Ezekiel 41:10

Ezekiel 41:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
• New International Version (NIV)and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
• English Standard Version (ESV)other chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And between it and the wall chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.

Context of Ezekiel 41:10

8I 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 and the outer chambers was twenty cubits in width around the temple on every side. 11The doorways of the side chambers toward the free space consisted of one doorway toward the north, and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the free space was five cubits all around. 12The building that was in front of the separate area at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.

Ezekiel 41:10 word by word

וּבֵ֨ין הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת רֹ֣חַב עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אַמָּ֛ה סָבִ֥יב לַבַּ֖יִת סָבִ֥יב׀ סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

• chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• in widthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• the templeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• sideסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10See H, Plan I.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. 1010. the chambers--that is, of the priests in the court: between these and the side chambers was the wideness, &c. While long details are given as to the chambers, &c., no mention is made of the ark of the covenant. Fairbairn thus interprets this: In future there was to be a perfect conformity to the divine idea, such as there had not been before. The dwellings of His people should all become true sanctuaries of piety. Jehovah Himself, in the full display…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• 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