Ezekiel 41:2
New International Version
The entrance was ten cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

New Living Translation
The doorway was 17 1 / 2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8 3 / 4 feet long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.

English Standard Version
And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.

Berean Standard Bible
The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

King James Bible
And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

New King James Version
The width of the entryway was ten cubits, and the side walls of the entrance were five cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

New American Standard Bible
The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the sanctuary, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

NASB 1995
The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. And he measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

NASB 1977
And the width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. And he measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

Legacy Standard Bible
The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. And he measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

Amplified Bible
The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

Christian Standard Bible
The width of the entrance was 17 1 /2 feet, and the side walls of the entrance were 8 3 /4 feet wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet, and the width, 35 feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The width of the entrance was 17 1/2 feet, and the side walls of the entrance were 8 3/4 feet wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet, and the width, 35 feet.

American Standard Version
And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Contemporary English Version
five meters long, and the distance from the doorway to the wall on either side was two and a half meters. The main room itself was 20 meters by 10 meters.

English Revised Version
And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The entrance was 17 1/2 feet wide, and on each side of the entrance the walls were 9 feet wide. Then he measured the length of the holy place. It was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.

Good News Translation
and 18 feet wide, with walls 8 feet thick on either side. He measured the room itself: it was 68 feet long and 34 feet wide.

International Standard Version
The entrance was ten cubits wide and its door jambs were five cubits wide on each side. He measured the length of the nave at 40 cubits and its width at 20 cubits.

Majority Standard Bible
The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

NET Bible
The width of the entrance was 17 1/2 feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8 3/4 feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.

New Heart English Bible
The breadth of the entrance was seventeen feet three inches; and the sides of the entrance were eight feet seven inches on the one side, and eight feet seven inches on the other side. And he measured its length, sixty-eight feet eleven inches, and the breadth, thirty-four feet five inches.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length of it forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

World English Bible
The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side. He measured its length, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the breadth of the opening [is] ten cubits; and the sides of the opening [are] five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and he measures its length—forty cubits, and the breadth—twenty cubits.

Young's Literal Translation
And the breadth of the opening is ten cubits; and the sides of the opening are five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and he measureth its length forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the breadth of the entrance, ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance, five cubits from hence, and five cubits from thence: and he will measure its length, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the breadth of the gate was ten cubits: and the sides of the gate five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the width of the gate was ten cubits. And the sides of the gate were five cubits on one side, and five cubits on the other side. And he measured its length to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

New American Bible
The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the walls on either side measured five cubits. He measured the nave, forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

New Revised Standard Version
The width of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. He measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the breadth of the door of the temple was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and he measured its length, forty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the width of the Tabernacle and the width of the door, ten cubits, and the sides of the door, five cubits from here and five cubits from there, and he measured its length forty cubits, and its width twenty cubits
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side; and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the side-pieces of the gateway were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length of it, forth cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Inside the Temple
1Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side. 2The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits. 3And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.…

Cross References
1 Kings 6:2
The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

1 Kings 6:17
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

1 Kings 6:20
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

2 Chronicles 3:3-4
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard. / The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3:8
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

Exodus 26:30
So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Exodus 36:20-30
Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ...

1 Kings 7:21
Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.

2 Chronicles 3:15-17
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits. / He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. / Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

Revelation 21:15-17
The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. / The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height. / And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.

Revelation 11:1
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

Hebrews 9:2-3
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Matthew 27:51
At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.


Treasury of Scripture

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

the door.

Exodus 26:36
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

Exodus 36:37
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

1 Kings 6:31-35
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall

the length

1 Kings 6:2,17
And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits…

2 Chronicles 3:3
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

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Ezekiel 41
1. The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple














The width of the entrance was ten cubits
The "entrance" here refers to the doorway leading into the inner sanctuary of the temple, a sacred space that symbolizes access to the divine presence. The "ten cubits" measurement, approximately 15 feet, signifies completeness and divine order in biblical numerology. The number ten often represents the law, as seen in the Ten Commandments, and here it may symbolize the perfect and complete access to God provided through His ordained structure.

the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side
The "sides of the entrance" being "five cubits" each, or about 7.5 feet, suggests balance and grace. The number five in Scripture often symbolizes God's grace, goodness, and favor toward humanity. This measurement could imply that the entrance to God's presence is framed by His grace, providing a balanced and stable approach to the divine.

And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary at forty cubits
The "inner sanctuary" is the most sacred part of the temple, often referred to as the Holy of Holies. The "forty cubits" length, approximately 60 feet, is significant as the number forty in the Bible often represents periods of testing, trial, and preparation (e.g., the Israelites' 40 years in the wilderness, Jesus' 40 days of fasting). This measurement may symbolize the preparation and sanctification required to enter into the presence of God.

and the width at twenty cubits
The "width" of "twenty cubits," or about 30 feet, can be seen as a symbol of redemption and divine intervention. The number twenty in Scripture sometimes represents a complete or perfect waiting period, as seen in Jacob's 20 years of waiting to be freed from Laban. This dimension of the inner sanctuary may reflect the completeness of God's redemptive plan and the fullness of His presence available to those who seek Him.

(2) The length thereof, forty cubits.--These are exactly the dimensions of the Holy Place in Solomon's Temple. The Holy of Holies is not included, being measured by itself in Ezekiel 41:4.

Verse 2. - The breadth of the door, i.e. of the opening from the porch, was ten cubits; whereas the door into the porch was eleven cubits (Ezekiel 40:49). This would have the effect of rendering the door into the holy place more conspicuous. The sides (or, shoulders) of the door - according to Kliefoth, "the side walls," from the door to the corner pillars; according to Keil, the shoulders lay behind the pillars - were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other; i.e. were as broad as the posts of the porch. The length of the holy place, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty, were the same as in the Solomonic structure. The entire frontage of the holy place was 20 cubits of interior breadth + 12 (2 x 6) cubits, as breadth of pillars - 32 cubits; or, otherwise, 6 + 6, for the two pillars, 5 + 5 for the sides, and 10 for the door opening = 32 cubits in all.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The width
וְרֹ֣חַב (wə·rō·ḥaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7341: Breadth, width

of the entrance
הַפֶּתַח֮ (hap·pe·ṯaḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

[was] ten
עֶ֣שֶׂר (‘e·śer)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6235: Ten

cubits,
אַמּוֹת֒ (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and the sides
וְכִתְפ֣וֹת (wə·ḵiṯ·p̄ō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything

of the entrance
הַפֶּ֔תַח (hap·pe·ṯaḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

[were] five
חָמֵ֤שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

cubits
אַמּוֹת֙ (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

on each
מִפּ֔וֹ (mip·pōw)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 6311: This place, here

side.
מִפּ֑וֹ (mip·pōw)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 6311: This place, here

He also measured
וַיָּ֤מָד (way·yā·māḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4058: To stretch, to measure, to be extended

the length [of the outer sanctuary]
אָרְכּוֹ֙ (’ā·rə·kōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 753: Length

[to be] forty
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

cubits,
אַמּ֖וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and the width
וְרֹ֖חַב (wə·rō·ḥaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7341: Breadth, width

twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

cubits.
אַמָּ֔ה (’am·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base


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