The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements
Ezekiel 40:48-41:26
Eze.40.48 - Details
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5 (verbal): Same vision sequence of a man with a measuring reed and use of precise cubit-measurements to describe gates and court structures—repeats the measuring language and technique used in 40:48.
- Ezekiel 41:1-4 (structural): Continues the architectural description of the temple's inner rooms and entranceways; parallels 40:48 in detailing interior gate and sanctuary dimensions and spatial relationships.
- 1 Kings 6:2-3 (thematic): Solomon's temple dimensions (length, breadth, height) provide an older temple-building tradition and architectural frame that Ezekiel echoes in his measured plan of a sacred precinct.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3-6 (thematic): Description of the Most Holy Place, porch and inner sanctuary of Solomon's temple (dimensions and features) parallels Ezekiel's focus on measured sanctuary spaces and gate/porch construction.
Alternative generated candidates
- He brought me to the posts of the house and measured the posts—five cubits on this side and five cubits on that; and the breadth of the gate, three cubits on this side and three cubits on that.
- And he brought me to the porch of the house and measured the porch: five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
Eze.40.49 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:48 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same temple vision; continues the catalog of rooms, their measurements and the arrangement of doorways and steps leading to the chambers.
- Ezekiel 42:1–7 (verbal): Describes the priestly chambers with specific measurements, doorways and stairways—similar architectural vocabulary (rooms, breadth/length, and עֲלוֹת/moves up) and function as upper chambers.
- 1 Kings 6:3–5 (thematic): Solomon’s temple description of side chambers built against the house with specified widths and three stories; parallels the focus on precise architectural measurements and adjoining rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:6–10 (thematic): Further details about the side rooms, their stories, windows and the stairs/passageways between levels—echoes the mention of steps (מעלות) and the arrangement of chambers in Ezekiel’s vision.
Alternative generated candidates
- The length of the posts was twenty cubits and the width thirteen cubits. At the steps that ascend to them there stand against the posts one on this side and one on that.
- The length of the porch was twenty cubits and its breadth thirteen cubits; and at the steps by which one went up to it were pillars, one on this side and one on that side.
Eze.41.1 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5 (verbal): The same measuring-rod and six-cubit measurements appear earlier in Ezekiel’s temple vision; both verses use the formula “measured the jambs six cubits broad” (repeat of the measuring language).
- Ezekiel 42:1 (structural): Continues the temple-measuring sequence — further measurements of courts and side chambers show this verse is part of a larger, systematic architectural description of Ezekiel’s visionary temple.
- 1 Kings 6:6 (structural): Describes the side chambers of Solomon’s temple (their arrangement and relation to the temple walls); parallels Ezekiel’s focus on the breadth and layout of side rooms adjoining the sanctuary.
- 1 Kings 6:20 (structural): Gives the inner sanctuary’s measured dimensions in Solomon’s temple (20 by 20 cubits); relates to Ezekiel’s precise interior measurements and the broader concern for the temple’s proportions and sanctum dimensions.
Alternative generated candidates
- He brought me to the temple and measured the posts—six cubits on this side and six cubits on that; the breadth of the nave was twelve cubits.
- And he brought me into the temple and measured the posts thereof: six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side—the breadth of the tabernacle.
Eze.41.2 - Details
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:6 (verbal): An earlier section of Ezekiel's temple vision gives the same measurements for an entrance/porch (breadth of doorway, side chambers of five cubits, porch length forty cubits and breadth twenty cubits), essentially repeating the same specifications.
- Ezekiel 41:1 (structural): The immediately preceding verse in the same chapter introduces the temple interior and measurement sequence; verse 2 continues those structural measurements, so the two are part of a contiguous architectural description.
- 1 Kings 6:2 (structural): Solomon's temple is described as twenty cubits wide (1 Kings 6:2), matching Ezekiel's repeated breadth of twenty cubits and placing Ezekiel's vision in continuity with earlier temple-dimension traditions.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 (structural): Chronicles repeats the Solomon-temple dimensions (length and width) found in Kings; the Chronicle account's twenty-cubit width parallels Ezekiel's temple-breadth, underscoring a shared temple-architectural vocabulary.
Alternative generated candidates
- The entrance was ten cubits wide, and the jambs of the entrance five cubits on either side. He measured its length—forty cubits—and its breadth—twenty cubits.
- The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the jambs of the entrance five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side. He measured its length forty cubits and its breadth twenty cubits.
Eze.41.3 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:6 (verbal): Nearly identical wording and measurements (posts two cubits, entrance six cubits, breadth seven cubits) earlier in the Ezekiel temple-vision; direct repetition of the same entrance dimensions.
- Ezekiel 41:1 (structural): Continuation of the same temple-measurement section; both verses belong to the detailed systematic measuring of the inner temple complex and its chambers.
