Ezekiel 40:1

Vision of the New Temple

40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ¹  was struck down, on this very day, ²  the hand ³  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 40:49

40:49 The length of the porch was 35 feet ⁵  and the width 19¼ feet; ⁶  steps ⁷  led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

[40:1]  ¹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ² tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ³ tn Or “power.”

[40:1]  ⁴ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

[40:49]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[40:49]  ⁶ tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).

[40:49]  ⁷ tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”