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 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ⁶  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ⁷ 

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 ⁸  was struck down, on this very day, ⁹  the hand ¹⁰  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ¹¹ 

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 ¹²  long and 43¾ feet ¹³  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 ¹⁴  and its width 43¾ feet. ¹⁵ 

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 ¹⁶  and its width 43¾ feet. ¹⁷ 

Ezekiel 40:49

40:49 The length of the porch was 35 feet ¹⁸  and the width 19¼ feet; ¹⁹  steps ²⁰  led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

Ezekiel 41:2

41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, ²¹  and the sides ²²  of the entrance were 8¾ feet ²³  on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, ²⁴  and its width as 35 feet. ²⁵ 

Ezekiel 45:1

The Lord’s Portion of the Land

45:1 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment ²⁶  to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles ²⁷  and the width three and one-third miles. ²⁸  This entire area will be holy. ²⁹ 

Ezekiel 48:8

48:8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles ³⁰  wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

[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.”

[11:1]  ⁶ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:1]  ⁷ sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

[40:1]  ¹¹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ¹² tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ¹³ tn Or “power.”

[40:1]  ¹⁴ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

[40:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:29]  ²¹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:29]  ²² tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:33]  ²⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:33]  ²⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:49]  ³¹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[40:49]  ³² tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).

[40:49]  ³³ tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”

[41:2]  ³⁶ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

[41:2]  ³⁷ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

[41:2]  ³⁸ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[41:2]  ³⁹ tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).

[41:2]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[45:1]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “a contribution.”

[45:1]  ⁴² tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers). The measuring units here 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 miles (one mile = 5,280 feet), with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.

[45:1]  ⁴³ tc The LXX reads “twenty thousand cubits.”

[45:1]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “holy it is in all its territory round about.”

[48:8]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).