Ezekiel 42:2

Ezekiel 42:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The length of the building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.

Context of Ezekiel 42:2

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, before the length of the hundred cubits: the entry was on the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits, 3over against the twenty [cubits] that pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court; there was gallery against gallery in the third [story]; 4and 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.

Ezekiel 42:2 word by word

אֶל־פְּנֵי־אֹ֙רֶךְ֙ אַמּ֣וֹת הַמֵּאָ֔ה פֶּ֖תַח הַצָּפ֑וֹן וְהָרֹ֖חַב חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572

Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He brought me “before” a row of chambers 100 cubits long, east and west. “The door” of which lay on the north side of the chambers. The priests entered from the outer court (O); the breadth of this block of chambers was fifty cubits, north and south Ezekiel 42:8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20The prophet’s tour of the new temple began outside the building. He then moved step by step toward its center. After reaching the inside, he walked outward again. The tour ended at the kitchens located in the corners of the outer courtyard (Ezekiel 46:19–24).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

In the dictionaries

• Profane
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites
• Temple

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