Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
Parallel translations
- WEB He measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at its back, and its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
- KJV And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
- NKJV He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court,
- NASB And he measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches of the courtyard.
- NLT The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide. The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple
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Quick answer
The guide measures the western building, its galleries, and the inner temple with its porches. The survey grows comprehensive, covering every part of the complex.
Overview
Ezekiel records the measuring of the rear building, its galleries, and the temple's inner structures and porches. The thoroughness leaves no part of God's house unaccounted for. This exhaustive attention testifies that nothing in God's plan is overlooked, a faithfulness perfectly displayed in Christ, in whom God's purposes are fully measured and fulfilled.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ezek 42:3Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
- Ezek 42:1Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
- Ezek 42:15Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:
- Ezek 42:5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.
- Ezek 41:12Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.
- Ezek 41:17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,
- Song 1:17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
- Zech 3:7“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
- Song 7:5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
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