Ezekiel 41 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 41:6

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.
Ezekiel 41:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 41:6 in other translations

BSBThe side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
WEBThe 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.
ASVAnd the side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house.
YLTAnd the side-chambers are side-chamber by side-chamber, three and thirty times; and they are entering into the wall--which the house hath for the side-chambers all round about--to be taken hold of, and they are not taken hold of by the wall of the house.
DARBYAnd the side-chambers were three, chamber over chamber, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which the house had for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold; but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
BBEAnd the side-rooms, room over room, were three times thirty; there were inlets in the wall of the house for the side-rooms round about, for supports in the wall of the house.
WebsterAnd 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 around, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.

What does Ezekiel 41:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. might ... hold, but ... not hold in ... wall of the house--1Ki 6:6 tells us there were rests made in the walls of the temple for supports to the side chambers; but the temple walls did not thereby become part of this side building; they stood separate from it. "They entered," namely, the beams of the chambers, which were three-storied and thirty in consecutive order, entered into the wall, that is, were made to lean on rests projecting from the wall.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The side chambers were three - We find by Joseph. Antiq. 8:3, 2, that round Solomon's temple were chambers three stories high, each story consisting of thirty chambers. It is supposed that twelve were placed to the north of the temple, twelve to the south, and six to the east. Entered into the wall - The beams were admitted into the outer wall, but they rested on projections of the inner wall.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 41:6 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַצְּלָעוֹת֩ve.ha.tze.la.'Otand the side-chambersH6763
צֵלָ֨עtze.La'side-chamberH6763
אֶל\־'el-toH413
צֵלָ֜עtze.La'side-chamberH6763
שָׁל֧וֹשׁsha.Lo.osh[were] threeH7969
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםu.she.lo.Shimand thirtyH7970
פְּעָמִ֗יםpe.'a.MimtimesH6471
וּ֠בָאוֹתU.va.'otand [were] goingH935
בַּקִּ֨ירba.Kirin the wallH7023
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
לַבַּ֧יִתla.Ba.yit[belonged] to the houseH1004
לַצְּלָע֛וֹתla.tze.la.'otfor the side-chambersH6763
סָבִ֥יב\׀sa.Vivall aroundH5439
סָבִ֖יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
לִהְי֣וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961
אֲחוּזִ֑ים'a.chu.ZimsupportsH270
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִהְי֥וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961
אֲחוּזִ֖ים'a.chu.ZimsupportsH270
בְּקִ֥ירbe.Kirin [the] wall ofH7023
הַבָּֽיִת\׃ha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 41:6

  • 1 Kings 6:10

    And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

  • 1 Peter 1:5

    Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • 1 Kings 6:5-6

    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: The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

  • Ezekiel 40:17

    Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
one over another. Heb. side chamber over side chamber.thirty in order. or, three and thirty times, or feet. We find by Josephus, that around Solomon's temple were chambers three stories high, each story consisting of thirty chambers; which are supposed to have been on the north, south, and east sides of the temple.
and they.
1Ki 6:6,10
have held. Heb. be holden.
1Pe 1:5
but.That is, the beams or supporters, of the chambers were not let into the main wall of the temple; but rested on projections of the outer wall, which became a cubit narrower at every story, leaving a ledge of one cubit, to support the beams.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 41:5

    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.

  • Ezekiel 41:6

    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.

  • Ezekiel 41:7

    And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

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Ezekiel 41:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y las cámaras eran cámara sobre cámara, treinta y tres por orden; y entraban modillones en la pared de la casa alrededor, sobre los que las cámaras estribasen, y no estribasen en la pared de la casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les chambres latérales étaient, chambre sur chambre, au nombre de trois, et cela 30 fois; et elles rentraient dans le mur qu’avait la maison vers les chambres latérales, tout autour, afin qu’elles y soient appuyées; mais elles n’étaient pas appuyées dans le mur de la maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Seitenzimmer waren Zimmer über Zimmer, drei, und zwar dreißigmal; und sie gingen in die Wand, welche das Haus ringsherum für die Seitenzimmer hatte, damit sie festgehalten würden; doch wurden sie nicht in der Wand des Hauses festgehalten
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Latera autem, latus ad latus, bis triginta tria: et erant eminentia, quæ ingrederentur per parietem domus, in lateribus per circuitum, ut continerent, et non attingerent parietem templi.