Ezekiel 40:22

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Ezekiel 40:22 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches of it were before them.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches of it were before them.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its windows, portico, chambers, and its palm trees corresponded to the gate that faced east. Seven steps went up to it and to its portico.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches of it were before them.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And their windowes, and their arches with their palme trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the East, and the going vp vnto it had seuen steppes, and the arches therof were before them.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And the windows thereof, and the porch, and the gravings according to the measure of the gate that looked to the east, and they went up to it by seven steps, and a porch was before it.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and its windows, and its arches, and its palm-trees `are' according to the measure of the gate whose face `is' eastward, and by seven steps they go up on it, and its arches `are' before them.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and its windows, and its arches, and its palm-trees [are] according to the measure of the gate whose face [is] eastward, and they go up on it by seven steps, and its arches [are] before them.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its windows, portico, chambers, and its palm trees corresponded to the gate that faced east. Seven steps went up to it and to its portico.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its windows, portico, chambers, and its palm trees corresponded to the gate that faced east. Seven steps went up to it and to its portico.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And its windows, and its projections, and its palm-trees were according to the measure of the gate that looked toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the projections thereof were before them.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And their windows, and their arches, and their palm-trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh towards the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Its windows, porch, and palm tree decorations were the same as those of the east-facing gate. It had seven steps leading up to it, with its porch facing them.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And its windows, and the windows of its covered ways, and its palm-trees, were the same as those of the doorway looking to the east; and there were seven steps up to it; and the covered way went inside.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and it was ascended by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

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ותמרו
timmôr
H8561
“and · palm ornament · his”
Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
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Singular
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Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the same root as H8558

TWOT: 2523c

palm tree figure (as ornament)
  1. וחלונו challôwn H2474 “and · window · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. וְחַלּוֹנָ֤יו challôwn H2474 “and · windows · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. ואלמו ʼêylâm H361 “and · porch · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ ʼêylâm H361 “and · porches · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  5. וְתִ֣מֹרָ֔יו timmôr H8561 “and · palm ornaments · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  6. כְּמִדַּ֣ת middâh H4060 “like/as · measure of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  7. הַשַּׁ֔עַר shaʻar H8179 “the · gate” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. אֲשֶׁ֥ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  9. פָּנָ֖יו pânîym H6440 “face(s) · his” Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  10. דֶּ֣רֶךְ derek H1870 “way of” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  11. הַקָּדִ֑ים qâdîym H6921 “the · east” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  12. וּבְמַעֲל֥וֹת maʻălâh H4609 “and · in/at · steps” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  13. שֶׁ֨בַע֙ shebaʻ H7651 “seven” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  14. יַֽעֲלוּ ʻâlâh H5927 “to go up” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  15. ואילמו ʼêylâm H361 “and · porch · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  16. וְאֵֽילַמָּ֖יו ʼêylâm H361 “and · porches · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  17. לִפְנֵיהֶֽם pânîym H6440 “to/for · face(s) · their” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural

About this verse

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19
words
12
distinct lemmas
Prophets
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is ותמרו palm ornament H8561 — appearing just 20 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ותמרו palm ornament H8561 occurs in 16 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 1 verb
  • 15 nouns
  • 1 adjective
  • 1 preposition
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • יַֽעֲלוּ Qal · Imperfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • ואלמו porch H361 ×4
  • וחלונו window H2474 ×2
  • ותמרו palm ornament H8561 ×2
  • פָּנָ֖יו face H6440 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 45 words from the Hebrew and 33 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 19 Hebrew tokens and 29 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Ezekiel 40:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Ezekiel 40:31 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
  • Ezekiel 40:37 The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
  • Ezekiel 40:6 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
  • Ezekiel 40:16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and on [each] post were palm trees.
  • Ezekiel 40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
  • Ezekiel 40:26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches of it were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on the posts of it.
  • Ezekiel 40:34 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
  • 1 Kings 6:29 He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.
  • 1 Kings 6:32 So [he made] two doors of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.
  • 1 Kings 6:35 He carved [thereon] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
  • 1 Kings 7:36 On the plates of the stays of it, and on the panels of it, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.
  • 2 Chronicles 3:5 The greater house he made a ceiling with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and worked thereon palm trees and chains.
  • Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
  • Revelation 7:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Ezekiel 40:22 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וחלונו וְחַלּוֹנָ֤יו ואלמו וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ ותמרו וְתִ֣מֹרָ֔יו כְּמִדַּ֣ת הַשַּׁ֔עַר אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּנָ֖יו דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַקָּדִ֑ים וּבְמַעֲל֥וֹת שֶׁ֨בַע֙ יַֽעֲלוּ ב֔וֹ ואילמו וְאֵֽילַמָּ֖יו לִפְנֵיהֶֽם

