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Ezekiel 41:5-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ezekiel 41:5-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple. 6 The side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets[a] all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.(A) 7 The passageway[b] of the side chambers widened from story to story, for the structure was supplied with a stairway all around the temple. For this reason the structure became wider from story to story. One ascended from the bottom story to the uppermost story by way of the middle one.(B) 8 I saw also that the temple was on a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits high.(C) 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits, and the free space between the side chambers of the temple(D) 10 and the chambers of the court was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.(E) 11 The side chambers opened onto the area left free, one door toward the north and another door toward the south, and the width of the part that was left free was five cubits all around.(F)
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Ezekiel 41:5-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 41:5-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Outside the Temple
5 Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10½ feet[a] thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was seven feet.[b](A) 6 The side rooms were arranged one above another in three stories of 30 rooms each.[c] There were ledges on the wall of the temple all around to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be in the temple wall itself.(B) 7 The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.[d](C)
8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.[e](D) 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was 8¾ feet.[f] The free space between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the outer chambers was 35 feet[g] wide all around the temple.(E) 11 The side rooms opened into the free space, one entrance toward the north and another to the south. The area of free space was 8¾ feet[h] wide all around.
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- Ezekiel 41:5 Lit six cubits
- Ezekiel 41:5 Lit four cubits
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit another three and 30 times
- Ezekiel 41:7 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 41:8 Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint; Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 41:9 Lit five cubits
- Ezekiel 41:10 Lit 20 cubits
- Ezekiel 41:11 Lit five cubits
Ezekiel 41:5-11
New International Version
Ezekiel 41:5-11
New International Version
5 Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits[a] wide. 6 The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty(A) on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple.(B) 7 The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway(C) went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor.
8 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. 9 The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. 11 There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 41:5 That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters
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