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Ezekiel 41:2
The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The visionary narrator records a measuring figure guiding him through the temple complex. At this moment, the figure has just entered the outer sanctuary and is documenting its exact dimensions.
The words — רֹחַב (rochav) indicates the breadth or width of the structure, while פֶּתַח (petach) designates the entrance itself. These terms ground the vision in precise architectural terminology.
The thread — The outer sanctuary’s dimensions correspond to the main hall in 1 Kings 6:17. The broader temple measurements align with Solomon’s construction records in 1 Kings 6:2 and 2 Chronicles 3:3.
Why it lands — The text requires exact attention to spatial order and structural consistency. A reader must compare these figures against earlier temple records to verify architectural continuity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
- 1 Kings 6:17 And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
- Exodus 26:36 For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- Exodus 36:37 For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
- 1 Kings 6:31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
- 2 Chronicles 29:7 They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
- John 10:7 So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
- John 10:9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.