Ezekiel 42:2-8

42:2 Its length was 175 feet ¹  on the north side, ²  and its width 87½ feet. ³  42:3 Opposite the 35 feet ⁴  that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. 42:4 In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet ⁵  wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, ⁶  and their entrances were on the north. 42:5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 42:6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers ⁷  were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones. 42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet ⁸  long. 42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet ⁹  long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet ¹⁰  long.

[42:2]  ¹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[42:2]  ² tn Heb “the door of the north.”

[42:2]  ³ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[42:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

[42:4]  ⁶ tc Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm). The LXX and the Syriac read “one hundred cubits” (= 175 feet).

[42:6]  ⁷ tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.

[42:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).