Ezekiel 42:2

Ezekiel 42:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The length of the building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.

Context of Ezekiel 42:2

1Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard. This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet long and 87-1/2 feet wide. 3One block of rooms overlooked the 35-foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other. 4Between the two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 17-1/2 feet wide. It extended the entire 175 feet of the complex, and all the doors faced north.

Ezekiel 42:2 word by word

אֶל־פְּנֵי־אֹ֙רֶךְ֙ אַמּ֣וֹת הַמֵּאָ֔ה פֶּ֖תַח הַצָּפ֑וֹן וְהָרֹ֖חַב חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• of an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• and the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572

Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He brought me “before” a row of chambers 100 cubits long, east and west. “The door” of which lay on the north side of the chambers. The priests entered from the outer court (O); the breadth of this block of chambers was fifty cubits, north and south Ezekiel 42:8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20The prophet’s tour of the new temple began outside the building. He then moved step by step toward its center. After reaching the inside, he walked outward again. The tour ended at the kitchens located in the corners of the outer courtyard (Ezekiel 46:19–24).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

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