God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 41:3
3Then the man went inside and measured the passageway. It was 3½ feet thick. The entrance was 10½ feet high and 12 feet wide.
Ezekiel 41:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
- New International Version (NIV)Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits wide.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side of the entrance, seven cubits.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also he went inside and measured the doorposts, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits high; and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.
Context of Ezekiel 41:3
1Then the man brought me into the holy place in the temple and measured the recessed walls. They were 10½ feet wide on each side. 2The entrance was 17½ feet wide, and on each side of the entrance the walls were 9 feet wide. Then he measured the length of the holy place. It was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide. Then the man went inside and measured the passageway. It was 3½ feet thick. The entrance was 10½ feet high and 12 feet wide. 4Then he measured the room at the end of the holy place. It was 35 feet long and 35 feet wide. The man said to me, “This is the most holy place.” 5Next, the man measured the temple wall. It was 10½ feet wide. The width of each side room around the temple was 7 feet.
Read all of Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 41:3 word by word
וּבָ֣א לִפְנִ֔ימָה וַיָּ֥מָד אֵֽיל־הַפֶּ֖תַח שְׁתַּ֣יִם אַמּ֑וֹת וְהַפֶּ֙תַח֙ שֵׁ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת וְרֹ֥חַב הַפֶּ֖תַח שֶׁ֥בַע אַמּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then wentבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- he inwardפְּנִ֫ימָהpenîymâh · withinH6441
- and measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
- the postאַ֫יִל'ayil · pillarH352
- of the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
- twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
- and the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
- sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:3
Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Went he inward - Toward the holy of holies. It is not said, “he brought me in,” but “he went in,” because the holy of holies was not to be entered even by a priest like Ezekiel, but only by the high priest once a year. So the “angel” enters and announces: the measurements. The post of the door - On either side of the entrance was a pillar, the two together making up two cubits. The first measurement of the door was from “post to post,” six cubits; and the…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. 33. inward--towards the most holy place.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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