Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 40:17

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“And the pavement was laid with stone, so that the feet of the inhabitants, who were sinners, would not be polluted by mud, dirt, and the dust. But rather, the stones on which the temple of God is built, were walked upon.”
Jerome, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 12:40.17-19

Source: Septuagint

Original

17And he brought me into the inner court, and, behold, there were chambers, and peristyles round about the court; thirty chambers within the ranges of columns.

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15And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits.

16And there were secret windows to the chambers, and to the porches within the gate of the court round about, and in the same manner windows to the porches round about within: and on the porch there were palm trees on this side and on that side.

— Ezekiel 40:17 —

18And the porticoes were behind the gates; according to the length of the gates, was the lower peristyle.

19And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the outer gate inward to the open space of the gate looking outward: a hundred cubits was the distance to the place of the gate looking eastward: and he brought me to the north;

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