Ezekiel 40:8

40:8 Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:44

40:44 On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one ¹  at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south ²  gate facing north.

Ezekiel 42:8

42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet ³  long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet ⁴  long.

Ezekiel 42:10

42:10 At the beginning ⁵  of the wall of the court toward the south, ⁶  facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

Ezekiel 40:6

40:6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep. ⁷ 

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 ⁸  long.

Ezekiel 40:7

40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ⁹  The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 41:12

41:12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet ¹⁰  wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet ¹¹  all around, and its length 157½ feet. ¹² 

Ezekiel 41:15-16

41:15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. ¹³ 

The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, ¹⁴  41:16 as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered),

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ¹⁵  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ¹⁶  were about twenty-five ¹⁷  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ¹⁸  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ¹⁹  toward the east!

Ezekiel 46:12

46:12 When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. ²⁰ 

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¹ tn “One” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for clarity in the translation.

² tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”

³ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

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

⁵ tc The reading is supported by the LXX.

⁶ tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.

⁸ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

⁹ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “10½ feet” in v. 5.

¹⁰ tn Heb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).

¹¹ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

¹² tn Heb “ninety cubits” (i.e., 47.25 meters).

¹³ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

¹⁴ tc Some Hebrew mss read “and its outer court.”

¹⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

¹⁶ sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).

¹⁷ tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of twenty-five, perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

tn Or “exactly twenty-five.”

¹⁸ sn The temple faced east.

¹⁹ tn Or “the sun god.”

sn The worship of astral entities may have begun during the reign of Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:5).

²⁰ tn Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”