- Exodus 26:16 (structural): The tabernacle specifications similarly give precise cubit-dimensions for the tent’s entrance and components, showing the broader biblical convention of defining sacred spaces by measured doorways and fittings.
- 1 Kings 6:2-3 (thematic): Solomon’s temple descriptions use exact cubit-measurements for temple rooms and porches; thematically parallels Ezekiel’s emphasis on measured, ordered sacred architecture.
Alternative generated candidates
- As he went in he measured the doorpost of the entrance—two cubits; the doorway, six cubits; and the width of the vestibule, seven cubits.
- Then he went in and measured the jambs of the doorway—two cubits; the doorway, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.
Eze.41.4 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:20 (verbal): Solomon's inner sanctuary (the oracle/Most Holy) is described as 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high—directly parallels Ezekiel's measurements and the identification as the Most Holy Place.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8-9 (verbal): Chronicles repeats the measurement of the inner sanctuary as twenty cubits in length, breadth, and height, paralleling Ezekiel's dimensions and the designation as the Holy of Holies.
- Hebrews 9:3-5 (allusion): The New Testament describes the tabernacle's inner room beyond the second veil as the Holiest of All and summarizes its sacred furnishings—the passage alludes to the concept and function of the Most Holy Place referenced in Ezekiel.
- Exodus 26:33-34 (structural): The instructions for hanging the veil to separate the inner place and for placing the ark before it establish the structural and cultic meaning of the 'holy of holies,' paralleling Ezekiel's identification of the measured inner chamber as the Most Holy Place.
Alternative generated candidates
- He measured its length twenty cubits and its breadth twenty cubits before the sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
- He measured its length twenty cubits and its breadth twenty cubits before the sanctuary; and he said to me, "This is the Holy of Holies."
Eze.41.5 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5 (verbal): In the same vision the measuring angel gives dimensions for walls and side-chambers; similar language about thickness/breadth of walls and chambers (repeated temple-measurement vocabulary).
- Ezekiel 41:2 (structural): Immediate context in the same chapter describing the building's overall dimensions (length and breadth) to which the wall and side‑chamber measurements relate.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 (verbal): Describes the thickness of the wall of Solomon’s temple (five cubits), a comparable concern for wall thickness in temple architecture and a parallel numeric measurement motif.
- 1 Kings 6:5 (structural): Speaks of chambers built round about the temple walls (‘side chambers round about’), parallel to Ezekiel’s description of side‑chambers encircling the house.
Alternative generated candidates
- He measured the wall of the house—six cubits—and the width of the side chambers—four cubits—round about the house.
- He measured the wall of the house—six cubits—and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the house.
Eze.41.6 - Details
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:5-6 (verbal): Description of Solomon’s temple side chambers: three stories and thirty cubits in breadth, with chambers joined round about the house—closely parallels Ezekiel’s language and arrangement.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5-6 (verbal): Chronicles’ account of Solomon’s temple repeats the same description of side chambers joined around the house, serving as a parallel tradition to Ezekiel’s temple measurements and construction.
- Ezekiel 41:5 (structural): Immediate context in Ezekiel’s temple narrative: the preceding verse describes the number and arrangement of the side chambers, making this a direct structural continuation of the same architectural detail.
- Ezekiel 41:7 (structural): The following verse continues to specify the relation of the chambers to the wall and their internal divisions, clarifying the statement that the chambers were not fastened as part of the main wall.
Alternative generated candidates
- The side chambers were thirty rooms, one adjoining another; they came into the wall of the house as side chambers all around, joined to one another, yet not joined to the wall of the house.
- The side chambers were in three stories, thirty rooms in all, each adjoining the next; they came into the wall of the house all around to be held in place, yet they were not fastened to the wall of the house.
Eze.41.7 - Details
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:5 (verbal): Immediate context—continues the description of the side chambers and how they encircle and widen around the temple, closely mirroring the motion and measurements in v.7.
- Ezekiel 40:16 (structural): Earlier section of Ezekiel’s temple vision that also describes side chambers ‘round about’ the house and the encircling arrangement, providing a parallel architectural layout.
- 1 Kings 6:5 (verbal): Solomon’s temple description: mentions the side chambers built round about the house and the ascending/stepped arrangement of chambers (lower to upper), a close verbal and structural parallel to Ezekiel’s account.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4-6 (thematic): Chronicler’s account of Solomon’s temple: gives dimensions and reports side chambers built round about the house and multiple stories, thematically paralleling Ezekiel’s emphasis on chambers encircling and rising around the sanctuary.
Alternative generated candidates
- The chambers were set one above another all around, for the house had ledges round about; thus the upper chambers were narrower, so that the lower reached up to the upper, and the upper to the inner.
