Ezekiel 41:8

I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about; the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six cubits to the joining.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

In Context

7And the side-chambers were broader as they wound about higher and higher; for the winding about of the house went higher and higher round about the house; therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from the lowest row to the highest by the middle.

9The breadth of the outer wall which belonged to the side-chambers was five cubits; and so that which was left by the structure of the side-chambers that belonged to the house.

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Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 41:2-12

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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