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Ezekiel 42:10
10In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the south, before the separate place, and before the building, were cells;
Ezekiel 42:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
- New International Version (NIV)On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court, adjoining the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall, were rooms
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the thickness of the wall of the court, on the south also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building.
Context of Ezekiel 42:10
8for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits; but behold, before the temple it was a hundred cubits. 9And under these cells was the entry from the east, as one goeth into them from the outer court. In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the south, before the separate place, and before the building, were cells; 11and a passage before them, like the appearance of the cells that were toward the north, according to their length, according to their breadth and all their goings out, and according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12And according to the doors of the cells that were toward the south there was a door at the head of the way, the way directly before the corresponding wall toward the east as one entereth into them.
Read all of Ezekiel 42Ezekiel 42:10 word by word
בְּרֹ֣חַב׀ גֶּ֣דֶר הֶחָצֵ֗ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַקָּדִ֛ים אֶל־פְּנֵ֧י הַגִּזְרָ֛ה וְאֶל־פְּנֵ֥י הַבִּנְיָ֖ן לְשָׁכֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:10
- Ezekiel 41:12And 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.
- Ezekiel 42:1And he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the cells that were over against the separate place and which were over against the building, toward the north,
- Ezekiel 41:13And he measured the house: the length a hundred cubits; and the separate place, and the building, and its walls, the length a hundred cubits;
Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Render it: Breadth-wise (was) the wall Ezekiel 42:7 toward the east; in front of the separate place and of the building (were) the chambers: i. e., on the east was “the wall” (“geder”); along the boundary wall of “the separate place” and of the “building” (the temple) lay the “chambers.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-12The priests' rooms were on three levels at the back of the sanctuary. Priests entered from the top level in the inner court (Ezekiel 42:12) and exited at the bottom in the outer court (42:9). These rooms served as transition spaces for the priests' duties as they moved between the inner and outer courts.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-202. Before the length of an hundred cubits--that is, before "the separate place," which was that length (Eze 41:13). He had before spoken of chambers for the officiating priests on the north and south gates of the inner court (Eze 40:44-46). He now returns to take a more exact view of them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 42
- 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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