Ezekiel 41:12

Ezekiel 41:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The building that was facing the separate yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

Context of Ezekiel 41:12

10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. 11The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around. Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits. 13Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long. 14The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 41:12 word by word

וְהַבִּנְיָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ אֶל־פְּנֵ֨י הַגִּזְרָ֜ה פְּאַ֣ת דֶּֽרֶךְ־הַיָּ֗ם רֹ֚חַב שִׁבְעִ֣ים אַמָּ֔ה וְקִ֧יר הַבִּנְיָ֛ן חָֽמֵשׁ־אַמּ֥וֹת רֹ֖חַב סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב וְאָרְכּ֖וֹ תִּשְׁעִ֥ים אַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Now the buildingבִּנְיָןbinyân · buildingH1146
• thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• facedאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• facedפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the temple courtyardגִּזְרָהgizrâh · cutting/separationH1508
• the temple courtyardפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• onדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• wideרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• and the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• allסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• with a lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• of ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:12

• Ezekiel 41:13Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.
• Ezekiel 42:1Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
• Ezekiel 10:13I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”
• Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
• Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The length thereof ninety cubits - The temple, with the buildings which surrounded it, was eighty-one cubits long; add ten cubits for the vestibule, or five for the breadth of the separate place, and five for its wall; in all, ninety cubits. See the plan, LHIL. By the separate place I suppose the temple itself is meant.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The separate place - See F, Plan II. The word occurs only in this chapter. The name, which seems one of discredit, has led to the conjecture that the purpose of this place and its building was to receive the offal of the sacrifices and sweepings of the courts, to be carried thence by a postern gate (compare Ezekiel 43:21). The building itself was, we are told, seventy cubits wide, with walls five cubits thick (eighty cubits in all), leaving ten cubits on…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-26The temple had 90 side rooms on three levels. Behind it was a large building with an unknown purpose, possibly to prevent unauthorized access. No one could approach God's presence from behind. The side rooms might have stored priestly clothing and equipment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. Sum of the measures of the temple, and of the buildings behind and on the side of it.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• End
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites
• Temple

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings