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

2Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. 3Opposite 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. In 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. 6For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courtyards; for that reason the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.

Ezekiel 42:4 word by word

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

• In frontפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• an innerפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• passageמַהֲלָךְmahălâk · journeyH4109
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• wideרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• a wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• of oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• and their openingsפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• on the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828

Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:4

• Ezekiel 42:11And the way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north; according to their length, so was their width, and all their exits were according to their building plans and openings.
• Matthew 7:14For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
• Luke 13:24“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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

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• 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