Ezekiel 42:7

Ezekiel 42:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits.

Context of Ezekiel 42:7

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. There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87-1/2 feet long. 8This wall added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only 87-1/2 feet, while the inner block—the rooms toward the Temple—extended for 175 feet. 9There was an eastern entrance from the outer courtyard to these rooms.

Ezekiel 42:7 word by word

וְגָדֵ֤ר אֲשֶׁר־לַחוּץ֙ לְעֻמַּ֣ת הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת דֶּ֛רֶךְ הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַחִֽצוֹנָ֖ה אֶל־פְּנֵ֣י הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת אָרְכּ֖וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the wallגָּדֵרgâdêr · wallH1447
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• over againstעֻמָּה‛ûmmâh · closeH5980
• the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• towardדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
• the utterחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• on the forepartפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520

Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The “wall” here must be one from north to south, fencing off from the outer court the passage along the east side of the chambers, and therefore fifty cubits long.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
• Forepart
• 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