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Ezekiel 41:10
and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel receives a visionary tour of the restored temple during his exile in Babylon, where a measuring angel describes the architectural dimensions of the sanctuary complex.
The words — The Hebrew specifies רֹחַב (rochav, breadth) and עֶשְׂרִים (esrim, twenty) paired with אַמָּה (amah, cubit) to quantify the width of the outer chambers surrounding the house (לַבַּיִת).
The thread — This measurement aligns with Ezekiel 40:17, which records chambers laid out around an outer court, and directly precedes Ezekiel 41:11, which details the five-cubit open area adjacent to these side rooms.
Why it lands — The text states the outer chambers span twenty cubits in width around the temple structure. This precise dimension requires the reader to recognize the vision's emphasis on measured, orderly architecture rather than symbolic abstraction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
Cross-references
- 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,