Ezekiel

He then led me into the great hall. He measured the jambs, 6 cubits on either side; such was the depthadepth See note at 40.5. of each jamb.bjamb This sense is demanded by the context; usually, ʼohel means “tent.”

The entrance was 10 cubits wide, and the flanking walls of the entrance were each 5 cubits wide. Next he measured the depth [of the hall], 40 cubits, and the width, 20 cubits.

And then he entered the inner room. He measured each jamb of the entrance, 2 cubits [deep]; the entrance itself, 6 cubits across; and the width of [the flanking wall on either side of]c[the flanking wall on either side of] Preserved in the Septuagint. the entrance, 7 cubits.

Then he measured the depth, 20 cubits; and the width at the inner end of the great hall was also 20 cubits. And he said to me, “This is the Holy of Holies.”

Then he measured the wall of the temple. [It was] 6 cubits [thick] on every side of the temple, and the side-chamber measured 4 cubits [across].d6 cubits [thick] … 4 cubits [across] On the ground level; cf. v. 7.

The side chambers were arranged one above the other, in 33 sections.esections Lit. “times.” Emendation yields “in three sections of three tiers each,” i.e., one section next to each of the two side walls of the temple and one next to its rear wall; cf. v. 7. All around, there were projections in the temple wall to serve the side chambers as supports, so that [their] supports should not be the temple wall itself.

The winding passagefwinding passage So Targum; cf. Mishnah Tamid 1.1. of the side chambers widened from story to story; and since the structure was furnished all over with winding passages from story to story, the structure itself became wider from story to story.gand since the structure was furnished … wider from story to story Exact meaning of Heb. uncertain, but for the general sense cf. 1 Kings 6.6a, 8b. It was by this means that one ascended from the bottom story to the top one by way of th

I observed that the temple was surrounded by a raised pavement—the foundations of the side chambers; its elevation was a rod’s length, or 6 cubits.

The outer wall of the side chamber was 5 cubits thick, and that which served as a walk between the Temple’s side chambers

and the chamber complexeshchamber complexes See 42.1ff. was 20 cubits wide all around the temple.

Of entrances to the side chambers giving on the walk, there was one entrance on the north side and one entrance on the south side; and the spaceispace Emendation yields “parapet.” of the walk was 5 cubits thick all around.

And the structure that fronted on the vacant space at the [Temple’s] western end was 70 cubits deep; the walls of the structure were 5 cubits thick on every side; and it was 90 cubits wide.jwide See note at 40.5.

He measured the [total] depth of the temple, 100 cubits;k100 cubits Comprising the 5 cubits of 40.48, the 12 of 40.49 (see note there), the 6 of 41.1, the 40 of 41.2, the 2 of 41.3, the 20 of 41.4, the 6 of 41.5a, the 4 of 41.5b, and the 5 of 41.9. and the depth of the vacant space and of the structure, with its walls, also came to 100 cubits.l100 cubits The structure was 70 cubits deep and its front and rear walls each 5 cubits thick (v. 12). The remaining 20 cubits are accounted for by the vac

The front side of the temple, like the vacant space on the east, was 100 cubits wide.m100 cubits wide To the inside width of 20 cubits (40.49; 41.2–4) must be added on each side: one temple wall of 6 cubits equals 12; one side-chamber wall of 5 cubits equals 10; one side chamber’s inner depth of 4 cubits equals 8; a walk’s width of 20 cubits (40.9–10) equals 40; and a parapet’s thickness of 5 cubits (v. 11) equals 10; totaling 100 cubits.

He also measured the width of the structure facing the vacant space in the rear, inclusive of its ledges,nledges Emendation yields “walls”; cf. v. 12. 100 cubits.Both the great hall inside and the portico next to the court—

the thresholdsothe thresholds Septuagint reads “were paneled.”—and the windows with framespwith frames Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and the ledgesqledges Here perhaps designating the door frames, since it is these that (as required by the continuation of the verse) are situated at the threshold and consist of three parts (a lintel and two doorposts). at the threshold, all over the three parts of each, were completely overlaidroverlaid Meaning of Heb. uncertain. with wood. There was wainscoting fro

and extending above the openings, both in the inner temple and outside.sboth in the inner temple and outside Meaning perhaps the great hall and the vestibule; cf. v. 5. And all over the wall, both in the inner one and in the outer,tboth in the inner one and in the outer See preceding note. ran a pattern.upattern Meaning of Heb. uncertain.

It consisted of cherubs and palm trees, with a palm tree between every two cherubs. Each cherub had two faces:

a human face turned toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face turned toward the palm tree on the other side. This was repeated all over the temple;

the cherubs and the palm trees were carved onvon Heb. “and.” the wall from the floor to above the openings.As regards the great hall,

the great hall had four doorposts; and before the Shrine was something resembling

a wooden altar 3 cubits high and 2 cubits long and having inner corners;winner corners Apparently meaning that it had a rim around the top, like the table of Exod. 25.25; see the final note on the present verse. and its lengthxlength Septuagint reads “base.” and its walls were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the tableytable Serving to hold the bread of display; cf. Exod. 25.30; 40.22–23; 1 Kings 7.48. that stands before GOD.”

The great hall had a double door, and the Shrine likewise had

a double door, and each door had two swinging leaves:zswinging leaves Meaning of Heb. uncertain. two for the one door and two such leavesasuch leaves Meaning of Heb. uncertain. for the other.

Cherubs and palm trees were carved on these—on the doors of the hall—just as they were carved on the walls; and there was a latticeblattice Meaning of Heb. uncertain. of wood outside in front of the portico.

And there were windows with framescwith frames Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and palm trees on the flanking walls of the portico on either side [of the entrance] and [on] the Temple’s side chambers and [on] the lattices.dand [on] the Temple’s side chambers and [on] the lattices Meaning of Heb. uncertain.