Ezekiel 41:15

Ezekiel 41:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
• New International Version (NIV)Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court,
• New King James Version (NKJV)He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court,

Context of Ezekiel 41:15

13Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long, 14and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet. Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, 16as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

Ezekiel 41:15 word by word

וּמָדַ֣ד אֹֽרֶךְ־הַ֠בִּנְיָן אֶל־פְּנֵ֨י הַגִּזְרָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־אַחֲרֶ֧יהָ וְאַתִּיקֶ֛יהָא מִפּ֥וֹ וּמִפּ֖וֹ מֵאָ֣ה אַמָּ֑ה וְהַֽהֵיכָל֙ הַפְּנִימִ֔י וְאֻֽלַמֵּ֖י הֶחָצֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he measuredמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• of the buildingבִּנְיָןbinyân · buildingH1146
• over againstפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the separate placeגִּזְרָהgizrâh · cutting/separationH1508
• behindאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• it, and the galleriesאַתִּיק'attûq 'attîyq · galleryH862
• thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• with the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: naveH1964
• and the porchesאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197
• of the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:15

• Ezekiel 42:3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.
• Zechariah 3:7“The Lord who rules over all says, ‘If you live and work according to my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.
• Ezekiel 41:17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.
• Ezekiel 42:15Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The description of certain details is introduced by a summary statement of what had been already done. Galleries - On either side of the eastern front of the building on the separate place was a gallery of ten feet, under which was an approach to the building, by which the refuse was to be carried in by openings in the north and south, and then carried out by a western postern.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-20The temple building was covered with wooden panels. The walls were decorated with carvings of palm trees and cherubim. The cherubim were like those Ezekiel saw in his earlier visions of judgment (see Ezekiel 1:5–12; 10:2–14). In those visions, the cherubim had four faces. However, the carved images in the temple had only two faces. One face was a lion, the greatest of the wild animals. The other was a human, the highest part of God’s created order…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

• Gallery
• 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