These are Solomon’s foundations[a] for building God’s temple: the length[b] was 90 feet,[c] and the width 30 feet.[d]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Tg reads The measurements which Solomon decreed
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Lit length—cubits in the former measure
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Lit 60 cubits
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Lit 20 cubits

The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[a](A) (using the cubit of the old standard).

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:3 That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide

Inside the Temple

41 Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters;(A) on each side the width of the pilaster was 10½ feet.[a][b]

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  1. Ezekiel 41:1 LXX; MT reads pilasters; they were 10½ feet wide on each side—the width of the tabernacle
  2. Ezekiel 41:1 Lit six cubits

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