Ezekiel 41:8

Ezekiel 41:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers, a full rod, that is, six cubits high.

Context of Ezekiel 41:8

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. 7The 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. I 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 10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.

Ezekiel 41:8 word by word

וְרָאִ֧יתִי לַבַּ֛יִת גֹּ֖בַהּ סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב מוּסְד֤וֹת הַצְּלָעוֹת֙ מְל֣וֹ הַקָּנֶ֔ה שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת אַצִּֽילָה׃Read the interlinear

• I sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• that the templeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• had a raised baseגֹּ֫בַהּgôbahh · heightH1363
• allסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• forming the foundationמוּסָדָהmûsâdâh · appointmentH4145
• of the side roomsצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• It was the full length ofמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
• a rodקָנֶהqâneh · branch: stemH7070
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• longאַצִּיל'atstsîyl · jointH679
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:8

• Ezekiel 40:5And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
• Revelation 21:16The 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.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The foundations of the side chambers - Therefore the height of the side-chambers from the floor was six cubits there being three stories, which corresponds sufficiently with the twenty cubits which was the height of the temple. “A great cubit” is probably an architectural term to denote the line of junction between two stories, which would be that of the ceiling of the lower and the floor of the upper story.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. 88. foundations ... six ... cubits--the substructure, on which the foundations rested, was a full reed of six cubits. great--literally, "to the extremity" or root, namely, of the hand [Henderson]. "To the joining," or point, where the foundation of one chamber ceased and another began [Fairbairn].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 41:8

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In the dictionaries

• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Height; Heights
• 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