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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
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.
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

41:1 the temple. This is the first time in these chapters that Ezekiel actually calls the structure he is describing, “the temple.” There is no doubt, however, that this is the subject throughout.


41:1 measured. The measurements given in these chapters are different from those of Solomon’s temple, the post-exile temple and Herod’s temple, all of which have already been destroyed. The temple yet to be built as mentioned in Revelation 11:1-2 is apparently also to be destroyed (Zechariah 14:1-3). In these chapters, however, Ezekiel is evidently describing a great future temple which will function throughout the whole thousand years of the millennial kingdom. The detailed dimensions and descriptions may seem obscure and unimportant in this age (the same might be said of the details of the tabernacle in the wilderness and the temple of Solomon in past ages), but they will be of great significance to the people living then. Remember that the Bible endures through all ages (Psalm 119:89).


41:2 ten cubits. To convert the dimensions as given in these chapters to feet-and-inches, see note on Ezekiel 40:5.


41:4 most holy place. In both the wilderness tabernacle and Solomon’s temple, the Ark of the Covenant was set in the most holy place. There is no mention of its presence in the future millennial temple, however. The indication in Revelation 11:19 (see note) is that it was carried to heaven when Nebuchadnezzar destroyed that first temple (also see note on II Chronicles 36:18).


41:12 toward the west. A separate building was erected at the west, just behind the temple proper. No indication is given as to its use, as it was probably used as a storage area, or other mundane use.


41:22 altar of wood. This is a different altar than the sacrificial altar of Ezekiel 40:47 and 43:13-27. This altar is called “the table that is before the LORD” and may correspond to the altar of incense in the ancient tabernacle (Exodus 30:1).


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