Ezekiel 41:2

Ezekiel 41:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Ezekiel 41:2

1Then the man took me into the big hall of the temple. He measured the walls on each side of the entrance. They were 3 metres thick. The entrance itself was 5 metres wide. The walls on each side were 2½ metres wide. The big hall was 20 metres long and 10 metres wide. 3Then he went into the inside room. He measured the walls at the entrance. They were 1 metre thick. The entrance was 3 metres wide. The walls on each side were 3½ metres wide. 4He measured the inside room. It was 10 metres long and 10 metres wide. It was at the back of the big hall. The man said to me, ‘This is the Most Holy Place.’

Ezekiel 41:2 word by word

וְרֹ֣חַב הַפֶּתַח֮ עֶ֣שֶׂר אַמּוֹת֒ וְכִתְפ֣וֹת הַפֶּ֔תַח חָמֵ֤שׁ אַמּוֹת֙ מִפּ֔וֹ וְחָמֵ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת מִפּ֑וֹ וַיָּ֤מָד אָרְכּוֹ֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים אַמָּ֔ה וְרֹ֖חַב עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• of the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and the sidesכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• on the other side: and he measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• thereof, fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:2

• Exodus 26:36Make a curtain for the entrance of the tent. Use blue, purple and red material and good linen to make it. A worker must use special skills to make it so that it looks beautiful.
• Exodus 36:37They made a curtain for the entrance of the tent. They used blue, purple and red material and good linen to make it. A worker used special skills to make it, so that it looked beautiful.
• 1 Kings 6:31They used olive wood to make doors for the entrance to the Most Holy Place. The doors were fixed to wooden pillars which had five sides.
• 2 Chronicles 3:7They used gold to cover all parts of the temple: the beams for its roof, the entrances, the walls and the doors. They cut pictures of cherubs on the walls.
• 2 Chronicles 29:7They shut the doors at the entrance of the temple. They stopped burning oil in the lamps. They did not offer to Israel's God any incense or burnt offerings in his holy place.
• John 10:7So Jesus spoke again. He said, ‘I tell you this: I am like the gate for the sheep.
• 1 Kings 6:2The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 27 metres long. It was 9 metres wide. It was 13.5 metres high.
• 2 Chronicles 3:3The foundation for God's temple was 27 metres long and 9 metres wide. (They measured it in cubits.)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The breadth of the door - This was the door, or gate, of the sanctuary, (see gates 3, in the plan), and this doorway was filled up with folding gates. The measurements are exactly the same as those of Solomon's temple. See 1 Kings 6:2, 1 Kings 6:17.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The measurements are internal, the same as in the Temple of Solomon.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The temple walls were about 3.2 meters thick (10.5 feet). These thick walls showed strength and protection. At this point, the gates were replaced by a doorway. Only the priests were allowed to enter the inner court around the temple, so a heavy gate was not needed. The sanctuary was the most important room in the new temple. For this reason, the vision describes it in greater detail than the other rooms. It also gives more exact measurements for this…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. length thereof--namely, of the holy place [Fairbairn].Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Holy Place
• 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