Ezekiel 42:1-7

Chambers and promenades

1 Then he led me north to the outer courtyard and brought me into the set of chambers opposite the yard and the structure to the north.

2 The length of the facade at the north entrance was one hundred fifty feet, its depth seventy-five feet.

3 It was next to the twenty chambers that belonged to the inner courtyard and next to the pavement of the outer courtyard, and it had three courses of promenades.

4 In front of the chambers there was a passage fifteen feet wide, and to the inside, a passage eighteen inches wide. The entrance to the chambers was on the north.

5 The upper chambers were smaller, because the promenades took up more space from them than from the first and second stories.

6 This was because the promenades were arranged in three levels, but they didn't have columns like those in the courtyards. For this reason, the top story was narrower than the first and second stories.

7 A stone wall ran parallel to the chambers facing the outer courtyard. It was seventy-five feet long,

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Ezekiel 42:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 42

In this chapter are a description of some chambers in the northern part of the outward court, Eze 42:1-12, an account of the use made of them by the priests, Eze 42:13,14, the measuring of the area, or whole compass of ground, on which the whole building before measured stood, with the wall that surrounded it, Eze 41:15-20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 42:1-7

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Chambers and promenades

Ezekiel 42:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 42