Ezekiel 41:15-26
New English Translation
15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet.[a]
The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,[b] 16 as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 17 to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.[c] 18 It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces: 19 a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around; 20 from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary. 21 The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other. 22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet[d] high, with its length 3½ feet;[e] its corners, its length,[f] and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.” 23 The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door. 24 Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging[g] leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. 25 On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy[h] of wood on the front of the outside porch. 26 There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.
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- Ezekiel 41:15 tn Heb “100 cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:15 tc Some Hebrew mss read: “and its outer court.”
- Ezekiel 41:17 tc The LXX does not have the word “by measurements.” The word may be a technical term referring to carpentry technique, the exact meaning of which is unclear.
- Ezekiel 41:22 tn Heb “3 cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:22 tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:22 tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”
- Ezekiel 41:24 tn Heb “turning” leaves.
- Ezekiel 41:25 tn Or “railings.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:218.
Ezekiel 41:15-26
Lexham English Bible
15 And he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard[a] at the rear[b] and its galleries, a hundred cubits[c] on each side,[d] and also the temple, the court, and the porticos of the courtyard, 16 the thresholds and the framed windows and the galleries around the three of them. Before the threshold was a covering of wood all around,[e] and from the ground up to the windows, and all around the windows, they were covered. 17 Above[f] the doorway and up to the inner temple[g] and on the outside, and on all of the wall all the way around[h] in the inner and in the outer areas were patterns,[i] 18 and it was made of cherubim and palm tree images; a palm tree image between cherub and cherub, and the cherub had two faces.[j] 19 And the face of a human was toward[k] the palm tree image on the one side,[l] and the face of a fierce strong lion faced[m] the palm tree image on the other side;[n] this work was executed[o] for the entire temple all the way around.[p] 20 From the ground up to above[q] the doorway,[r] the cherubim and the palm tree images were made,[s] and also the outer wall of the temple.
21 As far as the temple is concerned its doorframe was squared, and before[t] the sanctuary was the appearance as it were the appearance of 22 a wooden altar[u] that was three cubits[v] high, and its length was two cubits,[w] and its corners[x] for it and its length and its walls were of wood. And he spoke to me, “This is the table that is before[y] Yahweh.” 23 And the two doors were for the temple and for the sanctuary. 24 And two leaves[z] of a door were for each of the doors, two hinged leaves of a door: two were for the first door, and two leaves of a door were for the other door. 25 And cherubim were made[aa] on them, that is, on the doors of the temple and palm tree images like the ones prepared for the walls;[ab] and an overhang of wood was on the surface of the porticos on the outside. 26 And narrow windows and palm tree images were on either side,[ac] and on the side walls of the portico, and the side rooms of the temple and their[ad] overhang.
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- Ezekiel 41:15 Literally “to the front of the courtyard”
- Ezekiel 41:15 Literally “which was on behind her/it”
- Ezekiel 41:15 That is, 175 feet
- Ezekiel 41:15 Literally “from here and from here”
- Ezekiel 41:16 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 41:17 Literally “On from on”
- Ezekiel 41:17 Or “sanctuary”
- Ezekiel 41:17 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 41:17 Literally “measurements”
- Ezekiel 41:18 Literally “two faces were for the cherub”
- Ezekiel 41:19 Literally “was to”
- Ezekiel 41:19 Literally “from here”
- Ezekiel 41:19 Literally “was to”
- Ezekiel 41:19 Literally “from here”
- Ezekiel 41:19 Literally “being made”
- Ezekiel 41:19 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 41:20 Literally “up to form on”
- Ezekiel 41:20 Or “entrance”
- Ezekiel 41:20 Or “being made”
- Ezekiel 41:21 Literally “in the front of”
- Ezekiel 41:22 Literally “the altar made of wood”
- Ezekiel 41:22 That is, 5.25 feet
- Ezekiel 41:22 That is, 3.5 feet
- Ezekiel 41:22 Hebrew “corner”
- Ezekiel 41:22 Literally “to the face of”
- Ezekiel 41:24 That is, two swinging leaves for each door
- Ezekiel 41:25 Or “carved”
- Ezekiel 41:25 Literally “like which they were made for the walls”
- Ezekiel 41:26 Literally “were from here and from here”
- Ezekiel 41:26 Literally “the”
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