Ezekiel 41:22

²² The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.

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Other Translations of Ezekiel 41:22

New International Version

²² There was a wooden altar three cubitsThat is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters high and two cubits squareSeptuagint; Hebrew "long" ; its corners, its baseSeptuagint; Hebrew "length" and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, "This is the table that is before the Lord."

English Standard Version

²² an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad.Septuagint; Hebrew lacks two cubits broad Its corners, its base,Septuagint; Hebrew length and its walls were of wood. He said to me, "This is the table that is before the Lord."

The Message

²² an altar of wood, five and a quarter feet high and three and a half feet square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. The man said to me, "This is the table that stands before God."

New King James Version

²² The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its length, and its sides were of wood; and he said to me, "This is the table that is before the Lord."

New Living Translation

²² There was an altar made of wood, 5 feet high and 3 feet across. Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. "This," the man told me, "is the table that stands in the Lord 's presence."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 41:22

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.