Ezekiel 41 · Verse 21

Ezekiel 41:21

The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
Ezekiel 41:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 41:21 in other translations

BSBThe outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
WEBThe door posts of the nave were squared. As for the face of the nave, its appearance was as the appearance of the temple.
ASVAs for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance thereof was as the appearance of the temple.
YLTOf the temple the side post is square, and of the front of the sanctuary, the appearance is as the appearance.
DARBYAs for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance.
BBE...
WebsterThe posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.

What does Ezekiel 41:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. appearance of the one as the appearance of the other--The appearance of the sanctuary or holy of holies was similar to that of the temple. They differed only in magnitude.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Ezekiel 41:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַֽהֵיכָ֖לha.hei.Khalthe templeH1964
מְזוּזַ֣תme.zu.Zata doorpost ofH4201
רְבֻעָ֑הre.vu.'Aha squareH7251
וּפְנֵ֣יu.fe.Neiand [the] face ofH6440
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944
הַמַּרְאֶ֖הha.mar.'Ehthe appearanceH4758
כַּמַּרְאֶֽה\׃ka.mar.'Eh[was] like the appearanceH4758

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 41:21

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 6:33

    So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

  • Ezekiel 40:14

    He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
posts. Heb. post.
40:14; 1Ki 6:33; *marg:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 41:20

    From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

  • Ezekiel 41:21

    The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.

  • Ezekiel 41:22

    The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.

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Ezekiel 41:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cada poste del templo era cuadrado, y la delantera del santuario era como la otra delantera.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les poteaux de la porte du temple étaient carrés, ainsi que ceux du devant du lieu saint: ils avaient le même aspect.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Tempel hatte viereckige Türpfosten; und die auf der Vorderseite des Heiligtums hatten die gleiche Gestalt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Limen quadrangulum, et facies sanctuarii, aspectus contra aspectum.