Ezekiel 42:4

Ezekiel 42:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
• New International Version (NIV)In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.

Context of Ezekiel 42:4

2The building that faced north was 175 feet long and 87½ feet wide. 3Opposite the inner courtyard was an area that was 35 feet wide, and opposite the pavement of the outer courtyard were corridors facing corridors on all three stories. In front of the side rooms was a walkway, 17½ feet wide and 175 feet long. The doors of these side rooms faced north. 5The side rooms on the third story were narrower than those on the first or second stories of the building because the corridors took space away from them. 6The rooms were in three stories. They didn’t have pillars like the pillars in the courtyards. That is why the rooms on the third story were set farther back than those on the first and second stories.

Ezekiel 42:4 word by word

וְלִפְנֵ֨י הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת מַהֲלַךְ֩ עֶ֨שֶׂר אַמּ֥וֹת רֹ֙חַב֙ אֶל־הַפְּנִימִ֔ית דֶּ֖רֶךְ אַמָּ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּפִתְחֵיהֶ֖ם לַצָּפֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• a walkמַהֲלָךְmahălâk · journeyH4109
• of tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• inwardפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• a wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• of oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• and their doorsפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• toward the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828

Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:4

• Ezekiel 42:11There was a walkway in front of them like the one that was in front of the side rooms on the north side. These side rooms were as long and as wide as the northern rooms. They had the same exits, dimensions, and doors.
• Matthew 7:14But the narrow gate and the road that lead to life are full of trouble. Only a few people find the narrow gate.
• Luke 13:24“Try hard to enter through the narrow door. I can guarantee that many will try to enter, but they won’t succeed.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4A walk of ten cubits' breadth inward - This seems to have been a sort of parapet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Or, In the front “of the chambers” was a gangway “of ten cubits” breadth (leading) “inward,” a path “of one cubit, and their doors toward the north.” The “gangway” had stairs to the upper stories, while along the north front of the building there was a kerb of one cubit, as before the guard-chambers Ezekiel 40:12, on which kerb the north doors (leading to the basement) opened. Others follow the Septuagint “And opposite the chambers a walk 10 cubits in…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

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