Bible Strands
Ezekiel 42:2
The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The visionary prophet Ezekiel receives architectural measurements from a guiding figure in a temple vision, describing the structure immediately after being led northward into the outer court.
The words — אֹ֙רֶךְ֙ ('o.rekh) denotes the linear dimension of the building, while פֶּ֖תַח (Pe.tach) identifies the specific entrance being measured.
The thread — The hundred-cubit length reappears in Ezekiel 41:13 as the standard measurement for the temple proper and its surrounding walls.
Why it lands — The text records precise spatial dimensions before any symbolic application, requiring the reader to acknowledge the vision's architectural specificity before drawing theological conclusions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 41:13 Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.