Ezekiel 41:2

² And the breadth of the door [1] was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

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Other Translations of Ezekiel 41:2

New International Version

² The entrance was ten cubitsThat is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubitsThat is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12 wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide

English Standard Version

² And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave,Hebrew its length forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.

The Message

² The entrance was seventeen and a half feet wide. The walls on each side were eight and three-quarters feet thick. He also measured the Temple Sanctuary: seventy feet by thirty-five feet.

New King James Version

² The width of the entryway was ten cubits, and the side walls of the entrance were five cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

New Living Translation

² The doorway was 17 feet wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8 feet long. The sanctuary itself was 70Â feet long and 35Â feet wide.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 41:2

Chapter Summary

After the prophet had observed the courts, he was brought to the temple. If we attend to instructions in the plainer parts of religion, and profit by them, we shall be led further into an acquaintance with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.