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Ezekiel 41:4
Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The vision records an angelic guide speaking to Ezekiel as he surveys the temple structure. The guide identifies the measured chamber as the Most Holy Place at the moment of its designation.
The words — וַ/יָּ֨מָד (va/i.Ya.mod) means "and he measured," establishing the precise dimensions of the chamber. אָרְכּ֜/וֹ ('a.re.K/o) translates to "its length," paired with עֶשְׂרִ֣ים ('es.Rim), "twenty," and אַמָּ֗ה ('a.Mah), "cubits," to fix the space's boundaries.
The thread — The twenty-by-twenty cubit dimensions match the inner sanctuary detailed in 1 Kings 6:20 and the Most Holy Place noted in Hebrews 9:3 and Exodus 26:33. These references consistently place the chamber behind the veil as the restricted innermost area.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note the exact, measured boundaries that separate the Most Holy Place from the rest of the sanctuary. It demands recognition of the fixed spatial limits that define where the divine presence is housed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
- Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- Exodus 26:33 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:16 He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
- Revelation 21:16 The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.