Ezekiel 42:9

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

7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. 8For 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. And 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. 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 42:9 word by word

וּמִתַּ֖חַת הַלְּשָׁכ֣וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הַמֵּבִיא֙ מֵֽהַקָּדִ֔ים בְּבֹא֣וֹ לָהֵ֔נָּה מֵֽהֶחָצֵ֖ר הַחִצֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• And belowמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• entranceמָבוֹאmâbô' · entranceH3996
• on the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• as one entersבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• them from the outerחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtyardחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691

Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:9

• Ezekiel 46:19Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced north; and behold, a place was there at the extreme rear toward the west.

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

In the dictionaries

• Profane
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites
• Temple
• Text of the Old Testament

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