New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 42:3
3Opposite the 1twenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the 2stone pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was 34gallery corresponding to 5gallery in three stories.
Ezekiel 42:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
- New International Version (NIV)Both in the section twenty cubits from the inner court and in the section opposite the pavement of the outer court, gallery faced gallery at the three levels.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
Context of Ezekiel 42:3
1Then he brought me out into the outer courtyard, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north. 2Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the stone pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was gallery corresponding to gallery in three stories. 4In front of the chambers was an inner passage ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. 5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.
Read all of Ezekiel 42Ezekiel 42:3 word by word
נֶ֣גֶד הָֽעֶשְׂרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֶחָצֵ֣ר הַפְּנִימִ֔י וְנֶ֣גֶד רִֽצְפָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֶחָצֵ֣ר הַחִֽיצוֹנָ֑ה אַתִּ֥יק אֶל־פְּנֵֽי־אַתִּ֖יק בַּשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear
- Oppositeנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
- twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- to the innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
- courtyardחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
- stoneרִצְפָּהritspâh · glowing stoneH7531
- pavementרִצְפָּהritspâh · pavementH7531
- to the outerחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
- correspondingאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- correspondingפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- in threeשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:3
- Ezekiel 41:10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits in width around the temple on every side.
- Ezekiel 40:17Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold, there were chambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
- 2 Chronicles 7:3All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, “Certainly He is good, certainly His faithfulness is everlasting.”
- Ezekiel 41:15And he measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches of the courtyard.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3These “chambers” (compare Ezekiel 46:19) did not reach to the western wall; between it and them lay a court for cooking (M), probably forty cubits by thirty; such court with its approaches filled up the corner of fifty cubits square, as in the case of the kitchen-courts for the people. In these chambers were dining-rooms for the priests (see Ezekiel 42:13), and baths, for no priest could enter upon his daily ministry without having first bathed. “The…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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Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 42:3 Ezek 41:10 ↩
- 2. Ezekiel 42:3 Ezek 40:17 ↩
- 3. Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway ↩
- 4. Ezekiel 42:3 Ezek 41:15, 16; 42:5 ↩
- 5. Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway ↩
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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