Ezekiel 40:48-49
New International Version
The New Temple
48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(A) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[a] and its projecting walls were[b] three cubits[c] wide on either side. 49 The portico(B) was twenty cubits[d] wide, and twelve[e] cubits[f] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[g] and there were pillars(C) on each side of the jambs.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
- Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
- Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters
- Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
- Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
- Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
- Ezekiel 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it
Ezekiel 40:48-49
Holman Christian Standard Bible
48 Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the pilasters of the portico; they were 8¾ feet[a] thick on each side. The width of the gateway was 24½ feet,[b] and the side walls of the gate were[c] 5¼ feet[d] wide on each side. 49 The portico was 35 feet[e] across and 21[f] feet[g] deep, and 10 steps led[h] up to it.(A) There were pillars by the pilasters, one on each side.(B)
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- Ezekiel 40:48 Lit five cubits
- Ezekiel 40:48 Lit 14 cubits
- Ezekiel 40:48 LXX; MT omits 24½ feet, and the side walls of the gate were
- Ezekiel 40:48 Lit three cubits
- Ezekiel 40:49 Lit 20 cubits
- Ezekiel 40:49 LXX; MT reads 19¼
- Ezekiel 40:49 Lit 12 cubits
- Ezekiel 40:49 MT reads and it was on steps that they would go
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