Ezekiel 40:17
15 And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.
16 The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
18 which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
- KJV
- Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
- WEB
- Then he brought me into the outer court. Behold, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court all around. Thirty rooms were on the pavement.
- ASV
- Then brought he me into the outer court; and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
- DARBY
- And he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were cells, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty cells were upon the pavement.
- BLB
- And he brought me into the outer court, and behold, chambers, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers [were] toward the pavement.
- ÅB
- Så førte han meg til den ytre forgård, og se, der var kammere og et stenlagt gulv i forgården rundt omkring; det var tretti kammer på stengulvet.
- OTB
- Så førte han meg inn i den ytre gårdsplassen. Det var kamre og et brolagt område konstruert rundt gårdsplassen; tretti kamre vendte mot det brolagte området.
- B1930
- Så førte han mig til den ytre forgård, og se, der var kammere og et stenlagt gulv i forgården rundt omkring; det var tretti kammer på stengulvet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 42:1
Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
Read in contextRevelation 11:2
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Read in context1 Chronicles 9:26
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
Read in contextEzekiel 46:21
Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:28
but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
Read in contextEzekiel 45:5
An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
Read in contextEzekiel 10:5
The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
Read in context2 Chronicles 31:11
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
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