Ezekiel 41:7

Ezekiel 41:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
• New International Version (NIV)The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and so one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As one went up from story to story, the side chambers became wider all around, because their supporting ledges in the wall of the temple ascended like steps; therefore the width of the structure increased as one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the middle one.

Context of Ezekiel 41:7

5Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits. 6The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself. The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one. 8I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits. 9The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple

Ezekiel 41:7 word by word

וְֽרָחֲבָ֡ה וְֽנָסְבָה֩ לְמַ֨עְלָה לְמַ֜עְלָה לַצְּלָע֗וֹת כִּ֣י מֽוּסַב־הַ֠בַּיִת לְמַ֨עְלָה לְמַ֜עְלָה סָבִ֤יב׀ סָבִיב֙ לַבַּ֔יִת עַל־כֵּ֥ן רֹֽחַב־לַבַּ֖יִת לְמָ֑עְלָה וְכֵ֧ן הַתַּחְתּוֹנָ֛ה יַעֲלֶ֥ה עַל־הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֖ה לַתִּיכוֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• The side roomsצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• The side roomsכִּיkîy · forH3588
• surroundingמוּסָבmûsâb · surroundingH4141
• the templeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• widened at each successive levelרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
• widened at each successive levelסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• widened at each successive levelמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• because the structure surroundingסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• corresponding toעַל‛al · uponH5921
• corresponding toכֵּןkên · soH3651
• the narrowing of the temple wallרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• a stairway went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• from the lowest storyתַּחְתּוֹןtachtôn tachtôn · lowerH8481
• the highestעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · highH5945
• through the middle oneתִּיכוֹןtîykôn tîykôn · middleH8484

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:7

• 1 Kings 6:8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
• Matthew 13:32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
• Hebrews 6:1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7An enlarging, and a winding about - Perhaps a winding staircase that-widened upward as the inner wall decreased in thickness; this wall being six cubits thick; as high as the first story, five from the floor of the second story to that of the third, and four from the floor to the ceiling of the third story: and thus there was a rest of one cubit in breadth to support the stories. - Newcome.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7An enlarging - The “wall for the side-chambers” had for the ground story its full thickness of five cubits Ezekiel 41:9 - then it was diminished one cubit, so as to form a ledge whereon to rest the beams of the floor of the second story, and again was further diminished one cubit for the floor of the third story. Thus there was an “enlarging” of the second story of the chambers by one cubit, and of the third story by two cubits beyond the breadth of the…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. 77. the breadth ... so increased from the lowest ... to the highest--that is, the breadth of the interior space above was greater than that below.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Enlarge; Enlargement
• Ezekiel
• Highest
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites

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