Ezekiel 41 · Verse 3

Ezekiel 41:3

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.
Ezekiel 41:3, King James Version

Ezekiel 41:3 in other translations

BSBAnd he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
WEBThen 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.
ASVThen went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.
YLTAnd he hath gone inward, and measureth the post of the opening two cubits, and the opening six cubits, and the breadth of the opening seven cubits.
DARBYAnd he went inwards, and measured the post of the entry, two cubits; and the entry, six cubits; and the breadth of the entry, seven cubits.
BBEAnd he went inside and took the measure of the uprights of the door-opening, two cubits: and the door-opening, six cubits; and the side-walls of the door-opening were seven cubits on one side and seven cubits on the other.
WebsterThen he went inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

What does Ezekiel 41:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. inward--towards the most holy place.

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

Ezekiel 41:3 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.

וּבָ֣אu.Va'and he wentH935
לִפְנִ֔ימָהlif.Ni.mahto withinH6441
וַיָּ֥מָדvai.Ya.modand he measuredH4058
אֵֽיל\־'eil-[the] pillar ofH352
הַפֶּ֖תַחha.Pe.tachthe entranceH6607
שְׁתַּ֣יִםshe.Ta.yimtwoH8147
אַמּ֑וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
וְהַפֶּ֙תַח֙ve.ha.Pe.tachand the entranceH6607
שֵׁ֣שׁshesh[was] sixH8337
אַמּ֔וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
וְרֹ֥חַבve.Ro.chavand [the] breadth ofH7341
הַפֶּ֖תַחha.Pe.tachthe entranceH6607
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'[was] sevenH7651
אַמּֽוֹת\׃'a.MotcubitsH520

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 41:3

  • Ezekiel 40:16

    And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
two cubits.This was the thickness of the partition wall between the sanctuary (ver. 2) and holy of holies (ver. 4); the breadth of the wall on each side of the gate being seven cubits, and the entrance into the holy place six cubits in width.
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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 41:3

    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.

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 41:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y pasó al interior, y midió cada poste de la puerta de dos codos; y la puerta de seis codos; y la anchura de la entrada de siete codos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il entra dans l’intérieur; et il mesura le pilier de l’entrée, deux coudées, et l’entrée, six coudées, et la largeur de l’entrée, sept coudées.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er ging nach innen Und er maß den Türpfeiler:zwei Ellen; und die Tür: sechs Ellen Höhe, und die Breite der Tür: sieben Ellen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et introgressus intrinsecus, mensus est in fronte portæ duos cubitos: et portam, sex cubitorum: et latitudinem portæ septem cubitorum.