Ezekiel 41:1-4
American Standard Version
41 And he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the [a]tabernacle. 2 And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the [b]sides of the entrance 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. 3 Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits. 4 And 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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- Ezekiel 41:1 Hebrew tent. See Ex. 26:22–25.
- Ezekiel 41:2 Hebrew shoulders.
Ezekiel 41:1-4
Lexham English Bible
Sanctuary and Temple
41 And he brought me to the temple sanctuary,[a] and he measured the pilasters, six cubits[b] wide on each side;[c] this was the width of the tent.[d] 2 And the width of the doorway was ten cubits,[e] and the sidewall of the doorway was five cubits on each side,[f] and he measured its[g] length as forty cubits,[h] and its width was twenty cubits.[i] 3 And he went into the inner room, and he measured the pilaster of the doorway as two cubits[j] and the doorway as six cubits[k] and the width of the doorway seven cubits.[l] 4 And he measured its length as twenty cubits[m] and its width as twenty cubits to the front of the temple, and he said to me, “This is the most holy place.[n]
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- Ezekiel 41:1 Or “main room” (of the temple of Jerusalem); “great hall” (JPS); “outer sanctuary” (NIV); word can refer to surrounding courts and halls; HALOT 245.
- Ezekiel 41:1 That is, 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 41:1 Literally “six cubits wide from here and six cubits wide from here”
- Ezekiel 41:1 Or “of the jambs”
- Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 17.5 feet
- Ezekiel 41:2 Literally “was five cubits from here and five cubits from here”; five cubits = 8.75 feet
- Ezekiel 41:2 That is, the outer sanctuary
- Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 70 feet
- Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 35 feet
- Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 3.5 feet
- Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 10.5 feet
- Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 12.25 feet
- Ezekiel 41:4 That is, 35 feet
- Ezekiel 41:4 Literally “the holy of the holies”
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