Ezekiel 41:8

Ezekiel 41:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers, a full rod, that is, six cubits high.

Context of Ezekiel 41:8

6The side chambers were in three stories, one above another, and thirty in each story; and the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself. 7The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, therefore the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the second story. I saw also that the house had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of six long cubits in height. 9The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple 10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits in width all around the temple on every side.

Ezekiel 41:8 word by word

וְרָאִ֧יתִי לַבַּ֛יִת גֹּ֖בַהּ סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב מוּסְד֤וֹת הַצְּלָעוֹת֙ מְל֣וֹ הַקָּנֶ֔ה שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת אַצִּֽילָה׃Read the interlinear

• I sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• also that the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• had a raisedגֹּ֫בַהּgôbahh · heightH1363
• allסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• the foundationsמוּסָדָהmûsâdâh · appointmentH4145
• of the sideצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• were a fullמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
• rodקָנֶהqâneh · branch: stemH7070
• longאַצִּיל'atstsîyl · jointH679
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:8

• Ezekiel 40:5And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
• Revelation 21:16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The foundations of the side chambers - Therefore the height of the side-chambers from the floor was six cubits there being three stories, which corresponds sufficiently with the twenty cubits which was the height of the temple. “A great cubit” is probably an architectural term to denote the line of junction between two stories, which would be that of the ceiling of the lower and the floor of the upper story.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. 88. foundations ... six ... cubits--the substructure, on which the foundations rested, was a full reed of six cubits. great--literally, "to the extremity" or root, namely, of the hand [Henderson]. "To the joining," or point, where the foundation of one chamber ceased and another began [Fairbairn].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 41:8

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In the dictionaries

• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Height; Heights
• 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