Ezekiel 41:2

And the breadth of the door 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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
breadth	וְרֹ֣חַב ve.Ro.chav	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
door	הַפֶּתַח֮ ha.pe.Tach	H6607	an opening (literally) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ten	עֶ֣שֶׂר 'E.ser	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common masculine singular construct
cubits	אַמּוֹת֒ 'a.mOt	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
sides	וְכִתְפ֣וֹת ve.khit.Fot	H3802	the shoulder (proper · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct
door	הַפֶּ֔תַח ha.Pe.tach	H6607	an opening (literally) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
five	חָמֵ֤שׁ cha.Mesh	H2568	five · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cubits	אַמּוֹת֙ 'a.mOt	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
five	וְחָמֵ֥שׁ ve.cha.Mesh	H2568	five · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cubits	אַמּ֖וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
measured	וַיָּ֤מָד vai.Ya.mod	H4058	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
length	אָרְכּוֹ֙ 'a.re.Ko	H753	length · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֣ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
cubits	אַמָּ֔ה 'a.Mah	H520	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
breadth	וְרֹ֖חַב ve.Ro.chav	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
cubits	אַמָּֽה 'a.Mah	H520	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and th…
1 Kings 6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
2 Chronicles 3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure w…
Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
Exodus 36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
1 Kings 6:31-35 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls…
2 Chronicles 29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy pl…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:1-11

We are still attending a prophet that is under the guidance of an angel, and therefore attend with reverence, though we are often at a loss to know both what this is and what it is to us. Observe here, 1. After the prophet had observed the courts he was at length brought to the temple, Eze 41:1. If we diligently attend to the instructions given us 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. Those that are willing to dwell in God's courts shall at length be brought into his temple. Ezekiel was himself a priest, but by the iniquity and calamity of the times was cut short of his birthright privil…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:2

length thereof--namely, of the holy place [FAIRBAIRN].

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:2

The breadth of the door - This was the door, or gate, of the sanctuary, (see gates 3, in the plan), and this doorway was filled up with folding gates. The measurements are exactly the same as those of Solomon's temple. See Kg1 6:2, Kg1 6:17.

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:2

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits,.... The temple door: great care is taken to observe and give the dimensions of the doors and gates of various places; to put us in mind of Christ the door and gate into the church, and into fellowship with God: this was as broad again as the door of Solomon's temple; for that was but the fourth part of the wall of it, five cubits, 1 Kings 6:1, and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side; the side walls of the door, both on the north and south, were five cubits each; which, with the ten, the breadth of the door, made twenty; and is just the breadth of the temple or holy place afterwards given: and…

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Ezekiel 41:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:2

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:2

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:2

Ezekiel 41:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:2

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:2

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 41:1-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 41:1-2

Rashi on Ezekiel 41:2