Hesekiel 41:17

Elberfelder Bibel

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Oben über der Tür und bis zum innern Hause, auch außerhalb und an allen Wänden um und um, in- und außerhalb, waren Felder [im Getäfel],

Lutherbible (1912)
Er maß auch, wie hoch von der Erde bis zu den Fenstern war und wie breit die Fenster sein sollten; und maß vom Tor bis zum Allerheiligsten auswendig und inwendig herum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

To that: That is, the windows were placed above the height of the door, at the east end of the temple, and thus continued, at the same height, and at measured distances, along both sides of the holy place, to the wall of the inner sanctuary, in which there were no windows.

measure: Heb. measures, Ezekiel 42:15

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 41:15 - with the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 מדות "mensuras accepit", Munster; "in omnibus mensurae [monstratae sunt]", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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