Ezekiel 42:1-6

Chambers of the Temple

1 Then he ¹brought me out into the ²outer court, the way ³toward the north; and he brought me to the ⁴chamber which was opposite the ⁵separate area and opposite the ⁶building toward the north.

2 Along * the length, which was a ⁷hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

3 Opposite the ⁸twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the ⁹pavement which belonged to the outer court, was ¹⁰gallery corresponding * to gallery in three stories.

4 Before the ¹¹chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north.

5 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the ¹²galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.

6 For they were in ¹³three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore * the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.

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Ezekiel 42:1-6 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

Cross References 13

1. Ezek 40:17, 28, 48; Ezekiel 41:1
2. Ezekiel 40:17, 20
3. Ezekiel 40:20
4. Ezekiel 40:17; Ezekiel 42:4
5. Ezekiel 41:12; Ezekiel 42:10, 13
6. Ezekiel 41:12
7. Ezekiel 41:13
8. Ezekiel 41:10
9. Ezekiel 40:17
10. Ezekiel 41:15, 16; Ezekiel 42:5
11. Ezekiel 46:19
12. Ezekiel 42:3
13. Ezekiel 41:6

Footnotes 5

[a]. Or "passageway"
[b]. Or "passageway"
[c]. Lit "shorter"
[d]. Or "passageways"
[e]. Or "reduced"