Ezekiel 40:44
in Ezekiel 40Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And without the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
KJV
And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
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This verse in Ezekiel 40
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Vers. 44 seqq.) "And outside the front gate of the cantor's treasury in the inner courtyard, which was on the side of the gate facing the north, their faces were towards the south: one on the side of the eastern gate, which faced the way of the north." Regarding the treasuries, the Seventy translated them as exedrae. And what we called exedrae, or the treasuries of the singers, was omitted by them.
This site's exposition
the chambers of the singers
on Ezekiel 40:44-46
Two chambers are set for the singers, a detail that assumes the temple choir David organized in 1 Chronicles 25 continues into the vision's worship, and two more are assigned to priests who keep the charge of the house and of the altar. The priests named are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, the line that stayed faithful when other priests followed idolatry, singled out here before the vision explains the distinction fully in chapter 44. Fairbairn reads the naming this early as deliberate, planting the Zadokite line in the architecture itself before the law governing it is ever stated.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Without - Outside of the gate in the inner court. See N, Plan II. Singers - These were Levites of particular families, those of Heman, Asaph, and Merari, whose genealogy is carefully traced up to Levi (see marginal reference). These chambers (N, Plan II) may have been for the “singers and priests” who were for the time being engaged in the services of the temple. Other chambers (Eze 42:1 ff) were for the use of the “priests” at other times; and the Levites and singers, when “not” on duty, would find accommodation in the thirty chambers of the outer court.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִחוּצָה֩ | umichutzah | and from [the] outside <towards> | H2351 → | 164 times |
| לַשַּׁ֨עַר | lashaar | of the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַפְּנִימִ֜י | hapenimi | <the> inner | H6442 → | 32 times |
| לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹת | lishkhot | rooms of | H3957 → | 47 times |
| שָׁרִ֗ים | sharim | singers | H7891 → | |
| בֶּחָצֵ֤ר | bechatzer | [were] in the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הַפְּנִימִי֙ | hapenimi | <the> inner | H6442 → | 32 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֗ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [was] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כֶּ֙תֶף֙ | ketef | [the] side of | H3802 → | 67 times |
| שַׁ֣עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַצָּפ֔וֹן | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| וּפְנֵיהֶ֖ם | ufeneihem | and faces their | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| דֶּ֣רֶךְ | derekh | [was] [the] direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַדָּר֑וֹם | hadarom | the south | H1864 → | 17 times |
| אֶחָ֗ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [was] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כֶּ֙תֶף֙ | ketef | [the] side of | H3802 → | 67 times |
| שַׁ֣עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַקָּדִ֔ים | hakadim | the east | H6921 → | 69 times |
| פְּנֵ֖י | penei | [the] faces of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| דֶּ֥רֶךְ | derekh | [the] direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַצָּפֹֽן׃ | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
וּמִחוּצָה֩and from [the] outside <towards>
umichutzahH2351 →164 times
לַשַּׁ֨עַרof the gate
lashaarH8179 →374 times
הַפְּנִימִ֜י<the> inner
hapenimiH6442 →32 times
לִֽשְׁכ֣וֹתrooms of
lishkhotH3957 →47 times
שָׁרִ֗יםsingers
sharimH7891 →
בֶּחָצֵ֤ר[were] in the courtyard
bechatzerH2691 →191 times
הַפְּנִימִי֙<the> inner
hapenimiH6442 →32 times
אֲשֶׁ֗רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֶל־[was] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כֶּ֙תֶף֙[the] side of
ketefH3802 →67 times
שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַצָּפ֔וֹןthe north
hatzafonH6828 →153 times
וּפְנֵיהֶ֖םand faces their
ufeneihemH6440 →2123 times
דֶּ֣רֶךְ[was] [the] direction of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַדָּר֑וֹםthe south
hadaromH1864 →17 times
אֶחָ֗דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
אֶל־[was] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כֶּ֙תֶף֙[the] side of
ketefH3802 →67 times
שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַקָּדִ֔יםthe east
hakadimH6921 →69 times
פְּנֵ֖י[the] faces of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
דֶּ֥רֶךְ[the] direction of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַצָּפֹֽן׃the north
hatzafonH6828 →153 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 40:23There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:19
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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 40:27–28
The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
- Exodus 38:9–12
Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
- Ezekiel 40:19
Through
Ezekiel 40:27The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:23
There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:32
And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
- Ezekiel 40:47
Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
- Ezekiel 40:23
Through
Ezekiel 40:38There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 4:6
He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the…
- Ezekiel 40:17
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,
- 2 Chronicles 4:6
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.