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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:9

And that which was left - i. e., the passage (F) between the side-chambers and the temple-wall, was five cubits Ezekiel 41:11.The place of the side chambers that were within - Within the side-chambers which belong to the house. The seer is giving first the height of the side-chambers Ezekiel 41:8, and then the breadth, from the outside of the wall of these chambers to the temple-wall. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:11

The doors of the side-chambers opened on to the passage or corridor, between the chambers and the temple-wall. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 41:9-11

Ezekiel 41:9-11. The thickness of the wall, &c. This is supposed to be meant of an outward wall enclosing the side-chambers. And that which was left Or, the space which was left, as Bishop Newcome translates it, judging it to be intended of a space allowed for a walk, or gallery of communication, before the chambers, which space was five cubits broad, Ezekiel 41:11. And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits A word being here used for chambers different from that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:1-26

The temple proper (40:48-41:26)From the inner court the way into the temple proper was up a flight of steps on the western side of the court, between two pillars at the top of the steps, and through a vestibule or entrance room (48-49). From the vestibule an entrance led into the nave or Holy Place (the outer sanctuary). From the nave a narrower entrance led into the Most Holy Place (the inner sanctuary) (41:1-4).Attached externally to the sides and rear of the temple proper were three storeys... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 41:10

chambers = storerooms. Hebrew lishkah. See note on Ezekiel 41:3 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 41:9

Ezekiel 41:9. And that which was left, &c.— As much space, as there was between the side chambers adjacent to the temple. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:9

9. that which was left—There was an unoccupied place within chambers that belonged to the house. The buildings in this unoccupied place, west of the temple, and so much resembling it in size, imply that no place was to be left which was to be held, as of old, not sacred. Manasseh ( :-) had abused these "suburbs of the temple" to keeping horses sacred to the sun. All excuse for such abominations was henceforth to be taken away, the Lord claiming every space, and filling up this also with sacred... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:10

10. the chambers—that is, of the priests in the court: between these and the side chambers was the wideness, c. While long details are given as to the chambers, &c., no mention is made of the ark of the covenant. FAIRBAIRN thus interprets this: In future there was to be a perfect conformity to the divine idea, such as there had not been before. The dwellings of His people should all become true sanctuaries of piety. Jehovah Himself, in the full display of the divine Shekinah, shall come in... read more

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