Ezekiel 40:17

Ezekiel 40:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

Context of Ezekiel 40:17

15And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits. 16The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees. Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement, 18which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. 19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

Ezekiel 40:17 word by word

וַיְבִיאֵ֗נִי אֶל־הֶֽחָצֵר֙ הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֤ה לְשָׁכוֹת֙ וְרִֽצְפָ֔ה עָשׂ֥וּי לֶחָצֵ֖ר סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים לְשָׁכ֖וֹת אֶל־הָרִֽצְפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Then he brought meבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• intoאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the outerחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• and thereהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• were chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• and a pavementרִצְפָּהritspâh · pavementH7531
• laid outעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: [do]H6213
• all aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• Thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:17

• Ezekiel 10:5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
• Ezekiel 42:1Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
• Ezekiel 46:21Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
• Revelation 11:2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
• 1 Kings 6:5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
• 1 Chronicles 9:26But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
• 1 Chronicles 23:28but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
• 2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
• Ezekiel 42:4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
• Ezekiel 45:5An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The outward court - This was the court of the people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-19Verses 17-19 The “outward” or outer “court” (o, Plan II) corresponds to what was in Herod‘s temple the court of Women, into which all Jews, but not Gentiles were admitted. Ezekiel 40:17 Chambers - (I) See Jeremiah 35:2. A pavement - (H) Of mosaic work 2 Chronicles 7:3; Esther 1:6 which formed a border of forty-four cubits. On each side of the court in which there were gates, i. e., on east, north, and south. It was called the “lower pavement” to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-19The outer courtyard formed a buffer zone (a space that protects another space) around the holy things in the inner courtyard. This open area separated common space from the most sacred space. In this way, it helped guard what was holy. Thirty rooms were built along the walls of the outer courtyard. The text does not clearly state the purpose of these rooms. It also does not give their exact measurements. This lack of detail increases the contrast between…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. pavement--tesselated mosaic (Es 1:6). chambers--serving as lodgings for the priests on duty in the temple, and as receptacles of the tithes of salt, wine, and oil.Read the comment

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• Prospect
• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Pavement
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings