11:1 Then 1 a measuring rod 2 like a staff was given to me, and I was told, 3 “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. 11:2 But 4 do not measure the outer courtyard 5 of the temple; leave it out, 6 because it has been given to the Gentiles, 7 and they will trample on the holy city 8 for forty-two months.
41:1 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet 11 wide on each side. 41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, 12 and the sides 13 of the entrance were 8¾ feet 14 on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, 15 and its width as 35 feet. 16
41:3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, 17 the entrance as 10½ feet, 18 and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet 19 41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, 20 and its width as 35 feet, 21 before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”
41:5 Then he measured the wall of the temple 22 as 10½ feet, 23 and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, 24 all around the temple.
2:1 (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
2 tn Grk “a reed” (but these were used for measuring). Cf. Ezek 40:3ff.
3 tn Grk “saying.”
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
5 tn On the term αὐλήν (aulhn) BDAG 150 s.v. αὐλή 1 states, “(outer) court of the temple…Rv 11:2.”
6 tn The precise meaning of the phrase ἔκβαλε ἔξωθεν (ekbale exwqen) is difficult to determine.
7 tn Or “to the nations” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).
8 sn The holy city appears to be a reference to Jerusalem. See also Luke 21:24.
9 tn Heb “and you will set in order its setting” or “arrange its arrangement.” See 25:29-30 for items that belonged on the table.
10 tn Heb “give” (also four additional times in vv. 6-8).
11 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
12 tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).
13 tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.
14 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
15 tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).
16 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
17 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
18 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
19 tn Heb “seven cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).
20 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
21 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
22 tn Heb “house” throughout Ezek 41.
23 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
24 tn Heb “four cubits” (2.1 meters).