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48 Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8 3⁄4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 24 1⁄2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5 1⁄4 feet long.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 40:48 As in Greek version, which reads The entrance was 14 cubits [7.4 meters] wide, and the walls of the entrance were 3 cubits [1.6 meters] on each side; Hebrew lacks 14 cubits wide, and the walls of the entrance were.

The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(A) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[a] and its projecting walls were[b] three cubits[c] wide on either side.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  2. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  3. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters