Ezekiel 41:1-4
Christian Standard Bible
Inside the Temple
41 Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the jambs;(A) on each side the width of the jamb was 10½ feet.[a][b] 2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet,[c] and the side walls of the entrance were 8¾ feet[d] wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet,[e] and the width, 35 feet.[f](B) 3 He went inside the next room and measured the jambs at the entrance;(C) they were 3½ feet[g] wide. The entrance was 10½ feet wide, and the width of the entrance’s side walls on each side[h] was 12¼ feet.[i] 4 He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 35 feet, and the width, 35 feet.(D) And he said to me, “This is the most holy place.”(E)
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- 41:1 LXX; MT reads jambs; they were 10½ feet wide on each side—the width of the tabernacle
- 41:1 Lit six cubits, also in vv. 3,5
- 41:2 Lit 10 cubits
- 41:2 Lit five cubits, also in vv. 9,11,12
- 41:2 Lit 40 cubits
- 41:2 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv. 4,10
- 41:3 Lit two cubits, also in v. 22
- 41:3 LXX; MT reads width of the entrance
- 41:3 Lit seven cubits
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).
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