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And the width of the doorway was ten cubits,[a] and the sidewall of the doorway was five cubits on each side,[b] and he measured its[c] length as forty cubits,[d] and its width was twenty cubits.[e] And he went into the inner room, and he measured the pilaster of the doorway as two cubits[f] and the doorway as six cubits[g] and the width of the doorway seven cubits.[h] And he measured its length as twenty cubits[i] and its width as twenty cubits to the front of the temple, and he said to me, “This is the most holy place.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 17.5 feet
  2. Ezekiel 41:2 Literally “was five cubits from here and five cubits from here”; five cubits = 8.75 feet
  3. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, the outer sanctuary
  4. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 70 feet
  5. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 35 feet
  6. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 3.5 feet
  7. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 10.5 feet
  8. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 12.25 feet
  9. Ezekiel 41:4 That is, 35 feet
  10. Ezekiel 41:4 Literally “the holy of the holies”

The entrance was ten cubits[a] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits[b] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.[c](A)

Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits[d] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits[e] wide. And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall.(B) He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters
  2. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12
  3. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide
  4. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22
  5. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.

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