God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 42:9
9These lower side rooms had an entrance on the east side. A person was able to enter the outer courtyard through them.
Ezekiel 42:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
- New International Version (NIV)The lower rooms had an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.
- New King James Version (NKJV)At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.
Context of Ezekiel 42:9
7There was a wall which ran parallel to the side rooms and the outer courtyard. It ran alongside the side rooms for 87½ feet. 8The row of rooms in the outer courtyard was 87½ feet long. The rooms that faced the temple were 175 feet long. These lower side rooms had an entrance on the east side. A person was able to enter the outer courtyard through them. 10There were side rooms parallel to the wall of the courtyard on the south side. They faced the open area and the building. 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.
Read all of Ezekiel 42Ezekiel 42:9 word by word
וּמִתַּ֖חַת הַלְּשָׁכ֣וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הַמֵּבִיא֙ מֵֽהַקָּדִ֔ים בְּבֹא֣וֹ לָהֵ֔נָּה מֵֽהֶחָצֵ֖ר הַחִצֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:9
Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The entry from these chambers to the temple-court was by a passage lying to the east fenced off by the “wall” Ezekiel 42:7. This passage is described as lying under the chambers, being on the basement, and also having access by steps to the temple-court, which was raised many steps above the outer court.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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