Ezekiel 41:5

After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
measured	וַיָּ֥מָד vai.Ya.mod	H4058	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wall	קִֽיר kir-	H7023	a wall (as built in a trench) · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	הַבַּ֖יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
six	שֵׁ֣שׁ shesh	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
cubits	אַמּ֑וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
breadth	וְרֹ֣חַב ve.Ro.chav	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
chamber	הַצֵּלָע֩ ha.tze.La'	H6763	a rib (as curved) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
four	אַרְבַּ֨ע 'ar.Ba'	H702	four · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cubits	אַמּ֜וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
about	סָבִ֧יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
house	לַבַּ֖יִת la.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
side	סָבִ֛יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 6:5-6 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the o…
Ezekiel 41:6-9 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side…
Ezekiel 42:3-14 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery agai…

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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 41:5

side chamber--the singular used collectively for the plural. These chambers were appendages attached to the outside of the temple, on the west, north, and south; for on the east side, the principal entrance, there were no chambers. The narrowness of the chambers was in order that the beams could be supported without needing pillars.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:4

The length thereof, twenty cubits - This is the measurement of the sanctuary, or holy of holies. See G in the plan. This also was the exact measurement of Solomon's temple, see Kg1 6:20. This, and the other resemblances here, sufficiently prove that Ezekiel's temple and that of Solomon were on the same plan; and that the latter temple was intended to be an exact resemblance of the former.

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:5

After he measured the wall of the house six cubits,.... Or a reed, three yards and a half thick: this was the wall of the holy of holies, or which divided that from the holy place, and was not in the second temple; or rather the wall of the temple, the whole house or building, both of the holy place, and of the most holy, which were contiguous: such a strong wall is the Lord to his church, and especially will be in the latter day, when salvation will be for walls and bulwarks against all enemies, and to preserve from all hurt and danger, Isaiah 26:1, the New Jerusalem also will have a wall great and high, and made of a precious stone, Revelation 21:12, and the breadth of every side chamber…

The Church Fathers

(Vers. 5 seqq.) And the wall of the house was measured six cubits, and the width of each side was four cubits all around the house. The sides were side by side, thirty-three on each side, and there were projections that entered through the wall of the house on the sides all around, in order to contain them and not touch the wall of the temple. And there was a ascending courtyard: going up through a spiral staircase and leading to the upper room of the temple in a circular path. Therefore, the temple was broader in the higher parts, and thus one ascended from the lower parts to the higher in the middle, and from the middle to the narrow, and to Thrael. However, what is placed in the Septuagint, 'And from the middle to the narrow,' that is, to the three balconies, and to Thrael, is not found in Hebrew. For Thrael also (which I do not know what it signifies; since it is not found in Hebrew) is read by those of Urani (), which both we and others have translated, and I have seen, so that the order of the testimony may be followed.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Ezekiel 41:5

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:5

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:4

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:5

The Church Fathers

Ezekiel 41:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 41:5

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 41:4

John Gill on Ezekiel 41:5

The Church Fathers

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 41:5-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 41:5-26

Rashi on Ezekiel 41:5