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Sanctuary and Temple

41 And he brought me to the temple sanctuary,[a] and he measured the pilasters, six cubits[b] wide on each side;[c] this was the width of the tent.[d] And the width of the doorway was ten cubits,[e] and the sidewall of the doorway was five cubits on each side,[f] and he measured its[g] length as forty cubits,[h] and its width was twenty cubits.[i] And he went into the inner room, and he measured the pilaster of the doorway as two cubits[j] and the doorway as six cubits[k] and the width of the doorway seven cubits.[l] And he measured its length as twenty cubits[m] and its width as twenty cubits to the front of the temple, and he said to me, “This is the most holy place.[n]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:1 Or “main room” (of the temple of Jerusalem); “great hall” (JPS); “outer sanctuary” (NIV); word can refer to surrounding courts and halls; HALOT 245.
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 That is, 10.5 feet
  3. Ezekiel 41:1 Literally “six cubits wide from here and six cubits wide from here”
  4. Ezekiel 41:1 Or “of the jambs”
  5. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 17.5 feet
  6. Ezekiel 41:2 Literally “was five cubits from here and five cubits from here”; five cubits = 8.75 feet
  7. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, the outer sanctuary
  8. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 70 feet
  9. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, 35 feet
  10. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 3.5 feet
  11. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 10.5 feet
  12. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, 12.25 feet
  13. Ezekiel 41:4 That is, 35 feet
  14. Ezekiel 41:4 Literally “the holy of the holies”

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] 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]

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. 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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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:1 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 Lit. tent
  3. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 17.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  4. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  5. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  6. Ezekiel 41:2 I.e. about 70 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  7. Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 42 inches; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  8. Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  9. Ezekiel 41:3 I.e. about 12.25 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  10. Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  11. Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
  12. Ezekiel 41:4 I.e. the separation between the Holy Place and the most holy area