- Their breadth increased upward toward the chambers, for the house was set up on high all around; therefore the upper chambers were wider, and the lower ran up to the upper toward the middle.
Eze.41.8 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5-7 (structural): Immediate parallel in the same temple vision describing walls, galleries and chambers around the house; continues the same architectural plan and measurements.
- 1 Kings 6:5 (verbal): Solomon's temple account—'he built the side chambers round about the house'—uses the same language of chambers/galleries encircling the building.
- 1 Kings 6:3 (thematic): Gives the temple's cubit measurements (length, breadth, height) and sets the broader context of precise dimensional description like Ezekiel's six-cubit galleries.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4-6 (structural): Parallel description of Solomon's temple construction and side chambers/levels surrounding the house, echoing Ezekiel's circling galleries and specified widths.
Alternative generated candidates
- I saw the foundations of the house all around and the base of the side chambers—six cubits high.
- I saw that the house was high all around, and the foundations of the side chambers were six cubits high.
Eze.41.9 - Details
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:6-8 (structural): Same visionary temple complex: describes chambers built against the outer wall and gives measurements for their breadth and relation to the wall, closely matching the architectural detail in Ezekiel 41:9.
- Ezekiel 41:8-10 (verbal): Immediate context/parallel within the same chapter—continues the description of chambers and repeats the five‑cubit thickness and reed measurement, reflecting the same structural detail.
- 1 Kings 6:5-6 (thematic): Solomon's temple account describing chambers built against the temple walls (three stories) and giving architectural measurements; thematically parallels Ezekiel’s description of side chambers adjoining the wall.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4-5 (thematic): Chronicles' retelling of Solomon’s temple construction mentioning chambers against the house and related measurements, providing a parallel tradition of temple side‑chambers and wall construction.
Alternative generated candidates
- The thickness of the wall toward the outside that belonged to the side chambers was five cubits, and that which belonged to the house of the chambers was likewise measured.
- The thickness of the wall belonging to the outer side of the chambers was five cubits, and the part of the chambers toward the house likewise.
Eze.41.10 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:5 (verbal): Describes the side chambers of Solomon's temple built “round about the house,” using similar language and architectural detail about rooms adjoining the temple.
- 1 Kings 6:2 (verbal): Gives the temple's breadth as twenty cubits—paralleling Ezekiel's specific measurement of twenty cubits for the space between the chambers.
- 2 Chronicles 3:6 (structural): Chronicles records chambers built against the temple walls “round about,” echoing the same surrounding-room arrangement and architectural motif found in Ezekiel 41:10.
- Ezekiel 40:8 (structural): An earlier section of Ezekiel's temple vision uses the same formula of side chambers and measurements “round about the house,” serving as an internal parallel and continuation of the same architectural plan.
Alternative generated candidates
- Between the chambers there was a space of twenty cubits round about the house.
- Between the chambers there was a space of twenty cubits all around the house.
Eze.41.11 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:5 (verbal): Solomon's temple description also speaks of side chambers five cubits wide and their arrangement against the temple walls—verbal and measurement parallel to Ezekiel's account.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 (verbal): Chronicles repeats the construction details of Solomon's temple, including the side chambers' breadth of five cubits, echoing the same measurement and architectural feature.
- Ezekiel 41:6 (structural): Immediate context in Ezekiel's temple vision describes the side chambers (their number and placement); this verse continues the same structural description of the chambers and their entrances.
- Ezekiel 40:6 (thematic): Earlier in Ezekiel's temple measurements the arrangement of side chambers around the house is given—thematically connected as part of the comprehensive plan for chamber placement and access (north/south entrances).
Alternative generated candidates
- Each side chamber had an opening for a resting place—one opening to the north and one to the south—and the breadth of the resting place was five cubits all around.
- The entrances to the chambers were one toward the north and one toward the south; and the breadth of the place for the entrances was five cubits all around.
Eze.41.12 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:1-4 (structural): Immediate context — continues the temple floor-plan and gives adjoining chamber measurements and orientation, supplying the broader architectural setting for v.12.
- Ezekiel 41:5-11 (verbal): Continuation of the same chapter describing the north chambers, doors, and widths; parallels the technical measuring language and surrounding breadths in v.12.
- Ezekiel 42:1-5 (structural): Further measurements of the temple complex’ side chambers and courts; echoes the pattern of layered rooms and specified widths that v.12 exemplifies.
- 1 Kings 6:5, 6:8-10 (thematic): Solomon’s temple description — side chambers built around the house in tiers and specified roomwork — a parallel tradition of temple architecture and measured chambers.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4-6 (thematic): Chronicles’ account of Solomon’s temple gives corresponding architectural details (chambers, thickness and surrounding works), offering a comparative model for Ezekiel’s measured temple.
