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
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;
- BSB 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,
- 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.
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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 42:3Over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third floor.
- Ezek 42:1Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the room that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north.
- Ezek 42:15Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it all around.
- Ezek 42:5Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building.
- Ezek 41:12The building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
- Ezek 41:17to the space above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.
- Song 1:17The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
- Zech 3:7“Yahweh of Armies says: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.
- Song 7:5Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.
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