Ezekiel 42:9

Ezekiel 42:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
• New International Version (NIV)The lower rooms had an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.
• New King James Version (NKJV)At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

Context of Ezekiel 42:9

7A wall that was outside by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, was 50 cubits in length. 8For the chambers that were toward the outer court were 50 cubits long while those facing the Temple were 100 cubits. Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer courtyard. 10In the thickness of the wall of the courtyard toward the east, in front of the separate area and in front of the building, there were chambers. 11The passageway in front of them were similar to the chambers on the north, as long and wide as them, with all their exits and similar arrangements and doors.

Ezekiel 42:9 word by word

וּמִתַּ֖חַת הַלְּשָׁכ֣וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הַמֵּבִיא֙ מֵֽהַקָּדִ֔ים בְּבֹא֣וֹ לָהֵ֔נָּה מֵֽהֶחָצֵ֖ר הַחִצֹנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And from under these chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• the entryבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• the entryמָבוֹאmâbô' · entranceH3996
• on the east sideקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• into themהֵנָּהhênnâh · they(fem.)H2007
• from the utterחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691

Cross-references for Ezekiel 42:9

• Ezekiel 46:19Then he brought me through the entrance that was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the kohanim, looking north. Behold, there was a place at the far western end.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 42:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The entry from these chambers to the temple-court was by a passage lying to the east fenced off by the “wall” Ezekiel 42:7. This passage is described as lying under the chambers, being on the basement, and also having access by steps to the temple-court, which was raised many steps above the outer court.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
• Text of the Old Testament

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