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Ezekiel 40

Ezekiel 40:49

The Inner Court · Ezekiel 40:47–49
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Translations

Modern
The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.
Traditional
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
Literal
The length of the portico was twenty cubits, and the width was twelve cubits, and by the ten steps that they went up to it; and pillars were by the doorposts, one on this side, and one on this side.
Latin
Longitudinem autem vestibuli viginti cubitorum, et latitudinem undecim cubitorum, et octo gradibus ascendebatur ad eam. Et columnæ erant in frontibus: una hinc, et altera inde.

Original

Hebrew
English
The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.

Notes

Ezekiel 40:49

Outside the entry room were square columns with an unknown purpose, similar to those in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15–22).

Ezekiel 40:48–41:3

The temple stood at the protected center of the temple complex. It was next to the inner court. This location showed its importance.

The temple also stood at the highest point in the complex. It was ten steps higher than the inner court. The inner court itself was eight steps higher than the outer court. This rising height showed increasing holiness as a person moved inward.

Like Solomon’s temple before it, this temple had three main areas. These were:

  • the entry room,

  • the sanctuary (the main holy room), and

  • the Most Holy Place (the most sacred room).

Ezekiel 40:1–46:24

The prophet’s tour of the new temple began outside the building. He then moved step by step toward its center.

After reaching the inside, he walked outward again. The tour ended at the kitchens located in the corners of the outer courtyard (Ezekiel 46:19–24).

Events

Measurements

  • twenty cubits wide: About 35 ft (10.7 m)
  • twelve cubits deep: About 19.25 ft (5.9 m.)

Glossary

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