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Ezekiel 41:1
Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator is led by a measuring figure into the outer sanctuary during a visionary tour of the temple complex.
The words — The text highlights וַיָּמָד (va.i.Ya.mod, "and he measured") and הָאֵילִים (ha.'ei.Lim, "the pillars").
The thread — This measurement motif continues in Ezekiel 41:2 with the entrance and outer sanctuary dimensions, while the broader visionary tour appears in Ezekiel 40:2 and 40:17, and the sanctuary's double doors are noted in Ezekiel 41:23.
Why it lands — The verse demands attention to the precise dimensions of sacred space, requiring readers to track the architectural details as the vision unfolds.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 40:2 In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
- Ezekiel 40:17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
- Ezekiel 41:23 Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,
- 1 Kings 6:2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
- Ezekiel 40:9 it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.
- Ezekiel 41:3 And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 41:21 The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
- Zechariah 6:12 And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
- Ephesians 2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.