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The Temple

48 Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the posts of the vestibule, five cubits deep on either side, and the width of the gate between the posts[a] was fourteen cubits, and the shoulders of the gate were three cubits wide on either side.[b] 49 The width of the vestibule was twenty cubits and the depth twelve[c] cubits; ten steps led up[d] to it, and there were pillars beside the posts on either side.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 40.48 Gk: Heb lacks between the posts
  2. 40.48 Gk: Heb and the width of the gate was three cubits
  3. 40.49 Gk: Heb eleven
  4. 40.49 Gk: Heb and by steps that went up

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