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The Rooms of the Temple

41 Then he brought me to the outer room of the sanctuary[a] and measured the doorposts, six cubits[b] wide on either side. This was the width of the Tent.[c] The width of the entrance was ten cubits,[d] and the side walls of the entrance were five cubits[e] on either side. Then he measured the outer room’s length, forty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:1 Feature L on the diagram. The Hebrew term is hekal. This room is also called the Holy Place.
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 About 10 feet. It is difficult to fit this number into the description in verse 2.
  3. Ezekiel 41:1 It is unclear whether this statement should be connected with verse 1 or verse 2. The standard Hebrew text reads the width of the tent, and there is support for this reading in the ancient versions. Many English translations omit the statement on the basis of limited manuscript evidence. The statement seems to be a comparison to the tent shrine built by Moses.
  4. Ezekiel 41:2 About 18 feet
  5. Ezekiel 41:2 About 9 feet
  6. Ezekiel 41:2 About 70 feet by 35 feet