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Ezekiel 41:15

in Ezekiel 41

Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

KJV

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

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This verse in Ezekiel 41

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The description of certain details is introduced by a summary statement of what had been already done. Galleries - On either side of the eastern front of the building on the separate place was a gallery of ten feet, under which was an approach to the building, by which the refuse was to be carried in by openings in the north and south, and then carried out by a western postern.

This site's exposition

the building that was before the separate place

on Ezekiel 41:12-17

The building beyond the temple to the west, the separate place, and the house itself are each brought to the same round total, a hundred cubits, the vision's proportions announcing themselves in whole numbers rather than the odd fractions an actual construction project usually carries. Narrow windows, three-story galleries and walls cieled with wood round about are recorded as an eyewitness would report them, the tour continuing past the sanctuary to the buildings around it rather than stopping once the most holy place has been named. The measurements are carried as the text gives them, and the commentators divide over whether a future precinct or an ideal proportion is intended, a question the architecture itself does not settle.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verses 13 and following) And the house was measured in length a hundred cubits. And the separate building, and its walls, were also a hundred cubits in length. The width before the face of the house, and that which was separate against the East, was a hundred cubits. And the length of the building over against the face thereof, which was separated at the back, was also a hundred cubits. And there were chambers exceeding in height on either side a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place,.... Which was ninety cubits, as appears from Eze 41:12, when measured by itself: which was behind it; that is, behind the separate place, or holiest of all, at the back of it, at the west end.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

galleries--terrace buildings. On the west or back of the temple, there was a separate place occupied by buildings of the same external dimensions as the temple, that is, one hundred cubits square in the entire compass [FAIRBAIRN].

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The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּמָדַ֣דand he measured

    umadadH4058 →51 times

  • אֹֽרֶךְ־[the] length of

    ʾorekh-H753 →95 times

  • הַ֠בִּנְיָןthe structure

    habinyonH1146 →7 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • פְּנֵ֨י[the] face of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַגִּזְרָ֜הthe separate place

    hagizrahH1508 →8 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[was] at

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַחֲרֶ֧יהָbehind it

    ʾachareihaH310 →715 times

  • וְאַתִּיקֶ֛יהָאand galleries its

    veatukeiha'H862 →5 times

  • מִפּ֥וֹfrom here

    mipoH6311 →82 times

  • וּמִפּ֖וֹand from here

    umipoH6311 →82 times

  • מֵאָ֣הa hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • אַמָּ֑הcubit[s]

    ʾamahH520 →247 times

  • וְהַֽהֵיכָל֙and the temple

    vehaheikhalH1964 →80 times

  • הַפְּנִימִ֔י<the> inner

    hapenimiH6442 →32 times

  • וְאֻֽלַמֵּ֖יand [the] porches of

    veulameiH197 →34 times

  • הֶחָצֵֽר׃the courtyard

    hechatzerH2691 →191 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 42:3Gallery 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.5 worksEzekiel 42:1Then 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.3 works1 Kings 6:3The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.3 worksEzekiel 42:15Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:2 worksEzekiel 42:5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.2 worksZechariah 3:7“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 41:12Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.2 worksSong of Solomon 7:5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.2 worksEzekiel 41:17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,2 worksSong of Solomon 1:17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Zechariah 3:7

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I…

    it leads to

    • Matthew 19:28

      Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve…

    • 2 Timothy 4:1–2

      I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

    • Ezekiel 44:15–16

      But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand…

    • Genesis 26:5

      because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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,

    • Ezekiel 40:20

      He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 42:3

    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.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 41:15–16

      Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner…

    • Ezekiel 41:10

      and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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