Ezekiel 40:48-49
New Living Translation
48 Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8 3⁄4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 24 1⁄2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5 1⁄4 feet long.[a] 49 The entry room was 35 feet[b] wide and 21 feet[c] deep. There were ten steps[d] leading up to it, with a column on each side.
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- 40:48 As in Greek version, which reads The entrance was 14 cubits [7.4 meters] wide, and the walls of the entrance were 3 cubits [1.6 meters] on each side; Hebrew lacks 14 cubits wide, and the walls of the entrance were.
- 40:49a Hebrew 20 cubits [10.6 meters].
- 40:49b As in Greek version, which reads 12 cubits [21 feet or 6.4 meters]; Hebrew reads 11 cubits [19 1⁄4 feet or 5.8 meters].
- 40:49c As in Greek version; Hebrew reads There were steps that were.
Ezekiel 40:48-49
Lexham English Bible
48 And he brought me to the portico of the temple, and he measured the pilaster of the portico, five cubits on each side,[a] and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.[b] 49 The length of the portico was twenty cubits[c] and its width eleven cubits,[d] and with ten steps they went up to it, and the pilasters had pillars,[e] one on each side.[f]
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- Ezekiel 40:48 That is, 8.75 feet; literally “five cubits from here and five cubits from here”
- Ezekiel 40:48 Literally “was three cubits from here and three cubits from here”
- Ezekiel 40:49 That is, 35 feet
- Ezekiel 40:49 That is, 19.25 feet; LXX reads 12 cubits or 21 feet
- Ezekiel 40:49 Literally “and pillars were to the pilasters”
- Ezekiel 40:49 Literally “one from here and one from here”
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