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Book of Ezekiel, chapter 41 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ezekiel 41 is the forty-first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. The Jerusalem Bible refers to the final section of Ezekiel, chapters 40-48, as "the Torah of Ezekiel".[1] This chapter continues Ezekiel's vision of a future Temple.
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![]() Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from the early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew. | |
Book | Book of Ezekiel |
Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
Order in the Hebrew part | 7 |
Category | Latter Prophets |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 26 |
The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 26 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[2] Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, 4Q73 (4QEzeka; 50–25 BCE) with extant verses 3–6.[3][4][5][6]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[7][lower-alpha 1]
Ezekiel is brought into the "sanctuary", or nave/main room in the temple, which length and width are the same as in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 6:2, 17), but no mention of the height. There is apparently no altar of incense, lamps, or other parts that were in the former temple (1 Kings 7:48)f.[9]
This part starts a series of passages providing more information for the previous short description; the original account will continue in Ezekiel 42:15f.[16] The details of the arcades or side-chambers (Verses 5–7) are unclear, but seem to match the pattern of Solomon's temple (1 Kings 6:5–10).[16]
"The remaining terrace" is translated "that which was left" in the King James Version, "the free space" in the New Revised Standard Version. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that there was unoccupied space in Solomon's Temple which the Kings of Judah had used for horses dedicated to the sun,[18] and that in Ezekiel's visionary temple there was to be no space which was not sacred to the Lord.[19]
This section describes the interior design inside the temple; the details are obscure.[20] In this addition, the interior of the Most Holy Place or the Holy of Holies is described openly unlike in the previous part.[20]
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