Yǐsījiēshū 42:2

2 Zhè shèng wū zhǎng yī bǎi zhǒu , kuān wǔ shí zhǒu , yǒu xiàng bĕi de mén .

Yǐsījiēshū 42:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:2

Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door
That is, the north door of the house opened to a space that lay between that and the chambers, which was a hundred cubits long: and the breadth was fifty cubits;
or the sense is, that the prophet was brought, as Noldius renders the words ^F20, to a place whose length was an hundred cubits towards the north door;
so that they describe the length and breadth of these chambers, the whole of them; and to this agrees the Arabic version: this account of them makes them larger than Solomon's temple, ( 1 Kings 6:2 ) , which may signify the largeness of these churches; the number of men in them; and the abundance of spiritual blessings and privileges, of light and knowledge, peace and joy, possessed by them: but the measure being oblong, and not foursquare, as the city of the New Jerusalem, ( Revelation 21:16 ) , shows they are not yet come to stability and perfection.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Concord. Ebr. Partic. p. 82.

Yǐsījiēshū 42:2 In-Context

1 Tā daì wǒ chūlai xiàng bĕi , dào waì yuàn , yòu daì wǒ jìnrù shèng wū . zhè shèng wū yī pái shùn zhe kōng dì , yī pái yǔ bĕibiān pū shí dì zhī wū xiāngduì .

2 Zhè shèng wū zhǎng yī bǎi zhǒu , kuān wǔ shí zhǒu , yǒu xiàng bĕi de mén .

3 Duì zhe neì yuàn nà èr shí zhǒu kuān zhī kōng dì , yòu duì zhe waì yuàn de pū shí dì , zaì dì sān céng lóu shang yǒu lóu láng duì zhe lóu láng .

4 Zaì shèng wū qián yǒu yī tiaó jiá dào , kuān shí zhǒu , zhǎng yī bǎi zhǒu . fáng mén dōu xiàng bĕi .

5 Shèng wū yīnwei lóu láng zhān qù xiē dìfang , suǒyǐ shang céng bǐ zhōng xià liǎng céng zhǎi xiē .