Ezekiel 41:5-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Outside the Temple
5 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) 6 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) 7 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)
8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.[e](D) 9 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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- Ezekiel 41:5 Lit six cubits
- Ezekiel 41:5 Lit four cubits
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit another three and 30 times
- Ezekiel 41:7 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 41:8 Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint; Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 41:9 Lit five cubits
- Ezekiel 41:10 Lit 20 cubits
- Ezekiel 41:11 Lit five cubits
Ezekiel 41:5-11
International Standard Version
5 Next, he measured the Temple walls at six cubits[a] high and the width of the side chambers at four cubits[b] around all four sides of the Temple. 6 The side chambers consisted of three stories, each above the other, with 30 chambers in each story. The side chambers extended out from the wall that faced the inside of the chambers where the chambers were fastened together, but the chamber walls were not fastened directly into the Temple walls themselves. 7 The side chambers surrounding the Temple were wider at each successive story, because the surrounding structure ascended by proportional increments as it rose, ascending to the highest story by going up successively from the lowest.
8 I observed a raised platform that surrounded the Temple, and the foundations of the side chambers were a full six cubits[c] deep. 9 The outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits[d] thick, and there was an empty space between the Temple’s side chambers 10 and its outer chambers 20 cubits[e] in width, surrounding the Temple on each side. 11 The side chamber doorway facing the free space contained a single north-facing doorway and a second south-facing doorway. The width of the free space was five cubits[f] all around the perimeter.[g]
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- Ezekiel 41:5 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:5 I.e. about seven feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:8 I.e. about 10.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:9 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:10 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:11 I.e. about 8.75 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 41:11 The Heb. lacks the perimeter
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