Ezekiel 40:5

40:5 I saw ¹  a wall all around the outside of the temple. ²  In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet ³  long. He measured the thickness of the wall ⁴  as 10½ feet, ⁵  and its height as 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:21

40:21 Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet ⁶  long and 43¾ feet ⁷  wide.

Ezekiel 40:29

40:29 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 ⁸  and its width 43¾ feet. ⁹ 

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 ¹⁰  and its width 43¾ feet. ¹¹ 

Ezekiel 43:13

The Altar

43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: ¹²  Its base ¹³  is 1¾ feet ¹⁴  high, ¹⁵  and 1¾ feet ¹⁶  wide, and its border nine inches ¹⁷  on its edge. This is to be the height ¹⁸  of the altar.

Ezekiel 48:16

48:16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, ¹⁹  the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.

[40:5]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[40:5]  ² tn Heb “house.”

[40:5]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “building.”

[40:5]  ⁵ 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).

[40:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:29]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:29]  ¹² tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:33]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[43:13]  ²¹ 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.

[43:13]  ²² tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.

[43:13]  ²³ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ²⁴ tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[43:13]  ²⁵ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).

[43:13]  ²⁷ tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.

[48:16]  ²⁶ tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.