The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:5-11
The wall and side buildings . read more
エゼキエル書 41:1-12 Jcb
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:6
The side chambers were t hree, one over another, and thirty in order ; literally, side chamber over side chamber , three and thirty times ; which means that they were ranged in three stories of thirty each; in this, again, agreeing, as to number and position, with the chambers in Solomon's temple (see Josephus, 'Ant.,' 8.3. 2). It is not needful to alter the text, as Bottcher, Hitzig, Havernick, and Ewald propose to do, in order to make it read, with the LXX ; "chamber against... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:7
In the side chambers an enlarging took place as they went up, i.e. the floorage of the second story exceeded that of the first, and the floorage of the third that of the second; though how this was effected can only be conjectured. If the chambers were built against the temple wall, then probably the wall at each story went in, say a cubit or a cubit and a half from the outside, so as to admit the beams; or, if the chambers were built against an outside wall, a similar recession of the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:8
explains that "the house" did not stand upon the level ground, but, like many temple buildings in antiquity (see Schurer, in Riehm's 'Handworterbuch,' art. "Tern. pel Salerno"), upon a height —or, raised basement (Revised Version)— round about , which agrees with the statement in Ezekiel 40:49 that the temple was approached by means of a stair. In consequence of this, the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits ; or, of six cubits to the joining ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:9
The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chambers on the outside , is next mentioned as having been five cubits , i.e. the same as the breadth of the wall of the porch ( Ezekiel 40:48 ), but one cubit thinner than that of the temple ( Ezekiel 41:5 ). The clause which follows is obscure. By that which was left , the Authorized and Revised Versions understand the place of the side chambers that were within —or, that belonged to the house (Revised Version)—without... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:10
Ewald and Smend, following the LXX ; combine verses; 9 and 10 thus: "And that which was left between the side chambers of the house and the cells (along the inner court wall) was twenty cubits round about the house on every side." Interpreters who reject this combination of the verses explain Ezekiel 41:10 as a statement of the distance between the outside wall of the side chambers and the cells of the inner court. Between the two lay the wideness of twenty cubits ; i.e. a free space... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:11
The place that was left has been differently explained (see above on Ezekiel 41:9 ); but on any hypothesis the side chambers opened on the free space towards the north and towards the south, g.s. one row of chambers was entered by a door from the south, another by a door from the north. The corridor into which the chambers opened—whether between them and the house (Ewald, Currey) or between them and an outside wall (Kliefoth, Hengstenberg, Keil)—was five cubits broad. Thus the whole... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12
The building that was before the separate place. The word הַגּזְרָה , occurring only in this chapter, and translated "separate place," is derived from a root signifying to "cut off ," and here denotes a space behind the temple on the west, which was marked off from the rest of the ground on which the temple with its courts and chambers stood, and devoted most likely to less sacred purposes. Behind Solomon's temple lay a similar space ( 2 Kings 23:11 ; 1 Chronicles 26:18 ), with... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12
Solidity. "The wall of the building was five cubits thick." This suggests a solid structure. I. THE STRUCTURE OF SALVATION IS SOLID . The temple was strong as a castle. Indeed, it was used as a fortress in the time of the Roman siege of Jerusalem, and was the last part of the city to yield to the foe. The Church of God is better than an ark on the waters; it is a mighty fortress, built upon a strong foundation, and strongly protected by the presence of God. We need not fear... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:5
The measuring commenced with the wall of the house , i.e. with the outer wall, which, beginning at the pillars ( Ezekiel 41:1 ), enclosed the temple on its south, west, and north sides. Its great thickness, six cubits, corresponded with and even surpassed the colossal proportions of architecture in the ancient East. The walls of Solomon's temple, though not mentioned in either Kings or Chronicles, could hardly have been less than four cubits thick (see 1 Kings 6:6 ), and were probably... read more