Ezekiel 40:12

40:12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet ¹  on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet ²  on either side.

Ezekiel 41:1

The Inner Temple

41:1 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet ³  wide on each side.

Ezekiel 41:8

41:8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick ⁴  of 10½ feet ⁵  high.

Ezekiel 46:4

46:4 The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.

Ezekiel 46:6

46:6 On the day of the new moon he will offer ⁶  an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.

Ezekiel 41:3

41:3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, ⁷  the entrance as 10½ feet, ⁸  and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet ⁹ 

Ezekiel 41:5

41:5 Then he measured the wall of the temple ¹⁰  as 10½ feet, ¹¹  and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, ¹²  all around the temple.

Ezekiel 9:2

9:2 Next, I noticed ¹³  six men ¹⁴  coming from the direction of the upper gate ¹⁵  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit ¹⁶  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezekiel 40:5

40:5 I saw ¹⁷  a wall all around the outside of the temple. ¹⁸  In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet ¹⁹  long. He measured the thickness of the wall ²⁰  as 10½ feet, ²¹  and its height as 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 46:1

The Prince’s Offerings

46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east ²²  will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.

[40:12]  ¹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[40:12]  ² tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:1]  ³ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “reed.”

[41:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[46:6]  ⁷ tn The phrase “he will offer” is not in the Hebrew text but is warranted from the context.

[41:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

[41:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “seven cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).

[41:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house” throughout Ezek 41.

[41:5]  ¹² tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “four cubits” (2.1 meters).

[9:2]  ¹³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[9:2]  ¹⁴ sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.

[9:2]  ¹⁵ sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

[9:2]  ¹⁶ tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword.

[40:5]  ¹⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[40:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[40:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “a measuring stick of six cubits, [each] 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). Therefore the measuring stick in the man’s hand was 10.5 feet (3.15 meters) long. 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.

[40:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “building.”

[40:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “one rod [or “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).

[46:1]  ¹⁷ sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).