Ezekiel 10:3

10:3 (The cherubim were standing on the south side ¹  of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

Ezekiel 10:5

10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God ²  when he speaks.

Ezekiel 40:23

40:23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet. ³ 

Ezekiel 40:27-28

40:27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet. ⁴ 

40:28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

Ezekiel 40:32

40:32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

Ezekiel 40:37

40:37 Its jambs ⁵  faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

Ezekiel 40:47

40:47 He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; ⁶  the altar was in front of the temple.

Ezekiel 42:7

42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet ⁷  long.

Ezekiel 43:5

43:5 Then a wind ⁸  lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched ⁹  the glory of the Lord filling the temple. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 44:27

44:27 On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 46:22

46:22 In the four corners of the court were small ¹¹  courts, 70 feet ¹²  in length and 52½ feet ¹³  in width; the four were all the same size.

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¹ tn Heb “right side.”

² tn The name (“El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 69-72.

³ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

⁴ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

⁵ tc The LXX reads “porches.”

⁶ tn Heb “one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, a square” (i.e., 52.5 meters by 52.5 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

⁸ tn See note on “wind” in 2:2.

⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

¹⁰ sn In 1 Kgs 8:10-11 we find a similar event with regard to Solomon’s temple. See also Exod 40:34-35. and Isa 6:4.

¹¹ tc The meaning of the Hebrew term is unclear. The LXX and Syriac render “small.”

¹² tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).

¹³ tn Heb “thirty cubits” (i.e., 15.75 meters).