Alternative generated candidates
- The building that lay opposite the forecourt toward the west was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
- The building that was before the pavement facing the way of the sea was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
Eze.41.13 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ומדד: VERB,piel,perf,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- הבית: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ארך: ADJ,m,sg
- מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- והגזרה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- והבניה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- וקירותיה: NOUN,m,pl,def,poss:3f
- ארך: ADJ,m,sg
- מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5 (verbal): Both verses depict the measuring of the temple complex with measuring-rod/reed and cubits—shared technical vocabulary and method of measurement.
- Ezekiel 41:2 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same chapter describing dimensions of the inner sanctuary and adjoining chambers; a direct continuation/variation of the temple's measurements.
- 1 Kings 6:2 (structural): Solomon's temple dimensions provide a comparable architectural measurement tradition for Israelite holy space, highlighting how temple plans use precise cubit measurements.
- Revelation 21:16-17 (thematic): Later apocalyptic measuring motif: the angel measures the new Jerusalem and its walls—echoes the biblical theme of divine/angelic measurement of sacred space.
Alternative generated candidates
- He measured the house: the length was a hundred cubits, and the forecourt and the building and its walls were a hundred cubits.
- He measured the house—a hundred cubits long; and the forecourt and the buildings and their walls were a hundred cubits long.
Eze.41.14 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ורחב: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- הבית: NOUN,m,sg,def
- והגזרה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,def
- לקדים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5 (structural): Same temple-vision framework: the measuring reed and systematic measurement of the house introduce the detailed dimensions that continue into Ezek. 41 (context and method for the 100-cubit breadth).
- Ezekiel 41:1-4 (structural): Immediate context within the same chapter describing the layout and measurements of the inner house and side rooms—Ezek.41:14 continues this sequence of dimensions for the house and its chambers.
- 1 Kings 6:2 (thematic): Gives the dimensions of Solomon’s temple (60 by 20 cubits). The comparison highlights different temple plans and symbolic scales between the Solomonic building and Ezekiel’s visionary temple.
- 1 Kings 6:8 (verbal): Describes the side chambers (storehouses/rooms) built against the temple walls. Parallels Ezek.41:14’s focus on the breadth and arrangement of the house and its adjoining chambers.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 (thematic): Another account of Solomon’s temple dimensions (60 by 20 cubits) reinforcing the Old Testament tradition of temple measurements against which Ezekiel’s larger, idealized measurements are set.
Alternative generated candidates
- The breadth of the front of the house and the forecourt to the east was a hundred cubits.
- And the breadth of the front of the house and of the precinct toward the east was a hundred cubits.
Eze.41.15 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ומדד: VERB,piel,perf,3,m,sg
- ארך: ADJ,m,sg
- הבנין: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אל: NEG
- פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- הגזרה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- על: PREP
- אחריה: PREP+PRON,3,fs
- ואתיקיהא: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- מפו: PREP+PRON,3,ms
- ומפו: CONJ+ADV,prox
- מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- וההיכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
- הפנימי: ADJ,m,sg,def
- ואלמי: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5 (verbal): Same measuring motif and setting — the prophet is shown the temple and uses a measuring rod to determine lengths and widths of chambers and courts, establishing the context for the measurements recorded in Ezekiel 41:15.
- Ezekiel 41:2 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same chapter describing measurements of the inner sanctuary (length and breadth), showing continuity in Ezekiel’s systematic record of the temple’s internal dimensions.
- 1 Kings 6:2-3 (thematic): Solomon’s temple measurements (breadth and length of the house) provide a canonical precedent for reporting temple dimensions; both passages focus on precise architectural measurements of sacred spaces.
- 1 Kings 6:17-20 (structural): Description of the inner sanctuary (the Most Holy Place) in Solomon’s temple — like Ezekiel 41:15 this passage specifies the dimensions and separation of the holy inner room, underscoring parallels in sanctuary layout and function.
- Exodus 26:18-22 (allusion): Specifications for the tabernacle’s boards and the construction of the inner sanctuary (the Holy Place/Holy of Holies) echo the concern with precise measurements and sacred enclosure found in Ezekiel’s temple description.
Alternative generated candidates
- He measured the length of the building opposite the forecourt behind it, and its chambers on this side and on that—one hundred cubits; and so the inner sanctuary and the courts were measured.
- He measured the length of the building facing the precinct, with its vestibules on either side; its length was one hundred cubits—this included the inner sanctuary and the courts.
