The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits, and so also the remaining terrace by the place of the side chambers of the temple.
Parallel translations
- WEB The thickness of the wall, which was for the side rooms, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side rooms that belonged to the house.
- KJV The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
- BSB The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple
- NASB The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple
- NLT The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 8-3/4 feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms
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Quick answer
The outer wall of the side rooms was measured, along with the open space around the house. The boundaries between sacred and surrounding areas are clearly defined.
Overview
The guide records the thickness of the chambers' outer wall and the open area left around the temple. These deliberate boundaries reinforce the theme of separation that runs through the vision. God's holiness requires distinction between what is his and what is common, a distinction Christ overcomes by sanctifying his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Ezek 41:11The doors of the side rooms were toward an open area that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around.
- 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 42:4Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
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