47 Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.(A)

The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(B) 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(C) 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(D) on each side of the jambs.

41 Then the man brought me to the main hall(E) 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](F)

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.(G) He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.(H)

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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