Ezekiel 42:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1-14

The prophet has taken a very exact view of the temple and the buildings belonging to it, and is now brought again into the outer court, to observe the chambers that were in that square. I. Here is a description of these chambers, which (as that which went before) seems to us very perplexed and intricate, through our unacquaintedness with the Hebrew language and the rules of architecture at that time. We shall only observe, in general, 1. That about the temple, which was the place of public... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 42:13

Then said he unto me ,.... The divine Person that measured and described these chambers, and brought the prophet to take a view of them, said to him, as follows: the north chambers, and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers ; these are the two rows of chambers before described, which were southward and northward to each other, though both in the northern part of the outward court; these were for holy persons to dwell in, and for holy things to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1-14

The priests' chambers. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1-20

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:4-14

Separation and society. What did those "chambers" mean, of which we read so much in this vision? Their immediate use, as intimated to the prophet, is given in the thirteenth and fourteenth verses. They were for the personal accommodation of the priests; that they might there, in a place which was nowise profane but thoroughly holy, eat that part of the sacrifices which fell to their share; and that they might there robe and unrobe, so as to serve in sacred vestments and mingle with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:13

Holy places. In a Protestant reaction against the superstition that attaches magical sanctity to certain sites, we have perhaps lost hold of the truths of which that superstition was a perversion. I. THERE IS A SANCTITY OF ASSOCIATION . We may own to a revulsion for a man who would botanize on his mother's grave. Every Englishman must feel a thrill of national pride when he visits the field of Waterloo, as every Greek must have done when treading the plain of Marathon. Though... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:13-14

These state the uses of the chambers just described, and now named holy chambers , to denote their separation and dedication to sacred purposes. Those purposes, again, are defined as two. The chambers were to serve as dining-halls and robing rooms for the priests when they officiated in the temple. The most holy things ; literally, the holy of the holies (comp. Ezekiel 41:4 ; Ezekiel 43:12 ; Ezekiel 45:3 ; Ezekiel 48:12 ; Le Ezekiel 2:3 ; Ezekiel 6:1-14 :17, 25, 29; Ezekiel... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:13-14

Sacerdotal sanctity. If the Jews were a peculiar, a consecrated, a holy people, it may be said that their sanctity was concentrated in the temple—the building which was "holiness unto the Lord," and in the holy priesthood, set apart for the ministrations of the sanctuary. The angel who showed Ezekiel the temple of vision laid great stress upon this characteristic of the marvelous and symmetrical building. I. CEREMONIAL HOLINESS . This is exhibited as affecting: 1. The priests ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:13

In Leviticus 10:13 it was prescribed that the priests should eat of the sacrifices in the “holy place.” This was originally before the altar in the inner court - now separate chambers are assigned, and these become “the holy place” for this purpose. Of the “trespass-offering” and “meat-offering” what was not consumed was eaten Leviticus 7:6, but the “sin-offering” was burned without the camp Ezekiel 43:21. Probably the carcass was brought from the altar to the chamber before being carried out. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 42:13-14

Ezekiel 42:13-14. The north chambers, and the south chambers Namely, those described in the foregoing part of the chapter; they be holy chambers, where the priests shall eat the most holy things The show- bread, the remainder of the meat-offering, sin-offering, and trespass- offering, are expressly called the most holy things, Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 6:17; Leviticus 24:9; and are distinguished from the holy things, such as the peace- offerings, first-fruits, and tithes, Leviticus... read more

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