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Ezekiel 42:8

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.

7 An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.

For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.

9 And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

10 On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,

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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
For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
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.
WEB
For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. Behold, those facing the temple were one hundred cubits.
ASV
For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.
DARBY
for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits; but behold, before the temple it was a hundred cubits.
BLB
For the length of the chambers that [were] toward the outer court [was] fifty cubits, and, behold, upon those facing the temple [was] a hundred cubits.
ÅB
For lengden av de kammer som lå mot den ytre forgård, var femti alen, men mot templet hundre alen.
OTB
Lengden på kamrene vendt mot den ytre forgården var femti alen, mens de som vendte mot helligdommen var hundre alen lange.
B1930
For lengden av de kammer som lå mot den ytre forgård, var femti alen, men mot templet hundre alen.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 41:13–14

    Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

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