Ezekiel 41:9

9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the ¹free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple

Ezekiel 41:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 41:9

The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chambers
without, was five cubits
This is the outward wall of the chambers, north and south, which was five cubits thick, made of stone; (See Gill on Ezekiel 41:5), and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were
within;
this was a void space, not built upon, which was before the chambers that stood within it; and was a space to walk in for those that dwelt in the chambers, or to go in from chamber to chamber; which also was five cubits in breadth, as appears from the next verse. This may denote the communion of churches, and the members of them one with another.

Ezekiel 41:9 In-Context

7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, therefore the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the second story.

8 I saw also that the house had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of six long cubits in height.

9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple

10 and the outer chambers was twenty cubits in width all around the temple on every side.

11 The doorways of the side chambers toward the free space consisted of one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the free space was five cubits all around.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 41:11

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "width"