Ezekiel 42:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 42:4

2 Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.

3 Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the ^apavement of the outer court, was ^bgallery against gallery in three stories.

4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.

5 Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

6 For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was¹ shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.

7 And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits.

8 The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one ^ahundred cubits.

9 At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

10 Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building.

11 ^aThere was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan.

12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east.

13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord ^ashall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings—^bthe grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—for the place is holy.

14 ^aWhen the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.”

Outer Dimensions of the Temple

15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner¹ temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the ^aeast, and measured it all around.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 42:4

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American Standard Version
And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

Amplified® Bible
And before the attached chambers was a walk inward of ten cubits breadth and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.

Contemporary English Version
with doors that opened toward the north, and in front of them was a walkway seventeen feet wide and one hundred seventy feet long.

Darby English Version
and before the cells was a walk of ten cubits in breadth, [and] a way of a hundred cubits inward; and their entries were toward the north.

Good News Bible
Along the north side of this building was a passageway 16 feet wide and 168 feet long, with entrances on that side.

King James Version
And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

New American Standard Bible
Before the chambers {was} an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one {hundred} cubits; and their openings {were} on the north.

New International Version
In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

New King James Version
In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Before the chambers ran an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings appeared on the north.

Revised Standard Version
And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.

Young's Literal Translation
And at the front of the chambers `is' a walk of ten cubits in breadth unto the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings `are' at the north.

New English Translation
In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17Â½ feet¹ wide at a distance of 1Â¾ feet,² and their entrances were on the north.

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