The entrance was ten cubits[a] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits[b] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.[c](A)

Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits[d] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits[e] wide. And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall.(B) He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters
  2. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12
  3. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide
  4. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22
  5. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters

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