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Ezekiel 40:5-16
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5 I saw[a] a wall all around the outside of the temple.[b] In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet[c] long. He measured the thickness of the wall[d] as 10½ feet,[e] and its height as 10½ feet. 6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.[f] 7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet.[g] The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet. 8 Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet. 9 He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet,[h] and its jambs as 3½ feet;[i] the porch of the gate faced inward. 10 There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.[j] 11 He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet,[k] and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.[l] 12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet[m] on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet[n] on either side. 13 He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet[o] from one entrance to the opposite one. 14 He measured[p] the porch[q] at 105 feet[r] high;[s] the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard. 15 From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet.[t] 16 There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees.[u]

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Notas al pie

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 tn Heb “house.”
  3. Ezekiel 40:5 tn Heb “a measuring stick of 6 cubits, [each] a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Therefore the measuring stick in the man’s hand was 10.5 feet (3.15 meters) long. Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.
  4. Ezekiel 40:5 tn Heb “building.”
  5. Ezekiel 40:5 tn Heb “one rod [or “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).
  6. Ezekiel 40:6 tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.
  7. Ezekiel 40:7 tn Heb “5 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “10½ feet” in v. 5.
  8. Ezekiel 40:9 tn Heb “8 cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).
  9. Ezekiel 40:9 tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
  10. Ezekiel 40:10 sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.
  11. Ezekiel 40:11 tn Heb “10 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).
  12. Ezekiel 40:11 tn Heb “13 cubits” (i.e., 6.825 meters).
  13. Ezekiel 40:12 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
  14. Ezekiel 40:12 tn Heb “6 cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
  15. Ezekiel 40:13 tn Heb “25 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
  16. Ezekiel 40:14 tn Heb “made.”
  17. Ezekiel 40:14 tc The MT reads “jambs,” which does not make sense in context. Supposing a confusion of י (yod) for ו (vav), the text may be emended to read “porch.” See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:518.
  18. Ezekiel 40:14 tn Heb “60 cubits” (i.e., 31.5 meters).
  19. Ezekiel 40:14 tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for sense.
  20. Ezekiel 40:15 tn Heb “50 cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
  21. Ezekiel 40:16 sn Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).
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Ezekiel 40:5-16
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Measuring the Temple Grounds

5 All of a sudden, we were at the exterior wall that completely surrounded the Temple. The man whom I had observed held a measuring reed that was six cubits[a] long as measured in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth[b] long. As he measured the thickness of the wall, he measured out one reed.[c] Its height was also one reed.[d] 6 Then he went over to the gate that faced toward the east, ascended its steps, and measured its thresholds. One threshold measured one reed[e] and the other one measured one reed.[f] 7 Each guardhouse[g] measured one reed[h] long and one reed[i] wide, and the distance[j] between each guardhouse was five cubits.[k] The threshold of the gate near the vestibule facing away from the Temple entrance[l] measured one reed.[m]

8 Next, he measured the vestibule of the gate facing away from the Temple entrance at one reed.[n] 9 He measured the vestibule of the gate inside at eight cubits[o] and the doorjambs at two cubits.[p] (The vestibule at the gate faced away from the Temple.) 10 Gate guardhouses stood facing east, numbering three on each side,[q] each of them of equal size[r] to the door jamb; that is, having the same[s] measurement on each side.[t] 11 He measured the width of the gateway at ten cubits,[u] and the length of the gate at thirteen cubits.[v]

12 The retaining[w] wall in front of the guardhouses measured one cubit[x] wide. It stood one cubit[y] from the wall to the guardhouses, which were six cubits[z] square.[aa] 13 He measured the gate from the roof of the guardhouses to the roof of another[ab] at 25 cubits[ac] from doorway to opposite doorway. 14 Then he measured[ad] the open air porch[ae] at 60 cubits[af] from the doorjamb of the courtyard that encompassed the gate. 15 The distance from the front entrance gate to the vestibule of the inner gate measured 50 cubits.[ag] 16 Latticed windows faced the guardhouses, their side pillars within the gate all around, and also for the porches. Windows were placed all around inside, and the side pillars were engraved with palm trees.

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Notas al pie

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 I.e. about 10.5 feet, given the designated measurement in royal cubits, about 21 inches
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 I.e. the royal cubit, which measured about 21 inches
  3. Ezekiel 40:5 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the reed was six royal cubits
  4. Ezekiel 40:5 I.e. about 10.5 feet, ; the reed was six royal cubits
  5. Ezekiel 40:6 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the reed was six royal cubits
  6. Ezekiel 40:6 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the reed was six royal cubits
  7. Ezekiel 40:7 Or alcove; and so throughout the chapter
  8. Ezekiel 40:7 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the reed was six royal cubits
  9. Ezekiel 40:7 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the reed was six royal cubits
  10. Ezekiel 40:7 The Heb. lacks the distance
  11. Ezekiel 40:7 I.e. about 8.75 feet, given the designated measurement in royal cubits, about 21 inches
  12. Ezekiel 40:7 The Heb. lacks entrance
  13. Ezekiel 40:7 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the reed was six royal cubits
  14. Ezekiel 40:8 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the reed was six royal cubits
  15. Ezekiel 40:9 I.e. about 14 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  16. Ezekiel 40:9 I.e. about 42 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  17. Ezekiel 40:10 Lit. three from here and there
  18. Ezekiel 40:10 Lit. from here one measurement
  19. Ezekiel 40:10 The Heb. lacks that is, having the same
  20. Ezekiel 40:10 Lit. measurement from here and from here
  21. Ezekiel 40:11 I.e. about 17.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  22. Ezekiel 40:11 I.e. about 22.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  23. Ezekiel 40:12 Lit. border; or barrier
  24. Ezekiel 40:12 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  25. Ezekiel 40:12 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  26. Ezekiel 40:12 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  27. Ezekiel 40:12 Lit. were six cubits from here and six cubits from here.
  28. Ezekiel 40:13 The Heb. lacks of another
  29. Ezekiel 40:13 I.e. about 43.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  30. Ezekiel 40:14 Lit. made
  31. Ezekiel 40:14 So LXX; MT reads the jamb
  32. Ezekiel 40:14 I.e. about 106.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  33. Ezekiel 40:15 I.e. about 87.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
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