Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Ezekiel 41:4

Most Holy Place

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.

3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

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.

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.

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.

Read the whole chapter

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
KJV
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.
WEB
He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the nave. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”
ASV
And 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.
DARBY
And he measured its length, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy [place].
BLB
And he measured the length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, to beyond the sanctuary. And he said to me: “This [is] the Holy of Holies.”
ÅB
Og han målte dets lengde: den var tyve alen, og bredden: den var tyve alen, like mot templet[^3], og han sa til meg: Dette er det Aller-helligste.
OTB
Han målte det indre helligdommen, som var tjue alen lang og tjue alen bred, foran hovedhallen. Han sa til meg, “Dette er Det Aller Helligste.”
B1930
Og han målte dets lengde: den var tyve alen, og bredden: den var tyve alen, like mot templet, og han sa til mig: Dette er det Aller-helligste. / < d.e. det Hellige; ESK 41, 1.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 6:20

    And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

    Read in context

  • Hebrews 9:3–8

    And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

    Read in context

  • Exodus 26:33–34

    And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

    Read in context

  • 2 Chronicles 3:8

    And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

    Read in context

  • 1 Kings 6:16

    And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

    Read in context

  • 1 Kings 6:5

    And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

    Read in context

  • Revelation 21:16

    And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

    Read in context