Ezekiel 41:3-4

3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits^[a] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits^[b] 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 41:3-4 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

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

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22
• [b]. That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters