Ezekiel 41:5-11
English Standard Version
5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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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- Ezekiel 41:6 Septuagint, compare 1 Kings 6:6; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Ezekiel 41:5-11
Revised Standard Version
5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick; and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, round about the temple. 6 And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets[a] all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 7 And the side chambers became broader as they rose[b] from story to story, corresponding to the enlargement of the offset[c] from story to story round about the temple; on the side of the temple a stairway led upward, and thus one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. 8 I saw also that the temple had a raised platform round about; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits. 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits; and the part of the platform which was left free was five cubits.[d] Between the platform[e] of the temple and the 10 chambers of the court was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the temple on every side. 11 And the doors of the side chambers opened on the part of the platform that was left free, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the part that was left free was five cubits round about.
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- Ezekiel 41:6 Gk Compare 1 Kings 6.6: Heb they entered
- Ezekiel 41:7 Cn: Heb it was surrounded
- Ezekiel 41:7 Gk: Heb for the encompassing of the temple
- Ezekiel 41:9 Syr: Heb lacks five cubits
- Ezekiel 41:9 Cn: Heb house of the side chambers
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