Ezekiel 41:1-4

Inside the Temple

1 Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide ^[a] on each side. ^[b]

2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits, ^[c] and the sides of the entrance were five cubits ^[d] on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits. ^[e]

3 And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. ^[f] The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide. ^[g]

4 Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary ^[h] to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. ^[i] And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place. ^[j]”

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.

Footnotes

• [a] 6 (long) cubits is approximately 10.5 feet or 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5, and 8.
• [b] One Hebrew manuscript and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts on each side—the width of the tent
• [c] 10 (long) cubits is approximately 17.5 feet or 5.3 meters.
• [d] 5 (long) cubits is approximately 8.75 feet or 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11, and 12.
• [e] The outer sanctuary was approximately 70 feet long and 35 feet wide (21.3 meters long and 10.7 meters wide).
• [f] 2 (long) cubits is approximately 3.5 feet or 1.1 meters.
• [g] 7 (long) cubits is approximately 12.25 feet or 3.7 meters.
• [h] Or the length of the inner sanctuary
• [i] The room was approximately 35 feet long and 35 feet wide (10.7 meters long and 10.7 meters wide).
• [j] Or the Holy of Holies