Ezekiel 41

The Inner Temple

1 Then he brought me to m the nave and measured the n jambs. On each side six cubits 1 was the breadth of the jambs. 2 2 And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave, 3 o forty cubits, and its breadth, p twenty cubits. 3 Then he went q into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side 4 of the entrance, seven cubits. 4 And he measured r the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across s the nave. And he said to me, "This is t the Most Holy Place."

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of u the side chambers, four cubits, u all around the temple. 6 And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, v thirty in each story. There were offsets 5 all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, w so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 7 And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and x so one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. 8 I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of y six long cubits. 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. z The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the 10 a other chambers was a breadth of b twenty cubits all around the temple on every side. 11 And the doors of the c side chambers opened on d the free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.

12 The building that was facing e the separate yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

13 Then he measured the temple, f a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long; 14 also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits.

15 Then he measured the length of g the building facing the yard that was at the back and h its galleries 6 on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court, 16 i the thresholds and j the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 17 to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern. 7 18 It was carved of k cherubim and l palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces: 19 m a human face toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around. 20 From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave.

21 The doorposts of n the nave were squared, and in front of o the Holy Place was something resembling 22 p an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad. 8 Its corners, its base, 9 and its walls were of wood. He said to me, "This is q the table that is before the Lord." 23 The nave and the Holy Place had each r a double door. 24 The double doors had two leaves apiece, s two swinging leaves for each door. 25 And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, t such as were carved on the walls. And there was u a canopy 10 of wood in front of v the vestibule outside. 26 And there were j narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, w the side chambers of the temple, and the u canopies.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:21
    The doorposts of the nave were squared, and in front of the Holy Place was something resembling
    Ezekiel 41:23
    The nave and the Holy Place had each a double door.
    Ezekiel 42:8
    For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the nave were a hundred cubits long.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:3
    Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side of the entrance, seven cubits.
    Ezekiel 40:9
    Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:17
    The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:2
    The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:16
    And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:20
    The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid an altar of cedar.
    2 Chronicles 3:8
    And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:5
    He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:21
    The doorposts of the nave were squared, and in front of the Holy Place was something resembling
    Ezekiel 41:23
    The nave and the Holy Place had each a double door.
    Ezekiel 45:3
    And from this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, in which shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
    1 Kings 6:16
    He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:5
    He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
    1 Kings 6:8
    The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
    Ezekiel 41:6 - 9
    And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.
  10. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:5
    He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
    1 Kings 6:8
    The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
    Ezekiel 41:6 - 9
    And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:17
    Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.
  12. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:6
    The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
  13. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:8
    The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:5
    And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.
    Ezekiel 43:13
    These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:11
    And the doors of the side chambers opened on the free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:17
    Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 42:3
    Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:5
    Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:9
    The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 42:1
    Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the separate yard and opposite the building on the north.
    Ezekiel 42:10
    In the thickness of the wall of the court, on the south also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers
    Ezekiel 42:13
    Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings - the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering - for the place is holy.
    Ezekiel 41:13 - 15
    Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:47
    And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:12
    The building that was facing the separate yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
    Ezekiel 42:1
    Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the separate yard and opposite the building on the north.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 42:3
    Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
    Ezekiel 42:5
    Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 6:4
    And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:26
    And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.
    Ezekiel 40:16
    And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.
    Ezekiel 40:25
    Both it and its vestibule had windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
    1 Kings 6:4
    And he made for the house windows with recessed frames.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:20
    From the floor to above the door, cherubim and ...
    Ezekiel 41:25
    And on the doors of the nave were carved cherub...
    1 Kings 6:29
    Around all the walls of the house he carved eng...
    1 Kings 6:32
    He covered the two doors of olivewood with carv...
    1 Kings 6:35
    On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and o...
    1 Kings 7:36
    And on the surfaces of its stays and on its pan...
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:16
    And the gateway had windows all around, narrowi...
    Ezekiel 40:22
    And its windows, its vestibule, and its palm tr...
    Ezekiel 40:26
    And there were seven steps leading up to it, an...
    Ezekiel 40:31
    Its vestibule faced the outer court, and palm t...
    Ezekiel 40:34
    Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had...
    Ezekiel 40:37
    Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had...
    2 Chronicles 3:5
    The nave he lined with cypress and covered it w...
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:10
    As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle.
    Ezekiel 10:14
    And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was a human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:1
    Then he brought me to the nave and measured the jambs. On each side six cubits was the breadth of the jambs.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:4
    And he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across the nave. And he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place.
  31. Cross References
    Revelation 11:1
    Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there.
    Exodus 30:1
    You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:16
    They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
    Ezekiel 23:41
    You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.
    Malachi 1:7
    By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, 'How have we polluted you?' By saying that the Lord 's table may be despised.
    Malachi 1:12
    But you profane it when you say that the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.
  33. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:31 - 33
    For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.
  34. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:34
    And two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:18
    It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:
    Ezekiel 41:20
    From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave.
  36. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:6
    And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:48
    Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate were three cubits on either side.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:16
    The thresholds and the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered).
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:5 - 9
    Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:25
    And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls. And there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside.
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