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Ezekiel 41:10
10And between the cells [and the house] was a width of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
Ezekiel 41:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
- New International Version (NIV)and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
- English Standard Version (ESV)other chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And between it and the wall chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
Context of Ezekiel 41:10
8And I saw that the house had an elevation round about: the foundations of the side-chambers, a full reed, six cubits to the joint. 9The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers without, was five cubits, as also what was left free along the building of the side-chambers that pertained to the house. And between the cells [and the house] was a width of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 11And the entry of the side-chambers was toward what was left free, one entry toward the north, and one entry toward the south; and the width of the space left free was five cubits round about. 12And the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about; and its length ninety cubits.
Read all of Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 41:10 word by word
וּבֵ֨ין הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת רֹ֣חַב עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אַמָּ֛ה סָבִ֥יב לַבַּ֖יִת סָבִ֥יב׀ סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10See H, Plan I.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-26The temple had 90 side rooms on three levels. Behind it was a large building with an unknown purpose, possibly to prevent unauthorized access. No one could approach God's presence from behind. The side rooms might have stored priestly clothing and equipment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. the chambers--that is, of the priests in the court: between these and the side chambers was the wideness, &c. While long details are given as to the chambers, &c., no mention is made of the ark of the covenant. Fairbairn thus interprets this: In future there was to be a perfect conformity to the divine idea, such as there had not been before. The dwellings of His people should all become true sanctuaries of piety. Jehovah Himself, in the full display…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 41
- 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
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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