God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 41:12
12At the far end of the open area, on the west side of the temple, was a building 122½ feet wide. The wall of the building was 9 feet thick all the way around, and it was 157½ feet long.
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 priests’ rooms. It was 35 feet wide and went all around the temple. 11The doors in the side rooms were entrances into the open area. There was one door to the north and another to the south. The base of the open area was 9 feet wide all the way around. At the far end of the open area, on the west side of the temple, was a building 122½ feet wide. The wall of the building was 9 feet thick all the way around, and it was 157½ feet long. 13Then the man measured the temple. It was 175 feet long. This included the open area with the building and its walls. All together it was 175 feet long. 14The eastern side of the temple, including the open area, was also 175 feet wide.
Read all of Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now the buildingבִּנְיָןbinyân · buildingH1146
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the separate placeגִּזְרָהgizrâh · cutting/separationH1508
- at the endפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
- towardדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
- the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
- seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- broadרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
- and the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
- fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- and the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
- thereof ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:12
- Ezekiel 41:13Then the man measured the temple. It was 175 feet long. This included the open area with the building and its walls. All together it was 175 feet long.
- Ezekiel 42:1Then the man led me out toward the north to the outer courtyard. He brought me to the side rooms opposite both the open area and the northern building.
- Ezekiel 10:13I heard that the wheels were called the whirling wheels.
- Revelation 21:27Nothing unclean, no one who does anything detestable, and no liars will ever enter it. Only those whose names are written in the lamb’s Book of Life will enter it.
- Revelation 22:14“Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.
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
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
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