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Ezekiel 46:22

in Ezekiel 46

In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.

KJV

In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

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This verse in Ezekiel 46

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
In the four corners of the court there were courts joined,.... To the side walls of the outward court, which met in right angles: or, "were made with chimneys" (r), as some render it; that the smoke of the fire of the kitchens in them, and the steam of the boiled flesh, might ascend through them.

This site's exposition

led me around to its four corners

on Ezekiel 46:21-24

In each of the outer court's four corners stands an enclosed court, with “ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides”. The guide names their use: “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people”.

This site's exposition

enclosed courts

The Hebrew word rendered enclosed is uncertain, and John Gill records a rendering made with chimneys, letting the smoke and steam rise. Each court measures forty by thirty cubits. They sit in the four corners, away from the gates and the inner court.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verses 21-22) And he led me into the outer courtyard, and he led me around the four corners of the courtyard. And behold, there was a smaller courtyard in the corner of the courtyard, with a smaller courtyard in each corner of the courtyard. In the four corners of the courtyard, the smaller courtyards were arranged, forty cubits in length and thirty cubits in width. The measurements of each were the same: and a wall surrounded the four smaller courtyards in a circle.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

We may observe, in these verses, I. That the place of worship was fixed, and rules were given concerning that, both to prince and people. The east gate, which was kept shut at other times, was to be opened on the sabbath days, on the moons (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

These were the places where, it is likely, there was most room to spare for this purpose; and this purpose was found for the spare room, that none might be lost.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Due regard is to be had for the sanctity of the officiating priests' food, by cooking courts being provided close to their chambers. One set of apartments for cooking was to be at the corners of the inner court, reserved for the flesh of the sin offerings, to be eaten only by the priests whose perquisite it was (Le 6:25;

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The words behind it

13 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.

  • בְּאַרְבַּ֜עַת[were] in [the] four

    bearbaatH702 →318 times

  • מִקְצֹע֤וֹת[the] corners of

    miktzootH4740 →12 times

  • הֶֽחָצֵר֙the courtyard

    hechatzerH2691 →191 times

  • חֲצֵר֣וֹתcourtyards

    chatzerotH2691 →191 times

  • קְטֻר֔וֹתenclosed

    keturotH7000 →

  • אַרְבָּעִ֣ים[was] forty [cubits]

    ʾarbaimH705 →136 times

  • אֹ֔רֶךְ[the] length

    ʾorekhH753 →95 times

  • וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםand [was] thirty [cubits]

    usheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • רֹ֑חַב[the] breadth

    rochavH7341 →101 times

  • מִדָּ֣הmeasurement

    midahH4060 →55 times

  • אַחַ֔תone

    ʾachatH259 →971 times

  • לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֖ם[belonged] to [the] four of them

    learba'tamH702 →318 times

  • מְׄהֻׄקְׄצָׄעֽׄוֹׄתׄ׃set in corners

    mehuktzaotH7106 →

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

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.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 46 →

This page draws on 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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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