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
Ezekiel 41:5-11
American Standard Version
5 Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. 6 And the side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house. 7 And [a]the side-chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle chamber. 8 I saw also [b]that the house had [c]a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed [d]of six great cubits. 9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side-chambers that belonged to the house. 10 And between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 11 And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
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- Ezekiel 41:7 Or, there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side-chambers; for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house
- Ezekiel 41:8 Or, that the house was high round about
- Ezekiel 41:8 Hebrew height.
- Ezekiel 41:8 Or, of six cubits to the joining
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