Ezekiel 42:3
in Ezekiel 42Gallery 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story.
KJV
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
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This verse in Ezekiel 42
Commentary
6 notes on this verse"Opposite the twenty cubits of the inner court, and opposite the pavement laid with stone of the outer court, where the porch was joined to the triple porch." And that which is joined next to the Hebrew, opposite the twenty cubits of the inner court, which the Seventy have translated, was described like the gates of the inner court, has this meaning: that the number of a hundred and fifty in the outer court should have the same force as the number of twenty in the inner court.
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.
This site's exposition
Gallery faced gallery in three levels
John Wesley pictures two galleries back to back, one facing the inner court and one facing the pavement, with the chambers between them. The block stood between the holy ground near the temple and the common pavement. Its place in the plan matches its use.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Against gallery - That is, a gallery on the south part toward the inner court, and a gallery toward the pavement north-ward, and between the backs of these galleries were chambers.
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court,.... Starckius thinks that the breadth of the chambers being fifty cubits, is here parted, and disposed of, and accounted for.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
These “chambers” (compare Eze 46:19) did not reach to the western wall; between it and them lay a court for cooking (M), probably forty cubits by thirty; such court with its approaches filled up the corner of fifty cubits square, as in the case of the kitchen-courts for the people.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶ֣גֶד | neged | before | H5048 → | 151 times |
| הָֽעֶשְׂרִ֗ים | haesrim | the twenty [cubits] | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֶחָצֵ֣ר | lechatzer | [belonged] to the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הַפְּנִימִ֔י | hapenimi | <the> inner | H6442 → | 32 times |
| וְנֶ֣גֶד | veneged | and before | H5048 → | 151 times |
| רִֽצְפָ֔ה | ritzfah | [the] pavement | H7531 → | 8 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֶחָצֵ֣ר | lechatzer | [belonged] to the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הַחִֽיצוֹנָ֑ה | hachitzonah | <the> outer | H2435 → | 25 times |
| אַתִּ֥יק | ʾatik | a gallery | H862 → | 5 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [was] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פְּנֵֽי־ | penei- | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אַתִּ֖יק | ʾatik | a gallery | H862 → | 5 times |
| בַּשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃ | bashelishim | in the thirds | H7992 → | 107 times |
נֶ֣גֶדbefore
negedH5048 →151 times
הָֽעֶשְׂרִ֗יםthe twenty [cubits]
haesrimH6242 →315 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֶחָצֵ֣ר[belonged] to the courtyard
lechatzerH2691 →191 times
הַפְּנִימִ֔י<the> inner
hapenimiH6442 →32 times
וְנֶ֣גֶדand before
venegedH5048 →151 times
רִֽצְפָ֔ה[the] pavement
ritzfahH7531 →8 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֶחָצֵ֣ר[belonged] to the courtyard
lechatzerH2691 →191 times
הַחִֽיצוֹנָ֑ה<the> outer
hachitzonahH2435 →25 times
אַתִּ֥יקa gallery
ʾatikH862 →5 times
אֶל־[was] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פְּנֵֽי־[the] face of
penei-H6440 →2123 times
אַתִּ֖יקa gallery
ʾatikH862 →5 times
בַּשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃in the thirds
bashelishimH7992 →107 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
2 Chronicles 7:3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He…
- 2 Chronicles 20:21
Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks…
- Hebrews 7:24–25
But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
- Luke 1:50
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
- Ezra 3:11
And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to…
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
Through
Ezekiel 41:10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
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 40:17
Through
Ezekiel 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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 41:7
The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so…
- Ezekiel 41:7
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.