Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of (A)the side chambers, four cubits, (B)all around the temple. And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, (C)thirty in each story. There were offsets[a] all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, (D)so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 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 (E)so one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of (F)six long cubits. The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. (G)The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the 10 (H)other chambers was a breadth of (I)twenty cubits all around the temple on every side. 11 And the doors of the (J)side chambers opened on (K)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.

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Notas al pie

  1. Ezekiel 41:6 Septuagint, compare 1 Kings 6:6; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Outside the Temple

Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10½ feet[a] thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was seven feet.[b](A) The side rooms were arranged one above another in three stories of 30 rooms each.[c] There were ledges on the wall of the temple all around to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be in the temple wall itself.(B) The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.[d](C)

I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.[e](D) The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was 8¾ feet.[f] The free space between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the outer chambers was 35 feet[g] wide all around the temple.(E) 11 The side rooms opened into the free space, one entrance toward the north and another to the south. The area of free space was 8¾ feet[h] wide all around.

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Notas al pie

  1. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit six cubits
  2. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit four cubits
  3. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit another three and 30 times
  4. Ezekiel 41:7 Hb obscure
  5. Ezekiel 41:8 Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint; Hb obscure
  6. Ezekiel 41:9 Lit five cubits
  7. Ezekiel 41:10 Lit 20 cubits
  8. Ezekiel 41:11 Lit five cubits