Ezekiel - 41:17



17 to (the space) above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 41:17.

Differing Translations

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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 even to the inner house, and without all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
and above, over the entry, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about, within and without, all was by measure.
over above the opening, and unto the inner-house, and at the outside, and by all the wall all round about within and without by measure.
And there was a roof over the doorway and as far as the inner house, and to the outside and on the wall all round, inside and outside.
and it reached even to the inner house, and to the exterior, throughout the entire wall, all around the interior and exterior, for the entire extent.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

To that - Over above the door"within and without" was "by measure." This verse asserts that all the overlaying was done by careful measurement.

To that above the door, even unto the inner house,.... The meaning is, either there were such windows as before described above the door of the eastern gate, that led into the holiest of all, and even unto the inner house, or holy of holies: and without; and to all the side, chambers that were built without it:
and by all the wall round about within and without; both within the holy place, and without, in the places adjoining to it, on all sides, west, north, and south; or all were cieled with cedar wood, that it might be more capable of being ornamented, either with gold, or with the decorations mentioned in the following verses: or the sense is, that all these were measured exactly: for it follows, "by measure"; or to all these "were measures" (m); the dimensions were taken; every thing in the Gospel church state, whether in its less or more perfect state, will be all according to rule and measure.
(m) "mensuras accepit", Munster; "in omnibus mensurae monstratae sunt", Tigurine version.

by measure--Measurements were taken [FAIRBAIRN].

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