Ezekiel 42:11
in Ezekiel 42with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the way before them was like the appearance of the way of the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth: and all their egresses were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
KJV
And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
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This verse in Ezekiel 42
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Translate: And along the front of them - like (literally as the appearance of) the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they and as broad as they, and (like) all their goings out, and like their fashions, and like their doors, even so were the doors of the chambers which were toward the south; (with) a door at the head of the way, the way of the wall adjoined eastward as one entereth into them (the chambers).
This site's exposition
the entrance on the east side
on Ezekiel 42:9-12
The south side mirrors the north: chambers along the wall of the outer court, and the same length and width, “with similar exits and dimensions”. The sanctuary is ordered down to its storerooms, north answering south. The details stand in the text for the reader who wants them.
This site's exposition
just like the chambers that were on the north
Albert Barnes translates the verse as a full list: the same length and breadth, the same exits, fashions and doors as the north block. Both blocks serve one purpose. Verses 13 and 14 name it, as places for the priests to eat the most holy offerings and change their garments.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And there was an entrance under these treasuries from the east for those who entered from the outer court: in the width of the courtyard of the eastern way before the separate building. And there were before the building treasuries, and a road in front of their face like the treasuries, which were on the northern side, according to their length, and thus their width.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And the way before them there was a road before these chambers whose width [was the same as] the space of the Court: fifty cubits. Its appearance was the same as that of the pathway to the chambers that were on the northern side, mentioned above (verse 4).
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And as the entrances of the chambers that are toward the way of the south the eastern entrances of the chambers.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ | vederekh | and a way | H1870 → | 707 times |
| לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם | lifneihem | [was] <to> before them | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כְּמַרְאֵ֣ה | kemareh | like [the] appearance of | H4758 → | 103 times |
| הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת | haleshakhot | the rooms | H3957 → | 47 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דֶּ֣רֶךְ | derekh | [were] [the] direction of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַצָּפ֔וֹן | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| כְּאָרְכָּ֖ן | kearekan | like length their | H753 → | 95 times |
| כֵּ֣ן | ken | [was] so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| רָחְבָּ֑ן | racheban | breadth their | H7341 → | 101 times |
| וְכֹל֙ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מוֹצָ֣אֵיהֶ֔ן | motzaeihen | exits their | H4161 → | 27 times |
| וּכְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖ן | ukhemishpeteihen | and like plans their | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וּכְפִתְחֵיהֶֽן׃ | ukhefitcheihen | and like entrances their | H6607 → | 164 times |
וְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙and a way
vederekhH1870 →707 times
לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם[was] <to> before them
lifneihemH6440 →2123 times
כְּמַרְאֵ֣הlike [the] appearance of
kemarehH4758 →103 times
הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹתthe rooms
haleshakhotH3957 →47 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דֶּ֣רֶךְ[were] [the] direction of
derekhH1870 →707 times
הַצָּפ֔וֹןthe north
hatzafonH6828 →153 times
כְּאָרְכָּ֖ןlike length their
kearekanH753 →95 times
כֵּ֣ן[was] so
kenH3651 →771 times
רָחְבָּ֑ןbreadth their
rachebanH7341 →101 times
וְכֹל֙and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
מוֹצָ֣אֵיהֶ֔ןexits their
motzaeihenH4161 →27 times
וּכְמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶ֖ןand like plans their
ukhemishpeteihenH4941 →422 times
וּכְפִתְחֵיהֶֽן׃and like entrances their
ukhefitcheihenH6607 →164 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 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 42:4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
it leads to
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.