Ezekiel 42:1-14
Lexham English Bible
Description of Rooms for the Priests
42 And he brought me out to the outer courtyard to the north,[a] and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and which is opposite the building to the north. 2 As to[b] the face of the length of the building with the doorway to the north, it was a hundred cubits,[c] and its[d] width was fifty cubits.[e] 3 Opposite the twenty cubits of the inner courtyard,[f] and opposite the pavement that was to the outer courtyard was a gallery facing[g] a gallery in the three stories. 4 And in front of[h] the chambers was a passageway ten cubits[i] in width toward the inside, a walkway of one cubit,[j] and their doorways were to the north. 5 And the upper chambers narrowed, for the galleries took away space from them more than they took from the lower levels and more than they took from the middle level in the building. 6 For they[k] were three stories and they had no pillars[l] like[m] the pillars of[n] the courtyards; therefore they were smaller than the lower stories and than the middle stories from the ground up. 7 And there was a wall that was to the outside alongside[o] the chambers on the walkway to[p] the outer courtyard[q] in front of[r] the chambers; its length was fifty[s] cubits.[t] 8 For[u] the length of the chambers which were to the outer courtyard was fifty[v] cubits,[w] and look![x] The chambers on the front of the temple were a hundred[y] cubits.[z] 9 And from under these chambers was the entrance[aa] from the east for them when one enters[ab] from the outer courtyard.
10 All along the width of the wall of the courtyard eastward[ac] in front of the courtyard to the front of the building were chambers. 11 And a walkway was before them[ad] like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north,[ae] just like them in their length, and so was their width and all their exits, and they were built like their arrangements and like their doorways, 12 and like the doorways of the chambers which were on the way of the south was a doorway at the head of the way[af] before the stone wall, projecting[ag] on[ah] the way of the east at their coming.[ai]
13 And he said to me, “The chambers of the north and the chambers of the south which are before[aj] the courtyard, they are the holy chambers[ak] in which the priests, who are near to Yahweh, will eat the most holy objects.[al] There they shall put the most holy objects,[am] and the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter,[an] then they shall not go out from the sanctuary to the outer courtyard; and there they must put[ao] their garments in which they serve because they are holy. They must put on other garments and then they may approach the area that is for the people.
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- Ezekiel 42:1 Literally “to the way of the north”
- Ezekiel 42:2 Or “along the face of”
- Ezekiel 42:2 That is, 175 feet
- Ezekiel 42:2 Or “the”
- Ezekiel 42:2 That is, 87.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:3 Literally “which were to the courtyard the inner”
- Ezekiel 42:3 Literally “toward in the face/front of”
- Ezekiel 42:4 Literally “to the face of”
- Ezekiel 42:4 That is, 17.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:4 One cubit of 18–21 inches is problematic; LXX and Syriac read 100 cubits (175 feet) running the length of the building
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or “there”
- Ezekiel 42:6 Literally “there were not for them pillars”
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or “as”
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or “for”
- Ezekiel 42:7 Literally “to the outside to corresponding”
- Ezekiel 42:7 Or “of”
- Ezekiel 42:7 That is, “to the north”
- Ezekiel 42:7 Literally “to in face of”
- Ezekiel 42:7 That is, 87.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:7 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 42:8 Or “while”
- Ezekiel 42:8 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 42:8 That is, 87.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:8 Or “yet!”
- Ezekiel 42:8 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 42:8 That is, 175 feet
- Ezekiel 42:9 Reading the Ketiv
- Ezekiel 42:9 Literally “at/in his/its coming”
- Ezekiel 42:10 Literally “on the way of the east”
- Ezekiel 42:11 Literally “was to the face of them”
- Ezekiel 42:11 Literally “were on the way of the north”
- Ezekiel 42:12 Dropping one “way”
- Ezekiel 42:12 Or “protecting wall”
- Ezekiel 42:12 Or “toward”
- Ezekiel 42:12 That is, when people entered the complex
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “to the front of”
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “are the chambers of the holiness”
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “holy objects of the holy objects”
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “holy objects of the holy objects”
- Ezekiel 42:14 Literally “at coming their”
- Ezekiel 42:14 Or “deposit/leave/remove”
Ezekiel 42:1-14
International Standard Version
The Vision of the Outer Court
42 Then he brought me to the outer, north-facing courtyard into the chamber that stood opposite the structure that was facing north. 2 It stood 100 cubits[a] long and 50 cubits[b] wide, with a door in the middle.[c] 3 Opposite the 20 cubits[d] wide inner court, and opposite the paved area that comprised the outer court, there were three stories of galleries that faced each other. 4 In front of the chambers there was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and 100 cubits[e] wide, the openings to which were on the[f] north. 5 The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building. 6 The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers.
7 The outer wall by the side of the chambers toward the outer court and facing the chambers was 50 cubits[g] long. 8 While the chambers in the outer court were 50 cubits[h] in length, the chambers facing the Temple were 100 cubits[i] long. 9 Below these chambers, as one might enter from the outer court, was the east side entrance. 10 There were chambers built into the thick part of the wall of the court facing the east; that is, facing the separate area toward the front of the building, 11 with a passageway in front of them, similar in appearance to the chambers that were on the north, proportional to their length and width, with all of their exits according to their arrangements and doorways. 12 Corresponding to the chamber doorways facing the south was an opening at the beginning of the passage; that is, the passage in front of the corresponding part of the wall facing east as one might enter.
The Place for Holy Things
13 Then he told me, “The north and south chamber, which are opposite the courtyard, are consecrated areas where the priests who approach the Lord will eat consecrated offerings and lay the consecrated grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, because the area is holy. 14 When the priest enters, they will not enter the outer court from the sanctuary without having removed their garments worn during their time of ministry, because they are holy. They will put on different clothes, and then they will approach the area reserved for the people.”
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- Ezekiel 42:2 I.e. about 175 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 42:2 I.e. about 87.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 42:2 Lit. north
- Ezekiel 42:3 I.e. about 35 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 42:4 So with LXX Syr; MT reads and one cubit
- Ezekiel 42:4 Or which faced
- Ezekiel 42:7 I.e. about 87.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 42:8 I.e. about 87.5 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
- Ezekiel 42:8 I.e. about 175 feet; the royal cubit was 21 inches
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