Eze.41.16 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- הספים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- והחלונים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,def
- האטמות: NOUN,f,pl,def
- והאתיקים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,def
- סביב: ADV
- לשלשתם: PREP+NUM,card,3,m,pl
- נגד: PREP
- הסף: NOUN,m,sg,def
- שחיף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- עץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- סביב: ADV
- סביב: ADV
- והארץ: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- עד: PREP
- החלנות: NOUN,f,pl,def
- והחלנות: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,def
- מכסות: VERB,qal,ptcp,3,f,pl
Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:2 (structural): Immediate context: describes the surrounding side chambers and their relation to the vestibule/thresholds — the same architectural focus on thresholds, windows, and chambers as v.16.
- Ezekiel 40:16 (verbal): Earlier temple-plan section that uses similar technical vocabulary for windows, doorways, and the arrangement of side rooms around the main structure (echoes the terms and layout found in 41:16).
- 1 Kings 6:4 (thematic): Solomon's temple description: windows and side chambers (’windows... toward the side-chambers, light against light’). Parallel architectural motif and comparable wording about windows and chambers.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4-6 (thematic): Description of the inner house and adjoining structures in Solomon’s temple (dimensions, posts/pillars, the porch and inner rooms) — thematically parallels Ezekiel’s detailed account of temple thresholds, openings, and surrounding rooms.
Alternative generated candidates
- The thresholds, the closed windows, the inner doors and the upper rooms—three to each threshold—faced the threshold. All about they were overlaid with wood; the floor extended to the windows and the windows were covered.
- The thresholds and the windows and their side-boards and casings were of wood; there were three at each threshold, and a wooden sill all around; the floor reached to the windows and the windows were covered.
Eze.41.17 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- על: PREP
- מעל: PREP
- הפתח: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ועד: CONJ+PREP
- הבית: NOUN,m,sg,def
- הפנימי: ADJ,m,sg,def
- ולחוץ: PREP
- ואל: CONJ+PREP
- כל: DET
- הקיר: NOUN,m,sg,def
- סביב: ADV
- סביב: ADV
- בפנימי: PREP
- ובחיצון: PREP
- מדות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Ezekiel 40:5 (structural): The measuring man with a reed who begins inspecting the temple—sets the measuring framework for the inner and outer spaces described in 41:17.
- Ezekiel 41:1-4 (structural): Immediate context describing the inner house, wall thickness, and side chambers—the same account of inner and outer measurements continued into 41:17.
- Ezekiel 42:5 (verbal): Continues the catalogue of rooms and walls and uses similar language of measuring ‘round about’ the inner and outer areas, echoing 41:17's inside/outside measurements.
- 1 Kings 6:2-3 (thematic): Solomon’s temple measurements (inner sanctuary and outer rooms) parallel Ezekiel’s concern with precise dimensions and the relation of inner and outer sacred spaces.
- Revelation 11:1 (allusion): John is instructed to measure the temple with a reed—an apocalyptic echo of Ezekiel’s measuring-vision and its focus on delineating holy space.
Alternative generated candidates
- From above the entrance to the inner house, inward and outward, and to the whole wall round about—both inside and outside—these were the measurements.
- He measured all the wall round about—inside and outside—from above the entrance to the inner sanctuary and outward.
Eze.41.18 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועשוי: VERB,qal,ptc,m,sg
- כרובים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ותמרים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ותמרה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- בין: PREP
- כרוב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לכרוב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ושנים: CONJ+NUM,m,pl,abs
- פנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- לכרוב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:29 (verbal): Solomon's temple carving is described with the same motif—cherubim and palm trees carved on the walls—echoing Ezekiel's phraseology and decorative program.
- 2 Chronicles 3:10-13 (structural): Description of the large cherubim in Solomon's inner house, their wings meeting and faces turned toward one another—parallels the placement and form of temple cherubim in Ezekiel's plan.
- Exodus 37:7-9 (quotation): The ark's golden cherubim are depicted ‘face to face’ with outstretched wings; this earlier cultic image underlies later temple descriptions of paired cherubim and their orientation.
- Ezekiel 41:17-20 (structural): Immediate literary parallel within Ezekiel's temple account describing cherubim and palm-tree ornamentation in the side chambers and doorways—same decorative and architectural context as v.18.
Alternative generated candidates
- There were carved cherubim and palm trees—palms set between cherub and cherub—and every cherub had two faces.
- And there were carved cherubim and palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub; each cherub had two faces.
Eze.41.19 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ופני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
- אדם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- התמרה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- מפו: PREP+PRON,3,ms
- ופני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
- כפיר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- התמרה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- מפו: PREP+PRON,3,ms
- עשוי: ADJ,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- כל: DET
- הבית: NOUN,m,sg,def
- סביב: ADV
- סביב: ADV
Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:18 (verbal): Immediate context in Ezekiel's temple description uses the same motif—faces of cherub and palm tree ‘on each side around’ (near-identical wording and placement).
