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Matthew Henry

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 42:8

For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits ,.... Which was the reason why the wall was of the same length, that it might be answerable to them; here length is put for breadth; see Ezekiel 42:2 , this measure was from the north to south, as Lipman F24 Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 71. observes: and lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits ; as the breadth of the wall and chambers was fifty, so in length, as they were over against the temple,... read more

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 42:8

According to the statement contained in this verse, the chambers that were in the outer court , i.e. the chambers whose windows looked into the outer court, projected fifty cubits into the outer court; i.e. this was their breadth or depth from north to south; whereas those before the temple were an hundred cubits ; i.e. the chambers whose windows fronted the temple, were a hundred cubits from east to west. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:8

The length - From north to south.Before the temple - This describes their position in a general way; more precisely they lay over against partly the “separate place” and partly the “temple-court” Ezekiel 42:1. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 42:8-12

Ezekiel 42:8-12. For the length of the chambers, &c. The chambers that were built over the cloisters were in length fifty cubits. And lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits In passing from the north to the south side of the temple, Ezekiel 42:11-12, over the space of ground that fronted the east side of it, the prophet was shown that it measured a hundred cubits, Ezekiel 41:14. And from under these chambers was the entry, &c. The entry into these south chambers was by a... 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 42:8

lo . Figure of speech Asteriemos . App-6 . before the temple = towards the holy place. read more

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