The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches of it were before them.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezekiel 40:22 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ θυρίς αὐτός καί ὁ αιλαμμω καί ὁ φοῖνιξ αὐτός καθώς ὁ πύλη ὁ βλέπω κατά ἀνατολή καί ἐν ἑπτά κλιμακτήρ ἀναβαίνω ἐπί αὐτός καί ὁ αιλαμμω ἔσωθεν

And its windows, and its porches, and its palm-trees, were according to the dimensions of the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the porches were within.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וְכַווֹהִי וְאוּלַמוֹהִי וְכוּתַרְתֵּיהּ כְּמִשְׁחַת תַּרְעָא דִפְתִיחַ לְאוֹרַח מַדִינְחָא וּבְדַרְגִין שַׁבְעָה סַלְקִין בֵּיהּ וְאוּלַמוֹהִי קֳדָמֵיהוֹן:

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Ezekiel 40:22 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Eze 40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, [were] after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof [were] before them.

Ver. 22. And their windows.] See Eze 40:16.

And they went up unto it by seven steps.] Whereby was noted the saints’ progress in knowledge and holiness, {Luk 17:5 Rom 1:17 Rev 22:11} still climbing up toward the heavenly temple. {Psa 84:7}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

40:22 The steps that led up to each gate heightened the sense of their inaccessibility. The inner, more sacred areas of the Temple were significantly higher in elevation than the outer parts, which provided another dimension of separation.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

22. The outer gate was elevated above the ground outside, and reached by a flight of seven steps.

arches thereof were before them] Probably: and the porch thereof was to the inside, i.e. at the inner end of the gate, looking toward the interior of the whole temple-buildings, cf. Eze_40:31; Eze_40:34; Eze_40:37.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And the gate of the inward court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east,.... Or, "and as to the east" (h); that is, the north gate of the inner court was directly opposite to the north gate of the outward court; just as the eastern gate of the inward court was in a straight line opposite to the eastern gate of the outward court:

and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits; from the north gate of the outward court to the north gate of the inward court; and it was exactly of the same distance from one another as on the left side; see Eze 40:19.

(h)

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

See Eze 40:16.

By seven steps: it is not said what number of stairs they went up to the east gate, but by this if appears they were seven steps in number, and it is said by some the form was semi-circular.

The arches thereof, of this portico, the curious vaulted roof.

Before them; within, or more inward than the steps or gate.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 22, 25, 29, 33. The windows of the Church.

Allusion is made again and again to the windows which were to be provided in this sacred edifice. The Church of Christ must be well furnished with windows, and they must not be closed, but opera for it has to

I ACQUAINT ITSELF WITH DIVINE TRUTH. Through the open window we look out and see the busy street and the ways of men; or we see the fields and the hills and the work of God. We acquaint ourselves with what is passing in the world. The Church of Christ must keep its windows open, and be actively engaged in learning all that it can acquire of the heart and ways of men, and also of the truth and the purposes of God. It, after its Lord, is to be "the light of the world". (Mat_5:14) It is to be the source of all sacred knowledge to the world; it is to enlighten men on the two supreme subjects of their own spiritual nature, with all its possibilities of good and evil, and of the Divine Being, with all his holiness and his grace, with all his power and his patience, with all his expectation from them and all his nearness to them and his abiding in them. And if it is to discharge this high and noble function, the Church must not only treasure what it has gained of heavenly wisdom, but it must be always learning of God, always admitting the light of heaven, always be recipient of his truth as that truth bears on the present life of men, as it affects the spiritual and social struggles they are now passing through. The Church that would not close its door must keep its windows open, must honestly and earnestly believe that

God has yet more light and truth To break forth from his Word.