- Ezekiel 1:10 (verbal): Ezekiel's inaugural vision lists creatures with the face of a man and the face of a lion; the same facial imagery is echoed in the temple ornamentation, linking the carvings to the visionary cherubim.
- Ezekiel 10:14 (verbal): The cherubim in Ezekiel's later temple/vision scene are again described with the four faces (man, lion, ox, eagle); this repeats the cherubic iconography that the temple carvings evoke.
- 1 Kings 6:29 (thematic): Solomon's temple is said to be carved with cherubim and palm trees—parallel decorative program showing continuity of cherub-and-palm motif in Israelite temple architecture.
- 2 Chronicles 3:14 (thematic): Chronicles repeats the Solomonic description of carved cherubim and palm trees in the inner sanctuary, reinforcing the traditional temple ornamentation motif echoed in Ezekiel 41:19.
Alternative generated candidates
- One face of the cherub looked toward the palm tree, the other face toward the palm tree was the face of a lion; thus they were made throughout the house round about.
- A human face toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other side—so they were made all around the house.
Eze.41.20 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- מהארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,def,loc
- עד: PREP
- מעל: PREP
- הפתח: NOUN,m,sg,def
- הכרובים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- והתמרים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,def
- עשוים: PART,ptc,pass,m,pl
- וקיר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ההיכל: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:18-19 (structural): Immediate context — continues the description of carved cherubim and palm trees on the inner sanctuary wall, repeating the same decorative motif.
- 1 Kings 6:29 (verbal): Solomon's temple walls are described as carved with cherubim, palm trees and open flowers—very similar wording and ornamentation.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7 (verbal): Chronicles' account of the temple reports cherubim and palm trees carved on the house walls, echoing the same sculptural decoration.
- Exodus 25:33-34 (thematic): The tabernacle lampstand is ornamented with branches, cups and blossoms — a recurring tree/plant motif in sacred Israelite architecture and furnishings.
- Isaiah 6:2 (thematic): A temple vision featuring winged heavenly beings (seraphim) parallels Ezekiel's placement of cherubim as attendant/ornamental figures in the sanctuary.
Alternative generated candidates
- From the floor up to above the entrance the cherubim and the palm trees were carved on the wall of the temple.
- From the floor upward to above the entrance the cherubim and the palm trees were carved on the wall of the sanctuary.
Eze.41.21 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ההיכל: NOUN,m,sg,def
- מזוזת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- רבעה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ופני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
- הקדש: NOUN,m,sg,def
- המראה: NOUN,m,sg,def
- כמראה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:20 (structural): Describes the Most Holy of Solomon’s temple as a perfect cube/square (length, breadth, height equal); parallels Ezekiel’s attention to the shape and measured appearance of the sanctuary’s inner room.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 (structural): Gives the dimensions of the Most Holy place in the temple-build of Solomon (equal length and breadth), echoing the same concern with the form/face of the sanctuary found in Ezekiel’s temple description.
- Exodus 26:16–30 (structural): God’s instructions for constructing the tabernacle’s inner space (the holy of holies) include specific framing and dimensional prescriptions; provides the earlier tabernacle model behind later temple descriptions like Ezekiel’s.
- Hebrews 9:2–3 (thematic): New Testament summary of the tabernacle’s two compartments (Holy Place and Most Holy) separated and distinct; thematically parallels Ezekiel’s focus on the distinct form and appearance of the sanctuary’s inner chamber.
Alternative generated candidates
- The doorposts of the sanctuary were square timbers, and the appearance of the Holy Place matched its form.
- The threshold of the sanctuary was four cubits; the façade of the Holy Place had a visionary appearance.
Eze.41.22 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- המזבח: NOUN,m,sg,def
- עץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- שלוש: NUM,f,sg,abs
- אמות: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
- גבה: ADJ,m,sg
- וארכו: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,pr3ms
- שתים: NUM,f,pl,abs
- אמות: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
- ומקצעותיו: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,pr3ms
- לו: PRON,3,m,sg
- וארכו: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,pr3ms
- וקירתיו: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,pr3ms
- עץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- וידבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- אלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
- זה: PRON,dem,m,sg
- השלחן: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- לפני: PREP
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exodus 25:23-30 (structural): Divine instructions for the table of showbread: made of acacia wood with precise cubit measurements (2 cubits long, 1 cubit wide, 1½ cubits high). Ezekiel’s description echoes the sanctuary furniture’s materials and measured construction.
- Exodus 37:10-16 (verbal): Bezalel’s craftsmanship of the table as executed according to Moses’ instructions (acacia wood, rings, bars, overlay) parallels Ezekiel’s portrayal of a wooden altar/table and its detailed fittings.
