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Ezekiel 41
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41 Then he brought me to the nave and measured the posts; on each side six cubits was the depth of the posts.[a](A) 2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. He measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.(B) 3 Then he went into the inner room and measured the posts of the entrance, two cubits, and the width of the entrance, six cubits, and the sidewalls[b] of the entrance, seven cubits.(C) 4 He measured the depth of the room, twenty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits, beyond the nave. And he said to me, “This is the most holy place.”(D)

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[c] 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.(E) 7 The passageway[d] 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.(F) 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.(G) 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(H) 10 and the chambers of the court was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.(I) 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.(J)

12 The building that was facing the temple yard on the west side was seventy cubits deep, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around and its width ninety cubits.(K)

13 Then he measured the temple, one hundred cubits deep, and the yard and the building with its walls, one hundred cubits deep,(L) 14 also the width of the east front of the temple and the yard, one hundred cubits.(M)

15 Then he measured the width of the building facing the yard at the west, together with its galleries[e] on either side, one hundred cubits.

The nave of the temple’s interior and the outer[f] vestibule(N) 16 were paneled,[g] and all around all three had windows with recessed[h] frames. Facing the threshold, the temple was paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered).(O) 17 On the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside and on all the walls all around in the inner room and the nave there was a pattern.[i] 18 It was formed of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces:(P) 19 a human face turned toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion turned toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;(Q) 20 from the floor to the area above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall.[j]

21 The doorposts of the nave were square. In front of the holy place was something resembling(R) 22 an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits wide;[k] its corners, its base,[l] and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”(S) 23 The nave and the holy place had each a double door.(T) 24 The doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door. 25 On the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls, and there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside. 26 And there were recessed windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule.[m](U)

Footnotes

  1. 41.1 Compare Gk: Heb tent
  2. 41.3 Gk: Heb width
  3. 41.6 Gk: Heb they entered
  4. 41.7 Cn: Heb it was surrounded
  5. 41.15 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  6. 41.15 Gk: Heb of the court
  7. 41.16 Gk: Heb the thresholds
  8. 41.16 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  9. 41.17 Heb measures
  10. 41.20 Cn: Heb and the wall
  11. 41.22 Gk: Heb lacks two cubits wide
  12. 41.22 Gk: Heb length
  13. 41.26 Cn: Heb vestibule. And the side chambers of the temple and the canopies
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Ezekiel 41
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Inside the Temple

41 Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters;(A) on each side the width of the pilaster was 10½ feet.[a][b] 2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet,[c] and the side walls of the entrance were 8¾ feet[d] wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet,[e] and the width, 35 feet.[f](B) 3 He went inside the next room and measured the pilasters at the entrance;(C) they were 3½ feet[g] wide. The entrance was 10½ feet[h] wide, and the width of the entrance’s side walls on each side[i] was 12¼ feet.[j] 4 He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 35 feet,[k] and the width, 35 feet.(D) And he said to me, “This is the most holy place.”(E)

Outside the Temple

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10½ feet[l] thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was seven feet.[m](F) 6 The side rooms were arranged one above another in three stories of 30 rooms each.[n] 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.(G) 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.[o](H)

8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.[p](I) 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was 8¾ feet.[q] The free space between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the outer chambers was 35 feet[r] wide all around the temple.(J) 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[s] wide all around.

12 Now the building that faced the temple yard toward the west was 122½ feet[t] wide. The wall of the building was 8¾ feet[u] thick on all sides, and the building’s length was 157½ feet.[v]

13 Then the man measured the temple; it was 175 feet[w] long.(K) In addition, the temple yard and the building, including its walls, were 175 feet long. 14 The width of the front of the temple along with the temple yard to the east was 175 feet. 15 Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple yard to the west, with its galleries[x] on each side;(L) it was 175 feet.

Interior Wooden Structures

The interior of the great hall and the porticoes of the court— 16 the thresholds, the beveled windows,(M) and the balconies all around with their three levels opposite the threshold—were overlaid with wood on all sides.(N) They were paneled from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), 17 reaching to the top of the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and on the outside. On every wall all around, on the inside and outside, was a pattern 18 carved with cherubim and palm trees.(O) There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim.(P) Each cherub had two faces: 19 a human face turned toward the palm tree on one side,(Q) and a lion’s face turned toward it on the other. They were carved throughout the temple on all sides. 20 Cherubim and palm trees were carved from the ground to the top of the entrance and on the wall of the great hall.

21 The doorposts of the great hall were square,(R) and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance. 22 The altar was[y] made of wood, 5¼ feet[z] high and 3½ feet[aa] long.[ab] It had corners, and its length[ac] and sides were of wood.(S) The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”(T)

23 The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,(U) 24 and each of the doors had two swinging panels.(V) There were two panels for one door and two for the other. 25 Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the great hall like those carved on the walls. There was a wooden canopy[ad](W) outside, in front of the portico. 26 There were beveled windows and palm trees on both sides,(X) on the side walls of the portico, the side rooms of the temple, and the canopies.[ae]

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:1 LXX; MT reads pilasters; they were 10½ feet wide on each side—the width of the tabernacle
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 Lit six cubits
  3. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit 10 cubits
  4. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit five cubits
  5. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit 40 cubits
  6. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit 20 cubits
  7. Ezekiel 41:3 Lit two cubits
  8. Ezekiel 41:3 Lit six cubits
  9. Ezekiel 41:3 LXX; MT reads width of the entrance
  10. Ezekiel 41:3 Lit seven cubits
  11. Ezekiel 41:4 Lit 20 cubits
  12. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit six cubits
  13. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit four cubits
  14. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit another three and 30 times
  15. Ezekiel 41:7 Hb obscure
  16. Ezekiel 41:8 Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint; Hb obscure
  17. Ezekiel 41:9 Lit five cubits
  18. Ezekiel 41:10 Lit 20 cubits
  19. Ezekiel 41:11 Lit five cubits
  20. Ezekiel 41:12 Lit 70 cubits
  21. Ezekiel 41:12 Lit five cubits
  22. Ezekiel 41:12 Lit 90 cubits
  23. Ezekiel 41:13 Lit 100 cubits
  24. Ezekiel 41:15 Or ledges
  25. Ezekiel 41:22 Or and in front of the sanctuary was something that looked like 22 an altar
  26. Ezekiel 41:22 Lit three cubits
  27. Ezekiel 41:22 Lit two cubits
  28. Ezekiel 41:22 LXX reads long and 3½ feet wide
  29. Ezekiel 41:22 LXX reads base
  30. Ezekiel 41:25 Hb obscure
  31. Ezekiel 41:26 Hb obscure
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