3tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.
tn Or “sidewalls.”
4tnHeb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
5tnHeb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).
6tnHeb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
7tnHeb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
8tnHeb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
9tnHeb “seven cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).
10tnHeb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
11tnHeb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
12tnHeb “house” throughout Ezek 41.
13tnHeb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
14tnHeb “four cubits” (2.1 meters).
15tc The Hebrew is difficult here. The Targum envisions a winding ramp or set of stairs, which entails reading the first word as a noun rather than a verb and reading the second word also not as a verb, supposing that an initial mem has been read as vav and nun. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:549.
16tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
17tnHeb “reed.”
18tnHeb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
19tnHeb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
20tnHeb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
21tnHeb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
22tnHeb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).
23tnHeb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
24tnHeb “ninety cubits” (i.e., 47.25 meters).
25tnHeb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
26tnHeb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
27tnHeb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
28tnHeb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
29tc Some Hebrew mss read “and its outer court.”
30tc The LXX does not have the word “by measurements.” The word may be a technical term referring to carpentry technique, the exact meaning of which is unclear.
31tnHeb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).
32tnHeb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
33tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”
34tnHeb “turning” leaves.
35tn Or “railings.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:218.