Ezekiel 41:3 — Meaning and Application

Ezekiel 41:1

"Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, {which was} the breadth of the tabernacle."

Ezekiel 41:2

"And the breadth of the door {was} ten cubits; and the sides of the door {were} five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. {door: or, entrance}"

Ezekiel 41:4

"So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This {is} the most holy {place}."

Ezekiel 41:5

"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."

Ezekiel 41:6

"And the side chambers {were} three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which {was} of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. {one...: Heb. side chamber over side chamber} {thirty...: or, three and thirty times, or, foot} {have hold: Heb. be holden}"