Ezekiel 40:5
Lexham English Bible
The Eastern Gate
5 And there was a wall on the outside of the temple all the way around it,[a] and in the hand of the man the reed[b] for measurement was six long cubits, according to[c] the cubit[d] and a handbreadth,[e] and he measured the width of the outer wall as one reed,[f] and the height as one reed.[g]
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- Ezekiel 40:5 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 40:5 Or “rod”
- Ezekiel 40:5 Literally “with/in”
- Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 18 inches
- Ezekiel 40:5 A handbreadth wasabout 3 inches; the reed/rod was 10.5 feet long
- Ezekiel 40:5 That is, 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 10.5 feet
Ezekiel 42:15-20
Lexham English Bible
15 And he completed the measurements of the inner temple, and he brought me to the walkway of the gate that faces toward the east[a] and he measured it all the way around.[b] 16 He measured the east side with the reed[c] for[d] measuring, five hundred cubits,[e] with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement, he measured it all around. 17 He measured the north side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement all around. 18 Then he measured the south side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement. 19 He went around the west side[f] and he measured five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement. 20 Toward the four sides[g] he measured it; there was a wall for it all the way around.[h] Its length was five hundred cubits[i] and its width was five hundred cubits, in order to make a separation between what is holy and what is common.
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- Ezekiel 42:15 Literally “which its face is to the way of the east”
- Ezekiel 42:15 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 42:16 Or “rod”
- Ezekiel 42:16 Literally “of measuring”
- Ezekiel 42:16 Hebrew has “reeds” here (= 5,250 feet), which is not correct; 500 cubits = 875 feet.
- Ezekiel 42:19 Or “side toward/to the sea”
- Ezekiel 42:20 Literally “toward the four winds”
- Ezekiel 42:20 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 42:20 That is, 875 feet
Ezekiel 45:2
Lexham English Bible
2 And there shall be from this area five hundred cubits[a] by five hundred cubits, squared all around, for the sanctuary; and fifty cubits[b][c] of open space shall be for it all around it.
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- Ezekiel 45:2 That is, “875 feet by 875 feet”
- Ezekiel 45:2 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 45:2 That is, “87.5 feet”
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