The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(A) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[a] and its projecting walls were[b] three cubits[c] wide on either side. 49 The portico(B) was twenty cubits[d] wide, and twelve[e] cubits[f] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[g] and there were pillars(C) on each side of the jambs.

41 Then the man brought me to the main hall(D) and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits[h] on each side.[i] The entrance was ten cubits[j] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits[k] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.[l](E)

Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits[m] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits[n] wide. And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall.(F) He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.(G)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  2. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  3. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters
  4. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  5. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
  6. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
  7. Ezekiel 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it
  8. Ezekiel 41:1 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8
  9. Ezekiel 41:1 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts side, the width of the tent
  10. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters
  11. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12
  12. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide
  13. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22
  14. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters

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