Ezekiel Chapter 41 verse 5 Holy Bible
Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
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Then he took the measure of the wall of the house, which was six cubits; and of the side-rooms round the house, which were four cubits wide.
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And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of the side-chambers, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
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After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
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Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
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And he measureth the wall of the house six cubits, and the breadth of the side-chamber four cubits, all round the house round about.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 5-11. - The wall and side buildings. Verse 5. - The measuring commenced with the wall of the house, i.e. with the outer wall, which, beginning at the pillars (ver. 1), enclosed the temple on its south, west, and north sides. Its great thickness, six cubits, corresponded with and even surpassed the colossal proportions of architecture in the ancient East. The walls of Solomon's temple, though not mentioned in either Kings or Chronicles, could hardly have been less than four cubits thick (see 1 Kings 6:6), and were probably more (Schurer). Like the Solomonic (1 Kings 6:5-10), the Ezekelian temple had side chambers, which, like those of the earlier building, served as storehouses for priests' clothing, temple utensils, and temple treasures (1 Kings 7:51; 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 5:1), and measured four cubits broad in the clear.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) The wall of the house, six cubits.--The thickness of the wall is the same with that of the wall of the outer court (Ezekiel 40:5), about ten feet. Great massiveness is characteristic of Oriental architecture, but is carried to excess in this vision, to set forth the firmness and security of the things symbolised.Every side chamber.--Every is not in the original, and is unnecessary. He measured the range of side rooms, the word being used collectively. These (J J [Ezekiel 40:44-49]) entirely surrounded the house, except on the front or east side where the porch stood.
