Discovery BoxEzekiel 40:6 
Context40:6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep. 1
Ezekiel 40:12
Context40:12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet 2 on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet 3 on either side.
Ezekiel 41:1
Context41:1 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet 4 wide on each side.
Ezekiel 41:5
Context41:5 Then he measured the wall of the temple 5 as 10½ feet, 6 and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, 7 all around the temple.
Ezekiel 41:8
Context41:8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick 8 of 10½ feet 9 high.
1 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.
2 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
3 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
4 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
5 tn Heb “house” throughout Ezek 41.
6 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
7 tn Heb “four cubits” (2.1 meters).
8 tn Heb “reed.”
9 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
