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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
International Standard Version

The Vision of the Temple

41 Next he brought me to the Temple and measured its door jambs at six cubits[a] wide on each side of the structure.[b] 2 The entrance was ten cubits[c] wide and its door jambs were five cubits[d] wide on each side. He measured the length of the nave at 40 cubits[e] and its width at 20 cubits.[f]

3 Then he went inside and measured the door jambs at two cubits[g] wide and the doorway at six cubits[h] high. The doorway was seven cubits[i] wide. 4 He measured its length at 20 cubits,[j] its width at 20 cubits[k] in front of the structure,[l] and then he told me, “This is the most holy area.”

5 Next, he measured the Temple walls at six cubits[m] high and the width of the side chambers at four cubits[n] around all four sides of the Temple. 6 The side chambers consisted of three stories, each above the other, with 30 chambers in each story. The side chambers extended out from the wall that faced the inside of the chambers where the chambers were fastened together, but the chamber walls were not fastened directly into the Temple walls themselves. 7 The side chambers surrounding the Temple were wider at each successive story, because the surrounding structure ascended by proportional increments as it rose, ascending to the highest story by going up successively from the lowest.

8 I observed a raised platform that surrounded the Temple, and the foundations of the side chambers were a full six cubits[o] deep. 9 The outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits[p] thick, and there was an empty space between the Temple’s side chambers 10 and its outer chambers 20 cubits[q] in width, surrounding the Temple on each side. 11 The side chamber doorway facing the free space contained a single north-facing doorway and a second south-facing doorway. The width of the free space was five cubits[r] all around the perimeter.[s] 12 The building that faced the west side of the courtyard was 70 cubits[t] wide, and the building’s wall was five cubits[u] thick all around. It was 90 cubits[v] long.

The Temple

13 Then he measured the Temple. It was 100 cubits[w] long, and the courtyard, its building, and its walls were 100 cubits[x] long. 14 The front of the Temple and its east-facing courtyard were each[y] 100 cubits[z] long. 15 Next, he measured 100 cubits[aa] as the length of the structure toward the front of the courtyard that stood behind it, where it housed a gallery on each side of it. Then he measured the Temple and the inner porticos[ab] of the courtyard, 16 the thresholds, the shielded[ac] windows, and the surrounding three-storied galleries that stood opposite. From the ground to the shielded[ad] windows, they were paneled with wood all around, 17 including up to the doorway, up to the Temple (both within and without) and all around both sides of the inner wall, according to his measurement. 18 There were carved cherubim and palm trees, alternating with a palm tree between a cherub, and each cherub had two faces, 19 with a human face looking[ae] toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion’s face looking[af] toward the palm tree on the other side. These carvings extended all the way around the Temple, 20 from the ground to above the doorway, as well as on the walls of the main sanctuary.

21 The door posts of the main sanctuary were square. Each door post was identical in appearance to the others. 22 The altar was made of wood, three cubits[ag] high and two cubits[ah] long. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. He told me, “This table stands in the Lord’s presence.”

23 The nave and the sanctuary each were equipped with double doors. 24 Each door had two sections mounted on hinges,[ai] for a total of two sections for one door and two sections for the other. 25 The doors of the nave had carvings engraved on them, consisting of cherubim and palm trees identical to those on the walls. The front of the exterior porch was equipped with a wooden threshold. 26 Shielded windows and palm trees were visible[aj] on both sides; that is, on the sides of the porch, the side chambers of the Temple, and on its thresholds.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:1 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 Lit. tent
  3. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 17.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  4. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  5. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  6. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 70 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  7. Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 42 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  8. Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  9. Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 12.25 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  10. Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  11. Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  12. Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. the separation between the Holy Place and the most holy area
  13. Ezekiel 41:5 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  14. Ezekiel 41:5 I.e. about seven feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  15. Ezekiel 41:8 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  16. Ezekiel 41:9 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  17. Ezekiel 41:10 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  18. Ezekiel 41:11 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  19. Ezekiel 41:11 The Heb. lacks the perimeter
  20. Ezekiel 41:12 I.e. about 122.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  21. Ezekiel 41:12 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  22. Ezekiel 41:12 I.e. about 157.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  23. Ezekiel 41:13 I.e. about 175 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  24. Ezekiel 41:13 I.e. about 175 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  25. Ezekiel 41:14 The Heb. lacks each
  26. Ezekiel 41:14 I.e. about 175 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  27. Ezekiel 41:15 I.e. about 175 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  28. Ezekiel 41:15 Or porches
  29. Ezekiel 41:16 Or latticed
  30. Ezekiel 41:16 Or latticed
  31. Ezekiel 41:19 The Heb. lacks looking
  32. Ezekiel 41:19 The Heb. lacks looking
  33. Ezekiel 41:22 I.e. about 5.25 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  34. Ezekiel 41:22 I.e. about 42 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  35. Ezekiel 41:24 Lit. two swinging sections
  36. Ezekiel 41:26 The Heb. lacks visible
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