Ezekiel 41:1-4

Inside the Temple

1 Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters; on each side the width of the pilaster was 10 and a half feet.^[a][b]

2 The width of the entrance was 17 and a half feet,^[c] and the sidewalls of the entrance were eight and three-quarter feet^[d] [wide] on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet,^[e] and the width, 35 feet.^[f][g]

3 He went inside [the next room] and measured the pilasters at the entrance; they were three and a half feet^[h] [wide]. The entrance was 10 and a half feet^[i] [wide], and the width of the entrance's sidewalls on each side^[j] was 12 and a quarter feet.^[k]

4 He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 35 feet,^[l] and the width, 35 feet.^[m] And he said to me, "This is the most holy place."^[n]

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]. LXX; MT reads pilasters; they were 10 and a half feet wide on each side-the width of the tabernacle
• [b]. Lit six cubits
• [c]. Lit 10 cubits
• [d]. Lit five cubits
• [e]. Lit 40 cubits
• [f]. Lit 20 cubits
• [g]. 1 Kg 6:2,17
• [h]. Lit two cubits
• [i]. Lit six cubits
• [j]. LXX; MT reads width of the entrance
• [k]. Lit seven cubits
• [l]. Lit 20 cubits
• [m]. 1 Kg 6:20
• [n]. 1 Kg 6:16