Ezekiel 41:14
in Ezekiel 41The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits.
KJV
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
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This verse in Ezekiel 41
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Toward the east - The separate place was measured on its eastern side, for the western was not approachable for the purpose of measurement.
This site's exposition
building that faced the temple courtyard
on Ezekiel 41:12-17
The temple and the building each come to a hundred cubits, whole numbers in place of the odd fractions a real building usually carries. Beveled windows, galleries in three levels, and walls overlaid with wood on all sides are recorded as an eyewitness would report them.
This site's exposition
on the east
The width across the east front also comes to a hundred cubits, so the temple and its separate yard form a square. Albert Barnes notes it was measured from the east. The western side, behind the building, was closed to anyone taking measurements.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 13 and following) And the house was measured in length a hundred cubits. And the separate building, and its walls, were also a hundred cubits in length. The width before the face of the house, and that which was separate against the East, was a hundred cubits. And the length of the building over against the face thereof, which was separated at the back, was also a hundred cubits. And there were chambers exceeding in height on either side a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and the separate place toward the east,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The breadth of the face of the house - That is, the front. See the plan, FRR.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And he measured the House, its length was one hundred cubits the grand total, including the extension of the Depository of the Knives. So we learned in Tractate Middoth [concerning the Second Temple] (4:6): “The Heichal was 100 by, with a height of 100 cubits.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרֹחַב֩ | verochav | and [the] breadth of | H7341 → | 101 times |
| פְּנֵ֨י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַבַּ֧יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְהַגִּזְרָ֛ה | vehagizrah | and the separate place | H1508 → | 8 times |
| לַקָּדִ֖ים | lakadim | to the east | H6921 → | 69 times |
| מֵאָ֥ה | meah | [was] a hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אַמָּֽה׃ | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
וְרֹחַב֩and [the] breadth of
verochavH7341 →101 times
פְּנֵ֨י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַבַּ֧יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וְהַגִּזְרָ֛הand the separate place
vehagizrahH1508 →8 times
לַקָּדִ֖יםto the east
lakadimH6921 →69 times
מֵאָ֥ה[was] a hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
אַמָּֽה׃cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.