(A)He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.

The Side Chambers on the Wall

Next, he measured the wall of the [a]temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the temple was four cubits on every side. (B)The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on [b]ledges which were for the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, but (C)not fastened to the wall of the temple.

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  1. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit. house
  2. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit. the wall

And he measured its length, (A)twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the (B)sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the (C)Most Holy Place.”

Then he measured the wall of the [a]temple, six cubits; and the width of the (D)side chambers, four cubits, all around the house on every side. (E)The side chambers were in three stories, [b]one above another, and [c]thirty in each story; and [d]the side chambers (F)extended to the wall which stood on [e]their inward side all around, so that they could be attached, but not be attached to the wall of the temple itself.

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  1. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit house, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit chamber upon chamber
  3. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit thirty times
  4. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit they were coming
  5. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit the inside of the side chambers

Then he measured its length as 35 feet[a] and its width as 35 feet,[b] before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

Then he measured the wall of the temple[c] as 10½ feet[d] and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet,[e] all around the temple. The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:4 tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
  2. Ezekiel 41:4 tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
  3. Ezekiel 41:5 tn Heb “house” throughout Ezek 41.
  4. Ezekiel 41:5 tn Heb “6 cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
  5. Ezekiel 41:5 tn Heb “4 cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters).