Ezekiel 41

The Temple Building and Its Chambers

¹He brought me to the nave and measured the posts, six cubits wide on the one side and six cubits wide on the other side, which was the width of the tent.

²The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side. He measured its length, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

³Then he went inward and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.

⁴He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the nave. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

⁵Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side room, four cubits, all around the house on every side.

⁶The side rooms were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in each story. They entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side rooms all around, that they might be supported and not penetrate the wall of the house.

⁷The side rooms were wider on the higher levels, because the walls were narrower at the higher levels. Therefore the width of the house increased upward; and so one went up from the lowest level to the highest through the middle level.

⁸I saw also that the house had a raised base all around. The foundations of the side rooms were a full reed of six great cubits.

⁹The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits. That which was left was the place of the side rooms that belonged to the house.

¹⁰Between the rooms was a width of twenty cubits around the house on every side.

¹¹The doors of the side rooms were toward an open area that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around.

¹²The building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

¹³So he measured the temple, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with its walls, one hundred cubits long;

¹⁴also the width of the face of the temple, and of the separate place toward the east, one hundred cubits.

¹⁵He measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at its back, and its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits from the inner temple, and the porches of the court,

¹⁶the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, opposite the threshold, with wood ceilings all around, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),

¹⁷to the space above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

¹⁸It was made with cherubim and palm trees. A palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

¹⁹so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this through all the house all around.

²⁰Cherubim and palm trees were made from the ground to above the door. The wall of the temple was like this.

²¹The door posts of the nave were squared. As for the face of the nave, its appearance was as the appearance of the temple.

²²The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

²³The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

²⁴The doors had two leaves each, two turning leaves: two for the one door, and two leaves for the other.

²⁵There were made on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees, like those made on the walls. There was a threshold of wood on the face of the porch outside.

²⁶There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch. This is how the side rooms of the temple and the thresholds were arranged.

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Ezekiel continues his guided tour of the visionary temple with detailed measurements of the inner sanctuary, including the nave and the Most Holy Place. The angelic guide meticulously records the dimensions of walls, side chambers, and architectural features, revealing a perfectly proportioned sacred space. The chapter concludes with descriptions of decorative elements including cherubim and palm trees, emphasizing the temple's role as God's holy dwelling place among his people.

Context

This chapter continues the temple vision that began in chapter 40, providing increasingly detailed measurements as Ezekiel moves from the outer courts into the sacred interior spaces.

Key Themes

Outline

1-4
The Nave and Most Holy Place Measurements of the main sanctuary hall and the inner sanctum where God's presence dwells
5-11
Side Chambers and Supporting Structures Detailed dimensions of the three-story side rooms and their architectural support systems
12-15
Western Building and Overall Temple Dimensions Measurements of the separate building and the temple's total length and width
16-26
Interior Features and Decorations Description of windows, wood paneling, and carved cherubim and palm tree motifs

The Temple Building and Its Chambers

41:1–41:26

prophecy vision contemplative

Ezekiel's vision focuses on the temple building itself, including the nave and the most holy place with precise measurements. This represents the sacred space where God's presence will dwell among his people.

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Ezekiel, who typically prophesies judgment and exile, here meticulously records sacred measurements and architectural details, transforming from herald of destruction into architect of restoration.

Insight Character Study

Ezekiel, who typically prophesies judgment and exile, here meticulously records sacred measurements and architectural details, transforming from herald of destruction into architect of restoration.

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Ezekiel 41:1 5 references

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Ezekiel 40:48 Lexical

Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cu…

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Ezekiel 40:5 Lexical

Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long,…

Ezekiel 41

The Temple Building and Its Chambers

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