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Ezekiel 42:1

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north.

KJV

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.

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This verse in Ezekiel 42

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

Chapter XLII, verses 1 and following: 'And he brought me to the outer court by the way leading to the north, and he brought me to the treasury which was opposite the separated building and opposite the temple facing the north. On the face of the length of one hundred cubits of the north gate, and the breadth of fifty cubits.' In this place, the Septuagint edition differs greatly from the Hebrew truth.

This site's exposition

northward into the outer court

on Ezekiel 42:1-8

The guide brings the prophet to the chambers opposite the courtyard, where gallery faced gallery, the upper chambers smaller because the galleries took more space. An inner walkway ten cubits wide ran before the doors. The measurements stand as the text gives them, a hundred cubits and fifty.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north,.... After the dimensions of the gates and courts of this building had been shown, and that of itself, the holy and most holy place, with the ornaments thereof; the prophet is brought by his guide into the outward court, which encompassed the building to the north part of it; probably he came out of the north gate of the house into it.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Utter court - Outward court, so Eze 42:3. Into the chamber ... before the building - to the chambers (See L, Plan II)... over against etc. “The building” is the temple-building, for this row of chambers was built against eighty cubits of the wall bounding “the separate place” and twenty cubits of the wall of the temple-court.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He brought me forth into the utter court - He brought him out from the temple into the court of the priests. This, in reference to the temple, was called the outer court; but the court of the people was beyond this.

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.

  • וַיּוֹצִאֵ֗נִיand he brought out me

    vaiyotzieniH3318 →1067 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הֶֽחָצֵר֙the courtyard

    hechatzerH2691 →191 times

  • הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה<the> outer

    hachitzonahH2435 →25 times

  • הַדֶּ֖רֶךְthe way

    haderekhH1870 →707 times

  • דֶּ֣רֶךְ[the] direction of

    derekhH1870 →707 times

  • הַצָּפ֑וֹןthe north

    hatzafonH6828 →153 times

  • וַיְבִאֵ֣נִיand he brought me

    vayvieniH935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗הthe room

    halishkahH3957 →47 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נֶ֧גֶד[was] before

    negedH5048 →151 times

  • הַגִּזְרָ֛הthe separate place

    hagizrahH1508 →8 times

  • וַאֲשֶֽׁר־and which

    vaasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נֶ֥גֶד[was] before

    negedH5048 →151 times

  • הַבִּנְיָ֖ןthe structure

    habinyanH1146 →7 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַצָּפֽוֹן׃the north

    hatzafonH6828 →153 times

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

Related verses

13 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 40:17Then 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,5 worksEzekiel 40:20He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.5 worksEzekiel 42:10On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,5 worksEzekiel 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.4 worksEzekiel 42:4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.3 worksEzekiel 42:13Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.3 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 41:1Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.3 worksEzekiel 40:14Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.3 worksEzekiel 41:15Next 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,3 worksEzekiel 40:2–3In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.2 worksEzekiel 40:24Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.2 worksRevelation 11:2But 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.2 worksEzekiel 41:9The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple2 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

    Ezekiel 42:13

    Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 10:17

      “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them…

    • Leviticus 7:6

      Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

    • Ezekiel 40:46

      and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”

    • Exodus 29:31

      You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

    • Leviticus 14:13

      Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most…

  • Through

    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,

    it leads to

    • Revelation 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.

    • 1 Chronicles 9:26

      But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

    • 2 Chronicles 31:11

      Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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