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Ezekiel 42:4

2 The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

3 Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

5 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

6 For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

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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
In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
KJV
And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
WEB
Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
ASV
And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits` breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
DARBY
and before the cells was a walk of ten cubits in breadth, [and] a way of a hundred cubits inward; and their entries were toward the north.
BLB
And before the face of the chambers [was] a walkway, ten cubits wide and a [hundred] cubits long; and their doors [were] to the north.
ÅB
Og foran kammerne var det en gang på ti alens bredde til det indre, en vei på én alen, og deres dører vendte mot nord.
OTB
Foran kamrene var det en indre passasje ti alen bred og hundre alen lang, med innganger mot nord.
B1930
Og foran kammerne var det en gang på ti alens bredde til det indre, en vei på én alen, og deres dører vendte mot nord.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 46:19

    Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end

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  • Luke 13:24

    “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

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  • Matthew 7:14

    But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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