Ezekiel 41:1-11

English Standard Version

The Inner Temple

41 Then he brought me to ^(A)the nave and measured the ^(B)jambs. On each side six cubits^[a] was the breadth of the jambs.^{[b] 2} And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave,^{[c] (C)}forty cubits, and its breadth, ^(D)twenty cubits. ³ Then he went ^(E)into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side^[d] of the entrance, seven cubits. ⁴ And he measured ^(F)the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across ^(G)the nave. And he said to me, “This is ^(H)the Most Holy Place.”

⁵ Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of ^(I)the side chambers, four cubits, ^(J)all around the temple. ⁶ And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, ^(K)thirty in each story. There were offsets^[e] all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, ^(L)so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. ⁷ And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and ^(M)so one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. ⁸ I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of ^(N)six long cubits. ⁹ The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. ^(O)The free space between the side chambers of the temple ¹⁰ and the ^(P)other chambers was a breadth of ^(Q)twenty cubits all around the temple on every side. ¹¹ And the doors of the ^(R)side chambers opened on ^(S)the free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.