II ADMIT HEAVENLY INFLUENCES. The open window means the admission, not only of the light, but also the air of heaven; and we need the cleansing air quite as much as the enlightening ray. Shut up to ourselves, our souls become defiled, deteriorated, enfeebled; open to the renewing and cleansing air of heaven, they are purified, ennobled, strengthened. It is a very great advantage to live or to worship in a building of good rather than of poor dimensions, because its air is purer and more healthful. It is a very great benefit to belong to a Church that is not cramped and bound within narrow limits, in which there is ample room for the circulation of all reverent and earnest thought; that is the most spiritually healthful condition. But however large and free be the community, we must have the incoming of the influences which are-outside, which are from above the quickening, illumining, kindling, cleansing, power of the Spirit of God. Without this we shall surely suffer deterioration and decline a decline that slopes towards death itself. We must keep the heart open, we must keep the Christian Church open, to the best and highest influences, if we would be and. do what Christ calls us to accomplish.

III ENGAGE IN HOLY ACTIVITIES. We cannot work in the dark; we pray thus

Lord, give me light to do thy work!

And we do well to pray thus. But we must take care that we do not shut out the light by our own bad building, by our own institutions, habits, organizations, prejudices. We must make our arrangements, lay our plans, form our habits, so that we receive all that we can gain with a special view to Christian work. The Church that is not learning of Christ in order to labor for him, is lacking in one most important characteristic; it is missing one main end of its existence. Let us take care that our institutions, our societies, our Churches, are so constructed that we shall be in the best possible position, be under the most favorable conditions, for earnest and efficient work. Otherwise we shall not be such a spiritual "temple" as our Lord will look upon with approval; and his measuring angel (see ver. 3) will have no satisfactory entry to make in his record and to repeat to his Lord. C.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Before them - Within the steps or gate.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

Ezekiel continues to describe the vision of the temple and of the man who looked like bronze.

Its windows

The word "Its" refers to the gate that was on the north side of the outer courtyard. AT: "The northern gate's windows"

chambers

See how you translated this in Ezekiel 40:7.

corresponded to the gate that faced east

"were like those of the eastern gate" or "were like those of the eastern gate of the outer courtyard"

inner courtyard

See how you translated this in Ezekiel 8:16.

in front of the gate facing north

"directly across from the northern gate" or "across the outer courtyard from the northern gate"

the gate facing north

"the gate on the northern side of the outer courtyard"

just as also there was a gate to the east

"just as there was a eastern gate to the inner courtyard" or "just as there was a gate to the inner courtyard in front of the eastern gate"

from one gate to the other gate

"from the outer gate on the north to the inner gate on the north"

cubits

See how you translated these "long" cubits in Ezekiel 40:05.

one hundred cubits

about 54 meters

translationWords

palm

gate

court

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Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

and its hall was beyond them The hall of the gate was beyond the steps; before he would enter the hall, he would ascend the steps.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 19 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is timmôr (“palm ornament”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “palm ornament” (timmôr) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does 1 Kings 6:29, which shares the word «palm ornament», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “porch” (4× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. «יַֽעֲלוּ» is a Qal Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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Old Testament
Old Testament edition

Read the OT as the Masoretic Hebrew (MT) or the Greek Septuagint (LXX).

English shown for the Greek Septuagint (in the Hebrew ↔ Greek comparison).

Comparing translations? Open the Compare panel on any verse page to stack up to four side by side.