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Ezekiel 40:47-49
New English Translation
Ezekiel 40:47-49
New English Translation
47 He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide;[a] the altar was in front of the temple.
48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet[b] on either side; the width of the gate was 24½ feet,[c] and the sides[d] were 5¼ feet[e] on each side. 49 The length of the porch was 35 feet[f] and the width 19¼ feet;[g] steps[h] led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.
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- Ezekiel 40:47 tn Heb “100 cubits long and 100 cubits wide, a square” (i.e., 52.5 meters by 52.5 meters).
- Ezekiel 40:48 tn Heb “5 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
- Ezekiel 40:48 tn The LXX reads “14 cubits” (i.e., 7.35 meters). See following note.
- Ezekiel 40:48 tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads: “the width of the gate was 3 cubits,” the omission due to haplography.tn Or “sidewalls.”
- Ezekiel 40:48 tn Heb “3 cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).
- Ezekiel 40:49 tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
- Ezekiel 40:49 tn Heb “11 cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).
- Ezekiel 40:49 tc The LXX reads: “ten steps.”
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