Ezekiel 40:17

Ezekiel 40:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

Context of Ezekiel 40:17

15From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet. 16There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. 19Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

Ezekiel 40:17 word by word

וַיְבִיאֵ֗נִי אֶל־הֶֽחָצֵר֙ הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֤ה לְשָׁכוֹת֙ וְרִֽצְפָ֔ה עָשׂ֥וּי לֶחָצֵ֖ר סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים לְשָׁכ֖וֹת אֶל־הָרִֽצְפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• he me into the outwardחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• and a pavementרִצְפָּהritspâh · pavementH7531
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: [do]H6213
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970

Cross-references for Ezekiel 40:17

• Ezekiel 10:5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God when he speaks.
• Ezekiel 42:1Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.
• Ezekiel 46:21Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed that in every corner of the court there was a court.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.
• 1 Kings 6:5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.
• 1 Chronicles 9:26The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.
• 1 Chronicles 23:28Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple.
• 2 Chronicles 31:11Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord’s temple. When this was done,
• Ezekiel 42:4In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, and their entrances were on the north.
• Ezekiel 45:5An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The outward court - This was the court of the people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-19Verses 17-19 The “outward” or outer “court” (o, Plan II) corresponds to what was in Herod‘s temple the court of Women, into which all Jews, but not Gentiles were admitted. Ezekiel 40:17 Chambers - (I) See Jeremiah 35:2. A pavement - (H) Of mosaic work 2 Chronicles 7:3; Esther 1:6 which formed a border of forty-four cubits. On each side of the court in which there were gates, i. e., on east, north, and south. It was called the “lower pavement” to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-19The outer courtyard formed a buffer zone (a space that protects another space) around the holy things in the inner courtyard. This open area separated common space from the most sacred space. In this way, it helped guard what was holy. Thirty rooms were built along the walls of the outer courtyard. The text does not clearly state the purpose of these rooms. It also does not give their exact measurements. This lack of detail increases the contrast between…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. pavement--tesselated mosaic (Es 1:6). chambers--serving as lodgings for the priests on duty in the temple, and as receptacles of the tithes of salt, wine, and oil.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Prospect
• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Pavement
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Ezekiel 40

• 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
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings