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There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet wide.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/41.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/41.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of <i>every</i> side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Next, he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the temple <i>was</i> four cubits on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the house <i>of Yahweh</i>, six cubits; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits [thick, to accommodate side chambers]; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the temple on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10 1 /2 feet thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was 7 feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10 1/2 feet thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was seven feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The man measured the wall of the temple, and it was three meters thick. Storage rooms two meters wide were built against the outside of the wall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Next, the man measured the temple wall. It was 10 1/2 feet wide. The width of each side room around the temple was 7 feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The man measured the thickness of the inner wall of the Temple building, and it was 10 feet. Against this wall, all around the Temple, was a series of small rooms 7 feet wide. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Next, he measured the Temple walls at six cubits high and the width of the side chambers at four cubits around all four sides of the Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10 1/2 feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the house, ten feet four inches; and the breadth of every side-room, six feet eleven inches, all around the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Afterward he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side room, four cubits, all around the house on every side. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he measures the wall of the house—six cubits, and the breadth of the side-chamber—four cubits, all around the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he measureth the wall of the house six cubits, and the breadth of the side-chamber four cubits, all round the house round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will measure the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of the rib, four cubits, round about, round about to the house, round about.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he measured the wall of the house six cubits: and the breadth of every side chamber four cubits round about the house on every side. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he measured the wall of the house to be six cubits, and the width of the sides to be four cubits, all around the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits wide, and the width of the side chambers stretching all around the temple, four cubits each.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits, and the width of the side, seven cubits circling the house<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits: and the breadth of <i>each</i> side, four cubits round about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=12515" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/41.htm">Outside the Temple</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4058.htm" title="4058: way·yā·māḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To measure. A primitive root: properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure; figuratively, to be extended.">Next he measured</a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: qîr- (N-msc) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">the wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: šêš (Number-fsc) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">to be six</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits thick,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: wə·rō·ḥaḇ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">and the width</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">of each</a> <a href="/hebrew/6763.htm" title="6763: haṣ·ṣê·lā‘ (Art:: N-fs) -- Or tsaltah; from tsala'; a rib, literally or figuratively; hence, a side, literally or figuratively; architecturally, a timber or plank.">side room</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lab·ba·yiṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">was four</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">1 Kings 6:5-6</a></span><br />Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms. / The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10</a></span><br />He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-16.htm">1 Kings 6:16</a></span><br />He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">1 Kings 6:36</a></span><br />Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-12.htm">1 Kings 7:12</a></span><br />The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-9.htm">2 Chronicles 3:9</a></span><br />The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">2 Chronicles 4:9</a></span><br />He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/26-30.htm">Exodus 26:30</a></span><br />So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/36-20.htm">Exodus 36:20-30</a></span><br />Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-18.htm">Exodus 40:18</a></span><br />When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15-17</a></span><br />The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. / The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height. / And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1-2</a></span><br />Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. / But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-1.htm">Hebrews 9:1-5</a></span><br />Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. / A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a></span><br />The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44</a></span><br />Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.</p><p class="hdg">side chamber</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Ezekiel 41:6,7</a></b></br> And the side chambers <i>were</i> three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which <i>was</i> of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Ezekiel 42:3-14</a></b></br> Over against the twenty <i>cubits</i> which <i>were</i> for the inner court, and over against the pavement which <i>was</i> for the utter court, <i>was</i> gallery against gallery in three <i>stories</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">1 Kings 6:5,6</a></b></br> And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, <i>against</i> the walls of the house round about, <i>both</i> of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/41-1.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-4.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-46.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-44.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-4.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-42.htm">Four</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-4.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-4.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-4.htm">Room</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-43.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-9.htm">Side-Chamber</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">Side-Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Six</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-4.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-9.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-40.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-4.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/43-1.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-8.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Four</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-13.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-8.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm">Room</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-9.htm">Side-Chamber</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Side-Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-8.htm">Six</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-9.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 41</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/41-1.htm">The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick</b><br>The measurement of the temple wall at six cubits thick indicates the substantial nature of the structure, emphasizing its strength and permanence. In ancient Near Eastern architecture, thick walls were common in significant buildings, symbolizing protection and stability. The cubit, a standard unit of measurement in biblical times, was approximately 18 inches, making the wall about 9 feet thick. This thickness underscores the temple's importance and the divine protection it represents. The temple's design reflects God's holiness and the separation between the sacred and the profane, as seen in other biblical structures like Solomon's Temple (<a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">1 Kings 6:2-6</a>). The temple's walls also serve as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate sanctuary and protector of His people (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>).<p><b>and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits</b><br>The side rooms, each four cubits wide, were likely used for storage or as chambers for the priests. These rooms surrounded the temple, indicating a functional aspect of the temple complex, supporting the activities and rituals conducted there. The number four often symbolizes completeness in the Bible, suggesting that these rooms were integral to the temple's operation. The arrangement of these side rooms can be compared to the chambers in Solomon's Temple, which also had side rooms for various purposes (<a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">1 Kings 6:5-6</a>). This architectural detail highlights the continuity of temple worship and the meticulous planning involved in creating a space suitable for divine worship. The side rooms' presence around the temple signifies the comprehensive provision God makes for His people, ensuring that all aspects of worship and service are accommodated.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel receives visions from God, including the detailed vision of a new temple.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The vision of the temple in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Ezekiel 40-48</a> represents a future idealized temple, symbolizing God's presence and holiness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/side_rooms.htm">Side Rooms</a></b><br>These are chambers surrounding the temple, possibly used for storage or other temple-related activities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_design.htm">The Importance of God's Design</a></b><br>The precise measurements of the temple highlight God's attention to detail and the importance of following His design. This teaches us to value God's instructions in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a></b><br>The temple represents God's presence among His people. As believers, we are now the temple of the Holy Spirit, called to live holy lives that reflect God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness_and_order.htm">God's Holiness and Order</a></b><br>The thickness of the walls and the structure of the temple emphasize God's holiness and the order He brings. We are reminded to pursue holiness and order in our spiritual lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/provision_and_protection.htm">Provision and Protection</a></b><br>The side rooms may symbolize God's provision and protection for His people. We can trust God to provide for our needs and protect us as we serve Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_future_fulfillment.htm">Anticipation of Future Fulfillment</a></b><br>Ezekiel's temple points to a future fulfillment in God's redemptive plan. We live in anticipation of Christ's return and the establishment of His eternal kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 41</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_ezekiel_41's_temple_feasible.htm">What scientific or historical evidence supports or refutes the feasibility of the temple dimensions given in Ezekiel 41?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_41_with_1_kings_6.htm">How can Ezekiel 41’s instructions be reconciled with the different layout presented for Solomon’s Temple in 1 Kings 6? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1–5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_ezekiel_40_5-16_match_temple_finds.htm">How do the measurements in Ezekiel 40:5-16 align with archaeological evidence of any actual Temple structure?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">The wall of the house, six cubits.--</span>The thickness of the wall is the same with that of the wall of the outer court (<a href="/ezekiel/40-5.htm" title="And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.">Ezekiel 40:5</a>), about ten feet. Great massiveness is characteristic of Oriental architecture, but is carried to excess in this vision, to set forth the firmness and security of the things symbolised.<p><span class= "bld">Every side chamber.--</span><span class= "ital">Every</span> is not in the original, and is unnecessary. He measured the range of side rooms, the word being used collectively. These (J J [<a href="/context/ezekiel/40-44.htm" title="And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.">Ezekiel 40:44-49</a>]) entirely surrounded the house, except on the front or east side where the porch stood.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 5-11.</span> <span class="accented">- The wall and side buildings</span>. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - The measuring commenced with <span class="cmt_word">the wall of the house</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> with the outer wall, which, beginning at the pillars (ver. 1), enclosed the temple on its south, west, and north sides. Its great thickness, six cubits, corresponded with and even surpassed the colossal proportions of architecture in the ancient East. The walls of Solomon's temple, though not mentioned in either Kings or Chronicles, could hardly have been less than four cubits thick (see <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">1 Kings 6:6</a>), and were probably more (Schurer). Like the Solomonic (<a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">1 Kings 6:5-10</a>), the Ezekelian temple had <span class="cmt_word">side chambers</span>, which, like those of the earlier building, served as storehouses for priests' clothing, temple utensils, and temple treasures (<a href="/1_kings/7-51.htm">1 Kings 7:51</a>; <a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/5-1.htm">2 Chronicles 5:1</a>), and measured four cubits broad in the clear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Next he measured</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֥מָד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·māḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4058.htm">Strong's 4058: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch, to measure, to be extended</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wall</span><br /><span class="heb">קִֽיר־</span> <span class="translit">(qîr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the temple</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[to be] six</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֣שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(šêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> </span><span class="str2">Six (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits [thick],</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמּ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’am·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the width</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרֹ֣חַב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rō·ḥaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Breadth, width</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of each</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבִֽיב׃</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">side room</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֵּלָע֩</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣê·lā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6763.htm">Strong's 6763: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rib, a side, a, timber, plank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבִ֧יב ׀</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the temple</span><br /><span class="heb">לַבַּ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(lab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[was] four</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבַּ֨ע</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits.</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמּ֜וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’am·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/41-5.htm">Ezekiel 41:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/41-5.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 41:5 Then he measured the wall (Ezek. 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