Ezekiel 41:4

Ezekiel 41:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
• New International Version (NIV)And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across the nave. And he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."
• New King James Version (NKJV)He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

Context of Ezekiel 41:4

2The 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. He 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.’ 5Then the man measured the wall of the temple. It was 3 metres thick. There were small rooms along the outside of the wall, all around the temple. Each room was 2 metres wide. 6The side rooms were on three levels. Each level had 30 rooms. The temple's wall at each level was less thick than the wall below. So the wall itself held up each level of rooms. They did not have to fix the side rooms into the temple's wall.

Ezekiel 41:4 word by word

וַיָּ֨מָד אֶת־אָרְכּ֜וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אַמָּ֗ה וְרֹ֛חַב עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה אֶל־פְּנֵ֣י הַֽהֵיכָ֑ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י זֶ֖ה קֹ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So he measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• thereof, twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: naveH1964
• and he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · Most Holy PlaceH6944

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:4

• 1 Kings 6:20The inside room was 9 metres long, 9 metres wide and 9 metres high. Solomon used pure gold to cover the walls of this room. He also covered the cedar altar with gold.
• 2 Chronicles 3:8Solomon's workers built the Most Holy Place in the temple. It was 9 metres long and 9 metres wide. That was how wide the temple itself was. They used about 20,000 kilograms of pure gold to cover its walls.
• Revelation 21:16The shape of the city was a square. It was as long as it was wide. The angel measured the city with his stick. It was 12,000 stadia (2,400 kilometres) long. It was as wide and as high as it was long.
• Exodus 26:33Hang the top of the curtain from the rings. Put the Covenant Box behind the curtain, in the Most Holy Place. The curtain will hang between the Most Holy Place and the Holy Place so that they are separate.
• Hebrews 9:3Behind a second curtain, there was a very special room. It was called the Most Holy Place.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The length thereof, twenty cubits - This is the measurement of the sanctuary, or holy of holies. See G in the plan. This also was the exact measurement of Solomon's temple, see 1 Kings 6:20. This, and the other resemblances here, sufficiently prove that Ezekiel's temple and that of Solomon were on the same plan; and that the latter temple was intended to be an exact resemblance of the former.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The Temple - here is the holy place as distinguished from the most holy, “the Oracle,” which is “before” the holy place, inwards.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The inner room was the Most Holy Place. It was the only square room in the temple. This room was the most sacred space in the building. A person reached it by passing through three openings. Each opening was narrower than the one before it. Access became more limited as a person moved closer to God. The entrance to the entry room was about 7.5 meters wide (24.5 feet; Ezekiel 40:48). The doorway into the sanctuary was about 5.3 meters wide (17.5 feet…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. thereof--of the holy of holies. before the temple--that is, before, or in front of the most holy place (so "temple" is used in 1Ki 6:3). The angel went in and measured it, while Ezekiel stood in front, in the only part of the temple accessible to him. The dimensions of the two apartments are the same as in Solomon's temple, since being fixed originally by God, they are regarded as finally determined.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 41:4

• Church

In the dictionaries

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