Yehezkiel 40:48--41:4

40:48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet ¹  on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet ²  and the sides ³  were 5¼ feet ⁴  on each side. 40:49 The length of the porch was 35 feet ⁵  and the width 19¼ feet; ⁶  steps ⁷  led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

The Inner Temple

41:1 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet ⁸  wide on each side. 41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, ⁹  and the sides ¹⁰  of the entrance were 8¾ feet ¹¹  on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, ¹²  and its width as 35 feet. ¹³ 

41:3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, ¹⁴  the entrance as 10½ feet, ¹⁵  and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet ¹⁶  41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ¹⁷  and its width as 35 feet, ¹⁸  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

[40:48]  ¹ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[40:48]  ² tn The LXX reads “fourteen cubits” (i.e., 7.35 meters). See following note.

[40:48]  ³ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

[40:48]  tn Or “sidewalls.”

[40:48]  ⁴ tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

[40:49]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[40:49]  ⁶ tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).

[40:49]  ⁷ tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”

[41:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

[41:2]  ¹⁰ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

[41:2]  tn Or “sidewalls.”

[41:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[41:2]  ¹² tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).

[41:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

[41:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “seven cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).

[41:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).