33 So too he made for the entrance of the main room four-sided doorposts of olive wood,

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33 In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.

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And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was [a]faced inward.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:9 Lit from the house

it[a] was eight cubits[b] deep and its jambs were two cubits[c] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it
  2. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 14 feet or about 4.2 meters
  3. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter

14 He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the (A)courtyard.

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14 He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits.[a] The measurement was up to the portico[b] facing the courtyard.[c](A)

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  1. Ezekiel 40:14 That is, about 105 feet or about 32 meters
  2. Ezekiel 40:14 Septuagint; Hebrew projecting wall
  3. Ezekiel 40:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

16 And there were [a](A)shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were (B)palm tree decorations.

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  1. Ezekiel 40:16 Or beveled inwards

16 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.(A)

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The Inner Temple

41 Then he (A)brought me to the (B)sanctuary, and he measured the (C)side pillars: six [a]cubits wide on each side was the width of the [b]side pillar.

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  1. Ezekiel 41:1 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 As in LXX; MT tent

41 Then the man brought me to the main hall(A) and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits[a] on each side.[b]

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  1. Ezekiel 41:1 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts side, the width of the tent