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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement.

Context of Ezekiel 40:17

15From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. 16And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees. 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. 18And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.

Ezekiel 40:17 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• he me into the outwardחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• and a pavementרִצְפָּהritspâh · pavementH7531
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: [do]H6213
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:17

• Ezekiel 10:5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
• Ezekiel 42:1Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the separate yard and opposite the building on the north.
• Ezekiel 46:21Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me around to the four corners of the court. And behold, in each corner of the court there was another court—
• Revelation 11:2but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
• 1 Kings 6:5He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
• 1 Chronicles 9:26for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.
• 1 Chronicles 23:28For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God.
• 2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.
• Ezekiel 42:4And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.
• Ezekiel 45:5Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in.

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

Topics related to Ezekiel 40:17

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In the dictionaries

• 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