Ezekiel 42:8

Ezekiel 42:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the nave were a hundred cubits long.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits.

Context of Ezekiel 42:8

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. 7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. For the length of the chambers which were in the outer courtyard was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the main room was a hundred cubits. 9And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer courtyard. 10In the thickness of the wall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers.

Ezekiel 42:8 word by word

כִּֽי־אֹ֣רֶךְ הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֶחָצֵ֥ר הַחִֽצוֹנָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַהֵיכָ֖ל מֵאָ֥ה אַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• For the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• of the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• in the outerחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtyardחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• facingפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the mainהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:8

• 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.
• Ezekiel 42:12Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The length - From north to south. Before the temple - This describes their position in a general way; more precisely they lay over against partly the “separate place” and partly the “temple-court” Ezekiel 42:1.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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• Atonement, Day of
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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