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The East Gate

And behold, there was a (A)wall on the outside of the house of Yahweh all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a [a]cubit and a [b]handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the [c]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.5 cm
  3. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit building

The East Gate to the Outer Court

I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured(A) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48.

I saw also that the house had a raised [a]platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of [b](A)six [c]long cubits in height.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:8 Lit height
  2. Ezekiel 41:8 Approx. 10.25 ft. or 3.1 m, a long cubit was approx. 20.5 in. or 52 cm
  3. Ezekiel 41:8 Or to the joint

I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits.

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