Ezekiel 42:1-7

Description of Rooms for the Priests

1 And he brought me out to the outer courtyard {to the north}, and he brought me to the chamber which [was] opposite the courtyard and which [is] opposite the building to the north.

2 [As] to [the] face of [the] length [of the building] [with] the doorway to the north, [it] [was] a hundred cubits, and its width [was] fifty cubits.

3 Opposite the twenty [cubits] {of the inner courtyard}, and opposite [the] pavement that [was] to the outer courtyard [was] a gallery {facing} a gallery in the three [stories].

4 And {in front of} the chambers [was] a passageway ten cubits [in] width toward the inside, a walkway of one cubit, and their doorways [were] to the north.

5 And the upper chambers narrowed, for [the] galleries took away [space] from them more than [they took] from the lower [levels] and more than [they took] from the middle [level] [in the] building.

6 For they [were] three stories and {they had no pillars} like the pillars of the courtyards; therefore they were smaller than the lower [stories] and than the middle [stories] from the ground [up].

7 And [there was] a wall that was to the outside {alongside} the chambers [on] the walkway to the outer courtyard {in front of} the chambers; its length [was] fifty cubits.

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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

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[a]. Literally "[to] the way of the north"
[b]. Or "along the face of"
[c]. That is, 175 feet
[d]. Or "the"
[e]. That is, 87.5 feet
[f]. Literally "which [were] to the courtyard the inner"
[g]. Literally "to[ward] in the face/front of"
[h]. Literally "to the face of"
[i]. That is, 17.5 feet
[j]. One cubit of 18-21 inches is problematic; LXX and Syriac read 100 cubits (175 feet) running the length of the building
[k]. Or "there"
[l]. Literally "there were not for them pillars"
[m]. Or "as"
[n]. Or "for"
[o]. Literally "to the outside to corresponding"
[p]. Or "of"
[q]. That is, "to the north"
[r]. Literally "to in face of"
[s]. That is, 87.5 feet
[t]. Hebrew "cubit"

Ezekiel 42:1-7

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Description of Rooms for the Priests

Ezekiel 42:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 42

Footnotes 20