Ezekiel 41:1-4
New English Translation
The Inner Temple
41 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet[a] wide on each side. 2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet,[b] and the sides[c] of the entrance were 8¾ feet[d] on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet[e] and its width as 35 feet.[f]
3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet,[g] the entrance as 10½ feet,[h] and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet.[i] 4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet[j] and its width as 35 feet,[k] before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
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- Ezekiel 41:1 tn Heb “6 cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:2 tn Heb “10 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:2 tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was 3 cubits,” the omission due to haplography.tn Or “sidewalls.”
- Ezekiel 41:2 tn Heb “5 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:2 tn Heb “40 cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:2 tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:3 tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:3 tn Heb “6 cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:3 tn Heb “7 cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:4 tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:4 tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
Ezekiel 41:1-4
International Standard Version
The Vision of the Temple
41 Next he brought me to the Temple and measured its door jambs at six cubits[a] wide on each side of the structure.[b] 2 The entrance was ten cubits[c] wide and its door jambs were five cubits[d] wide on each side. He measured the length of the nave at 40 cubits[e] and its width at 20 cubits.[f]
3 Then he went inside and measured the door jambs at two cubits[g] wide and the doorway at six cubits[h] high. The doorway was seven cubits[i] wide. 4 He measured its length at 20 cubits,[j] its width at 20 cubits[k] in front of the structure,[l] and then he told me, “This is the most holy area.”
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- Ezekiel 41:1 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:1 Lit. tent
- Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 17.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 70 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 42 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 12.25 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. the separation between the Holy Place and the most holy area
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