God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 41:9
9The outer wall of the side rooms was 9 feet thick. There was an open area between the side rooms connected to the temple
Ezekiel 41:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
- New International Version (NIV)The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple
- English Standard Version (ESV)The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the
- New King James Version (NKJV)The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits, and so also the remaining terrace by the place of the side chambers of the temple.
Context of Ezekiel 41:9
7The side rooms grew wider all the way around as they went up, story after story. The surrounding structure went from story to story all around the temple. The structure grew wider as it went higher. A stairway went from the first story through the second story to the third story. 8I also saw a raised base all around the temple. This base was the foundation for the side rooms. It measured the full length of the measuring rod, 10½ feet. The outer wall of the side rooms was 9 feet thick. There was an open area between the side rooms connected to the temple 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.
Read all of Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 41:9 word by word
רֹ֣חַב הַקִּ֧יר אֲֽשֶׁר־לַצֵּלָ֛ע אֶל־הַח֖וּץ חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֑וֹת וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מֻנָּ֔ח בֵּ֥ית צְלָע֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַבָּֽיִת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The thicknessרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
- of the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
- for the side chamberצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
- withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- leftיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
- the placeבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
- withinבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:9
- Ezekiel 41:5Next, the man measured the temple wall. It was 10½ feet wide. The width of each side room around the temple was 7 feet.
- Ezekiel 41:11The 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.
- 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.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The thickness of the wall - See LLL in the plan. The place of the side chambers - A walk, or gallery of communication along the chambers, five cubits broad, Ezekiel 41:11.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And that which was left - i. e., the passage (F) between the side-chambers and the temple-wall, was five cubits Ezekiel 41:11. The place of the side chambers that were within - Within the side-chambers which belong to the house. The seer is giving first the height of the side-chambers Ezekiel 41:8, and then the breadth, from the outside of the wall of these chambers to the temple-wall.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. 99. that which was left--There was an unoccupied place within chambers that belonged to the house. The buildings in this unoccupied place, west of the temple, and so much resembling it in size, imply that no place was to be left which was to be held, as of old, not sacred. Manasseh (2Ki 23:11) had abused these "suburbs of the temple" to keeping horses sacred to the sun. All excuse for such abominations was henceforth to be taken away, the Lord claiming…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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