Ezekiel 41:6-11

6 1The side chambers were in three stories, one above another, and thirty in each story; and the side chambers 2extended to the wall which stood on their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the 3structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, therefore * the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the second story.
8 I saw also that the house had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of 4six long cubits in height.
9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the 5free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple
10 and the outer 6chambers was twenty cubits in width all around the temple on every side.
11 The doorways of the side chambers toward the 7free space consisted of one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the 8free space * was five cubits all around.

Ezekiel 41:6-11 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 8

Footnotes 10

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