Ezekiel 40:33

40:33 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ¹  and its width 43¾ feet. ² 

Ezekiel 40:49

40:49 The length of the porch was 35 feet ³  and the width 19¼ feet; ⁴  steps ⁵  led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

Ezekiel 41:2

41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, ⁶  and the sides ⁷  of the entrance were 8¾ feet ⁸  on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, ⁹  and its width as 35 feet. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 41:12

41:12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet ¹¹  wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet ¹²  all around, and its length 157½ feet. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 43:13

The Altar

43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: ¹⁴  Its base ¹⁵  is 1¾ feet ¹⁶  high, ¹⁷  and 1¾ feet ¹⁸  wide, and its border nine inches ¹⁹  on its edge. This is to be the height ²⁰  of the altar.

¹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

² tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

³ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

⁴ tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).

⁵ tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”

⁵ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

⁶ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

⁷ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

⁸ tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).

⁹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).

⁸ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

⁹ tn Heb “ninety cubits” (i.e., 47.25 meters).

⁹ tn Heb “the measurements of the altar by cubits, the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes. On the altar see Ezek 40:47.

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.

¹¹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹² tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹⁴ tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).

¹⁵ tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.