- Leviticus 24:5-9 (thematic): Regulations for the bread of the Presence set on the sacred table connect to Ezekiel’s identification of the wooden fixture as ‘the table before the LORD,’ emphasizing its cultic function in the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 40:40-43 (structural): Immediate parallel within Ezekiel’s temple vision describing tables, stands, and measurements in the inner courts—this verse reiterates and specifies the furniture and dimensions of the visionary sanctuary.
- 1 Kings 7:48 (allusion): Solomon’s finished temple vessels and furnishings (including tables and altars) echo the motif of crafted cultic furniture for Yahweh’s house, providing a royal-temple parallel to Ezekiel’s visionary fittings.
Alternative generated candidates
- The table was of wood—three cubits high, two cubits long—with its corners at its four sides; its frame and planks were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that stands before the LORD.”
- The altar hearth was of wood, three cubits high; its length was two cubits, and its corners were equal to its length; the hearth was wood. And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD."
Eze.41.23 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ושתים: NUM,f,pl,abs
- דלתות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- להיכל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ולקדש: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:31 (verbal): Solomon's temple account explicitly speaks of the two doors of the inner house (the sanctuary), matching Ezekiel's brief note about 'two doors' leading to the holy places.
- 1 Kings 6:16-20 (structural): Description of the inner house/Most Holy Place, its partitioning and dimensions in Solomon's temple parallels Ezekiel's measurements and arrangement of sanctuary and its entrances.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8-14 (structural): Chronicles' description of the inner sanctuary, its fittings and entranceways in Solomon's temple corresponds to Ezekiel's vision of doors and access to the holy and most holy places.
- Ezekiel 40:22-24 (structural): An earlier section of Ezekiel's temple vision that describes gate-chambers and doorways; provides an internal parallel within the same vision for the placement and function of doors to the sanctuary.
Alternative generated candidates
- There were two doors to the sanctuary and to the Holy Place.
- There were two doors to the temple and to the sanctuary.
Eze.41.24 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ושתים: NUM,f,pl,abs
- דלתות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- לדלתות: NOUN,f,pl,const
- שתים: NUM,f,pl,abs
- מוסבות: VERB,ptc,act,0,f,pl,abs
- דלתות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- שתים: NUM,f,pl,abs
- לדלת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- אחת: NUM,f,sg
- ושתי: CONJ+NUM,f,du
- דלתות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- לאחרת: PREP+ADJ,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Ezekiel 41:1-7 (structural): Immediate context — continues the detailed plan of the temple’s inner rooms and doorway arrangement, describing the side chambers and their doors that correspond to v.24’s double-door layout.
- Ezekiel 40:22-24 (structural): Earlier in Ezekiel’s temple vision the measurements and layout of doorways and posts are given; these verses provide a parallel concern with the positioning and dimensions of entrances like the doubled doors in 41:24.
- 1 Kings 6:31-33 (verbal): Solomon’s temple description notes specially fashioned doors for the inner sanctuary (e.g., doors of olive wood and doorposts), offering a direct architectural parallel to Ezekiel’s focus on door construction and placement.
- 2 Chronicles 3:6-8 (thematic): Chronicles’ account of Solomon’s temple (vestibule and most holy place) parallels Ezekiel’s temple-theme — arrangement of courts, vestibules and inner rooms with specific entrances and doors.
Alternative generated candidates
- Each doorway had two leaves, two folding doors—two leaves for one opening and two leaves for the other.
- And there were two leaves to the doors—two folding leaves; two to one doorway and two to the other.
Eze.41.25 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועשויה: CONJ+VERB,pual,ptcp,-,f,sg
- אליהן: PREP+PRON,3,f,pl
- אל: NEG
- דלתות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- ההיכל: NOUN,m,sg,def
- כרובים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ותמרים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- כאשר: CONJ
- עשוים: VERB,pual,ptcp,-,m,pl
- לקירות: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ועב: ADJ,m,sg,abs
- עץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- האולם: NOUN,m,sg,def
- מהחוץ: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- 1 Kings 6:29 (verbal): Solomon’s temple doors are described with carved cherubim and palm trees—very similar language and iconography to Ezekiel’s doors.
- 1 Kings 6:32 (verbal): Another parallel in the description of the inner house/doors showing cherubim and palm‑tree ornamentation, echoing Ezekiel’s details.
- 2 Chronicles 3:14 (verbal): Chronicles records the temple carvings of cherubim, palm trees and chains, paralleling the decorative motif on Ezekiel’s temple doors and walls.
- Exodus 26:31 (allusion): The tabernacle veil is to be made with cherubim—shows the longstanding association of cherubim as sanctuary decoration and guardianship imagery.
- Ezekiel 41:18 (structural): An immediate internal parallel in Ezekiel’s temple-section where the walls and entrance are described as adorned with cherubim and palm motifs—the phrase “as were made on the walls” recalls that earlier description.
