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Ezekiel 41:7-9
New English Translation
Ezekiel 41:7-9
New English Translation
7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story,[a] for the structure surrounding[b] the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.
8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick[c] of 10½ feet[d] high. 9 The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet,[e] and the open area between the side chambers of the temple
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- Ezekiel 41:7 tc The Hebrew is difficult here. The Targum envisions a winding ramp or set of stairs, which entails reading the first word as a noun rather than a verb and reading the second word also not as a verb, supposing that an initial mem has been read as vav and nun. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:549.
- Ezekiel 41:7 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
- Ezekiel 41:8 tn Heb “reed.”
- Ezekiel 41:8 tn Heb “6 cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
- Ezekiel 41:9 tn Heb “5 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
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