | 43 | opening, door |
| אַמָּה | ʼammâh | H520 | 40 | a mother, a cubit |
| אֵילָם | ʼêylâm | H361 | 15 | pillar-space, pale |
| סָבִיב | çâbîyb | H5439 | 22 | circle, neighbour |
| רֹחַב | rôchab | H7341 | 18 | width |
| אַיִל | ʼayil | H352 | 19 | strength, strong |
| מָדַד | mâdad | H4058 | 16 | stretch, measure |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 40, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XL In this and the following chapter, under the type of a temple and altar, priests and sacrifices, is fore shewed, the spiritual worship which should be performed in Gospel times, and that perfected at last in the kingdom of glory: yea probably, in an happy and glorious state of the church on this side heaven: in this chapter we have, a general account of the temple and city, ver. 1- 4. A particular account of the east-gate, north-gate and south-gate, ver. 5-31. Of the inner court, ver. 32-38. Of the tables, ver. 39-43. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 40:1–48 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ezek 40:1
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