Ezekiel 42:7

7 There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits.

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Ezekiel 42:7 in Other Translations

KJV

7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

ESV

7 And there was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long.

NLT

7 There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87 feet long.

MSG

7 There was an outside wall parallel to the rooms and the outside courtyard. It fronted the rooms for eighty-seven and a half feet.

CSB

7 A wall on the outside ran in front of the chambers, parallel to them, toward the outer court; it was 87 and a half feet long.

Ezekiel 42:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:7

And the wall that was without over against the chambers
This wall separated and distinguished the chambers from the outward court, as well as was a protection of them; and signifies the grace and power of God, which separates his true churches from the world, and is the security of them; (See Gill on Ezekiel 11:5) this was towards the utter court, on the fore part of the chambers;
or front of them, which seems to be to the north of them; since their doors were towards the north, ( Ezekiel 42:4 ) , though Cocceius makes it to be to the west, which better agrees with what follows: the length thereof was fifty cubits;
which answers to the breadth of the chambers, ( Ezekiel 42:2 ) and what is called length here, with respect to the wall, is called the breadth with respect to the chambers. The wall of divine protection is equal to the length and breadth, and even the whole compass, of the churches of Christ.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 42:7 In-Context

5 Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.

6 The rooms on the top floor had no pillars, as the courts had; so they were smaller in floor space than those on the lower and middle floors.

7 There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits.

8 While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long.

9 The lower rooms had an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

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Ezekiel 42:7 in Other Translations

Ezekiel 42:7 Meaning and Commentary

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