Ezekiel 42:8

Ezekiel 42:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the nave were a hundred cubits long.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits.

Context of Ezekiel 42:8

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. 7There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87-1/2 feet long. This 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. 10On the south side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north.

Ezekiel 42:8 word by word

כִּֽי־אֹ֣רֶךְ הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֶחָצֵ֥ר הַחִֽצוֹנָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַהֵיכָ֖ל מֵאָ֥ה אַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• of the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• in the utterחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and, lo, beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: naveH1964
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:8

• 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.
• Ezekiel 42:12So there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The length - From north to south. Before the temple - This describes their position in a general way; more precisely they lay over against partly the “separate place” and partly the “temple-court” Ezekiel 42:1.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