Ezekiel 41:1-4

The New Temple

1 Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits[a] on each side.[b]
2 The entrance was ten cubits[c] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits[d] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.[e]
3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits[f] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits[g] wide.
4 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. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

Ezekiel 41:1-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 41

In this chapter the divine and illustrious Person, the prophet's guide, brings him to the temple itself, and gives the dimensions of the posts and doors, both of the holy and the most holy place, Eze 41:1-4, then of the wall of the house, its side chambers, the winding about to them, and the doors of them, Eze 41:5-11, next of a building before the separate place, its doorposts, narrow windows, and galleries, Eze 41:12-17, after that each of the ornaments of the house are described, Eze 41:18-21, then the altar of incense, Eze 41:22, and the chapter is concluded with observing the decorations and lights on the doors, porch, and side chambers of the temple and sanctuary, Eze 41:23-26.

Cross References 4

  • 1. ver 23
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 3:3
  • 3. 1 Kings 6:20
  • 4. S Exodus 26:33; Hebrews 9:3-8

Footnotes 7

  • [a]. That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8
  • [b]. One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts "side, the width of the tent"
  • [c]. That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters
  • [d]. That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12
  • [e]. That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide
  • [f]. That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22
  • [g]. That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters
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