Ezekiel 41:23

41:23 The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.

Ezekiel 41:21

41:21 The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other.

Ezekiel 41:20

41:20 from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ¹  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ²  were about twenty-five ³  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ⁴  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ⁵  toward the east!

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 ⁶  wide on each side.

Ezekiel 41:4

41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ⁷  and its width as 35 feet, ⁸  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

Ezekiel 41:15

41:15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. ⁹ 

The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 41:25

41:25 On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy ¹¹  of wood on the front of the outside porch.

Ezekiel 42:8

42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet ¹²  long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet ¹³  long.

[8:16]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

[8:16]  ² sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).

[8:16]  ³ tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of twenty-five, perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

[8:16]  ⁴ sn The temple faced east.

[8:16]  ⁵ tn Or “the sun god.”

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

[41:4]  ¹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:4]  ² tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[41:15]  ¹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[41:15]  ² tc Some Hebrew mss read “and its outer court.”

[41:25]  ¹ tn Or “railings.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:218.

[42:8]  ¹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:8]  ² tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).