Ezekiel 41:1

The Inner Temple

41:1 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet ¹  wide on each side.

Ezekiel 41:4

41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ²  and its width as 35 feet, ³  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Ezekiel 41:20

41:20 from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

Ezekiel 43:21

43:21 You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 44:1

The Closed Gate

44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

Ezekiel 44:8

44:8 You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners ⁴  to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.

Ezekiel 45:2

45:2 Of this area a square 875 feet ⁵  by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet ⁶  set aside for its open space round about.

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¹ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

² tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

³ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

⁴ tc Instead of an energic nun (ן), the text may have read a third masculine plural suffix ם (mem), “them,” which was confused with ן (nun) in the old script. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:621.

tn This word is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.

⁵ tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters); the phrase occurs twice in this verse.

⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).