Alternative generated candidates
- On these doors of the sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, as on the walls; and a plank of wood was before the vestibule on the outside.
- On the doors of the sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like the carving on the walls; and a wooden lintel was over against the face of the vestibule on the outside.
Eze.41.26 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- וחלונים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- אטמות: ADJ,ptc,pass,f,pl,abs
- ותמרים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- מפו: PREP+PRON,3,ms
- ומפו: CONJ+ADV,prox
- אל: NEG
- כתפות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- האולם: NOUN,m,sg,def
- וצלעות: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs
- הבית: NOUN,m,sg,def
- והעבים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,def
Parallels
- Ezek.40.26 (structural): Immediate parallel in Ezekiel's temple vision: earlier description of the temple courts and their windows/tiers—same architectural feature (windows/lattices) within the same prophetic plan.
- 1 Kings 6:29-35 (verbal): Solomon's temple description includes carved palm‑trees and decorative windows/openwork on the inner house, using similar decorative motifs and window/lattice language as Ezekiel's temple.
- 2 Chronicles 3:9-14 (verbal): Chronicles' account of Solomon's temple describes carved cherubim, palm trees and ornamental work on the house—paralleling Ezekiel's mention of palms and decorative framing in the temple structure.
- Exodus 25:31-40 (thematic): The tabernacle lampstand and other cultic furnishings are described with branching/palm motifs and ornamental work—showing a broader cultic tradition of palm‑style decoration echoed in Ezekiel's temple.
Alternative generated candidates
- The windows were covered; and palm trees on this side and on that faced toward the jambs of the nave, the side chambers, and the surrounding beams.
- The windows were covered, and there were palm trees on either side toward the vestibule's sides, and toward the side-chambers of the house and its thick walls.
And he brought me to the doorposts of the house and measured the doorposts: five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
The length of the entrance hall was twenty cubits and its breadth fourteen cubits; the steps that go up to it were before it, and pillars stood on each side—one on this side and one on that side.
Then he brought me to the temple; and he measured the jambs of the gateway: six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side—the breadth of the nave. And the width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the doorposts of the entrance five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side. He measured its length forty cubits and its breadth twenty cubits.
He went in and measured the jamb of the entrance: two cubits; the doorway, six cubits; and the width of the door, seven cubits.
He measured its length twenty cubits and its breadth twenty cubits to the face of the temple; and he said to me, “This is the Holy of Holies.”
He measured the wall of the house: six cubits. The breadth of each side chamber was four cubits, round about the house all around.
The side chambers were joined, side to side, thirty rooms in all; they came into the wall of the house, so that they were held fast—there were no spaces in the wall of the house.
The galleries turned inward toward the side chambers, for the house circled round about; therefore the breadth of the house was upward, and the lower chamber rose up toward the middle of the upper. And I saw that the house was high all around; the upper rooms of the side chambers were every one six cubits long.
The thickness of the wall that belonged to the side chambers toward the outside was five cubits, and what belonged to the chambers toward the house was likewise.
Between the chambers there was a space of twenty cubits round about the house all around. And there was an entrance to the side chamber toward the inner court—one entrance toward the north and one toward the south—and the breadth of the place for the chambers was five cubits round about.
The building that faced the forecourt toward the way of the sea had a breadth of seventy cubits; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
He measured the house: the length was one hundred cubits; and the forecourt and the building and their walls were one hundred cubits. And the breadth of the face of the house and of the forecourt toward the east was one hundred cubits.
He measured the length of the building that faced the forecourt behind it, and its wings on either side—on this side and on that—were of one measure, one hundred cubits; and so of the inner sanctuary and the inner courts.
The thresholds and the windows and their frames were stopped up; and there were porches all round about them; the interior was of wood all around, and the floor was to the windows and the windows were covered.
From above the entrance up to the inner house, and on the outside to all the wall round about—within and without—he measured their dimensions. And he made cherubim and palm trees and a palm tree between each cherub; each cherub had two faces.
A man's face toward the palm tree on this side, and a lion's face toward the palm tree on that side; they were carved on the whole house round about.
From the floor up to above the entrance the carvings of the cherubim and the palm trees were made on the wall of the temple.
The doorposts of the temple were of wood; and the front of the sanctuary was of wood—the appearance was of woodwork.
The table was of wood: three cubits its height; its length two cubits, and its breadth one cubit; its ledges and its rims were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that stands before the LORD.” And there were two doors for the temple and for the Holy Place.
Two doors to the doors—two folding doors; two doors to one side and two doors to the other. And beside the doors of the temple were carved cherubim and palm trees, as they had been carved on the walls; and thick planks were before the Holy Place on the outside.
The windows were closed and the palm trees were on this side and on that toward the jambs of the portico and the side chambers of the house and on the thick planks.