Ezekiel 42:1-14
Legacy Standard Bible
The Chambers
42 Then he (A)brought me out into the (B)outer court, the way (C)toward the north; and he brought me to the (D)chamber which was opposite the (E)separate area and opposite the (F)building toward the north. 2 Along the length, which was [a]one (G)hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. 3 Opposite the [b](H)twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the (I)pavement which belonged to the outer court, was [c](J)gallery corresponding to [d]gallery in three stories. 4 Before the (K)chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of [e]one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were [f]smaller because the [g](L)galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. 6 For they were in (M)three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were [h]set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. 7 As for the (N)outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was one (O)hundred cubits. 9 Below these chambers was the (P)entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.
10 In the [i]thickness of the (Q)wall of the court toward the east, facing the (R)separate area and facing the building, there were (S)chambers. 11 The (T)way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north, according to their length so was their width, and all their exits were both according to their [j]arrangements and openings. 12 Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the (U)wall toward the east, as one enters them.
13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the (V)separate area, they are the (W)holy chambers where the priests who are (X)near to Yahweh shall eat the (Y)most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary [k]without (Z)laying there their (AA)garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall come near to that which is for the people.”
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- Ezekiel 42:2 Approx. 150 ft. long and 75 ft. wide or 45 m and 22.5 m
- Ezekiel 42:3 Approx. 30 ft. or 9 m
- Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 42:4 Or one cubit in width
- Ezekiel 42:5 Lit shorter
- Ezekiel 42:5 Or passageways
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or reduced
- Ezekiel 42:10 Lit width
- Ezekiel 42:11 Lit judgments
- Ezekiel 42:14 Lit but there they shall lay
Ezekiel 42:1-14
Revised Standard Version
The Holy Chambers and the Outer Wall
42 Then he led me out into the inner[a] court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers which were opposite the temple yard and opposite the building on the north. 2 The length of the building which was on the north side[b] was[c] a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits. 3 Adjoining the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery[d] against gallery[e] in three stories. 4 And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long,[f] and their doors were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries[g] took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building. 6 For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer[h] court; hence the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones. 7 And there was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the temple were a hundred cubits long. 9 Below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court, 10 where the outside wall begins.[i]
On the south[j] also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers 11 with a passage in front of them; they were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits[k] and arrangements and doors. 12 And below the south chambers was an entrance on the east side, where one enters the passage, and opposite them was a dividing wall.[l]
13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall put the most holy offerings—the cereal offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter the holy place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court without laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people.”
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- Ezekiel 42:1 Gk: Heb outer
- Ezekiel 42:2 Gk: Heb door
- Ezekiel 42:2 Gk: Heb before the length
- Ezekiel 42:3 The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
- Ezekiel 42:3 The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
- Ezekiel 42:4 Gk Syr: Heb a way of one cubit
- Ezekiel 42:5 The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
- Ezekiel 42:6 Gk: Heb lacks outer
- Ezekiel 42:10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb in the breadth of the wall of the court
- Ezekiel 42:10 Gk: Heb east
- Ezekiel 42:11 Heb and all their exits
- Ezekiel 42:12 Cn: Heb And according to the entrances of the chambers that were toward the south was an entrance at the head of the way, the way before the dividing wall toward the east as one enters them
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