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48 And he brought me to the portico of the temple, and he measured the pilaster of the portico, five cubits on each side,[a] and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.[b] 49 The length of the portico was twenty cubits[c] and its width eleven cubits,[d] and with ten steps they went up to it, and the pilasters had pillars,[e] one on each side.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, 8.75 feet; literally “five cubits from here and five cubits from here”
  2. Ezekiel 40:48 Literally “was three cubits from here and three cubits from here”
  3. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, 35 feet
  4. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, 19.25 feet; LXX reads 12 cubits or 21 feet
  5. Ezekiel 40:49 Literally “and pillars were to the pilasters”
  6. Ezekiel 40:49 Literally “one from here and one from here”

The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(A) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[a] and its projecting walls were[b] three cubits[c] wide on either side. 49 The portico(B) was twenty cubits[d] wide, and twelve[e] cubits[f] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[g] and there were pillars(C) on each side of the jambs.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  2. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  3. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters
  4. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  5. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
  6. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
  7. Ezekiel 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it