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

2This 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. Between 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. 5Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them. 6Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it.

Ezekiel 42:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• a walkמַהֲלָךְmahălâk · journeyH4109
• of tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• inwardפְּנִימִיpenîymîy · innerH6442
• a wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• of oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• and their doorsפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• toward the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828

Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:4

• Ezekiel 42:11There was a walkway between the two blocks of rooms just like the complex on the north side of the Temple. This complex of rooms was the same length and width as the other one, and it had the same entrances and doors. The dimensions of each were identical.
• Matthew 7:14But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
• Luke 13:24“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

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

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