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.

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.

Cross References

• 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

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