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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 42:20

Ezekiel 42:20 . It had a wall round about To defend it from being invaded or profaned. Such a square wall as is here described, seems only capable of a mystical sense and interpretation. To make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place Between that compass of ground which was included in the precincts of the temple, and was considered as consecrated to the Lord, and where it was not permitted either the heathen, strangers, or impure persons, to present themselves; and that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1-20

The priests’ rooms (42:1-20)Ezekiel now gives further details concerning the rooms for the priests located in the inner court (see 40:44-47). There were two priests’ buildings, one on the north side of the temple proper, the other on the south.First the building on the north side is described. It was three storeys high and divided lengthways by a passage. On the temple yard side of this passage were three storeys consisting of one long narrow room on each storey. On the outer court side were... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 42:18

side = wind. Hebrew. ruach , App-9 reeds. See App-51 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 42:19

west, Hebrew "sea", put for the "side" on which the sea was: i.e. the west. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 42:16

Ezekiel 42:16. Reeds— Cubits, and so throughout the chapter. The LXX, Capellus, and others. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 42:20

Ezekiel 42:20. Between the sanctuary and the profane place— Between the place which was consecrated to the Lord, and where it was not permitted either to the heathens, strangers, or impure persons, to present themselves; and that which all the world might enter indiscriminately; men, women, pure, impure, Gentiles and others. Josephus tells us, that such a place of separation existed in the temple in his time. See his Antiq. lib. 15: chap. 14 and Calmet. The vision in chap. 40, 41, 42 says... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:16

16. five hundred reeds—the Septuagint substitutes "cubits" for "reeds," to escape the immense compass assigned to the whole, namely, a square of five hundred rods or three thousand cubits (two feet each; :-), in all a square of one and one-seventh miles, that is, more than all ancient Jerusalem; also, there is much space thus left unappropriated. FAIRBAIRN rightly supports English Version, which agrees with the Hebrew. The vast extent is another feature marking the ideal character of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:20

20. wall . . . separation between . . . sanctuary and . . . profane—No longer shall the wall of partition be to separate the Jew and the Gentile ( :-), but to separate the sacred from the profane. The lowness of it renders it unfit for the purpose of defense (the object of the wall, Revelation 21:12). But its square form (as in the city, Revelation 21:12- :) is the emblem of the kingdom that cannot be shaken (Revelation 21:12- :), resting on prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 42:5-20

2. The millennial temple 40:5-42:20Earlier Ezekiel hinted that there would be a future temple in the restored Promised Land (Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 37:24-28). Now he described it in considerable detail. [Note: See also the drawings in Allen, Ezekiel 20-48, pp. 231, 233, 234, 258, 282, and 283; and in Block, The Book . . . 48, pp. 508, 509, 520, 541, 550, 565, 572, 573, 598, 603, 711, and 733.] Some of the detail is here to help the reader understand what the writer recorded later about what... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 42:15-20

The dimensions of the temple enclosure 42:15-20When the man had finished measuring the temple and the structures immediately associated with it, he led Ezekiel out the east outer gate. He measured the exterior of the temple wall, and it was 500 cubits (about 833 feet 4 inches) on each of its four sides (cf. Revelation 21:13). The Hebrew text has "rods" rather than "reeds." This would result in the walls being 3,000 cubits (5,000 feet) on each side and the temple enclosure being almost one mile... read more

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