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

6And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. 7And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. 9The 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. 10And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house 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 the heightגֹּ֫בַהּgôbahh · heightH1363
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• the foundationsמְיֻסָּדָהmeyûssâdâh · foundationH4328
• of the side chambersצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• a fullמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
• reedקָנֶהqâneh · branch: stemH7070
• of sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• greatאַצִּיל'atstsîyl · jointH679
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:8

• Ezekiel 40:5And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
• Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it 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

• Reed

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