Ezekiel 42:1-9 Commentary: Priestly Chambers Near the Holy of Holies

¹Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.

²The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

³Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

⁴In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

⁵Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

⁶For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

⁷An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.

⁸For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.

⁹And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

¹Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north. Then he brought me into the room that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building toward the north.

²Facing the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits.

³Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the three stories.

⁴Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

⁵Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building.

⁶For they were in three stories, and they didn’t have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.

⁷The wall that was outside by the side of the rooms, toward the outer court before the rooms, was fifty cubits long.

⁸For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. Behold, those facing the temple were one hundred cubits.

⁹From under these rooms was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

¹Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.

²Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

³Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

⁴And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

⁵Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

⁶For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

⁷And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

⁸For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.

⁹And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.

¹Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north.

²Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

³Over against the twentycubitswhich belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story.

⁴And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits’ breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

⁵Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

⁶For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

⁷And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

⁸For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

⁹And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

¹And he bringeth me forth unto the outer court, the way northward, and he bringeth me in unto the chamber that is over-against the separate place, and that is over-against the building at the north.

²At the front of the length is a hundred cubits at the north opening, and the breadth fifty cubits.

³Over-against the twenty cubits that are to the inner court, and over-against the pavement that is to the outer court, is gallery over-against gallery, in the three storeys .

⁴And at the front of the chambers is a walk of ten cubits in breadth unto the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings are at the north.

⁵And the upper chambers are short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

⁶for they are threefold, and they have no pillars as the pillars of the court, therefore it hath been kept back--more than the lower and than the middle one--from the ground.

⁷As to the wall that is at the outside, over-against the chambers, the way of the outer-court at the front of the chambers, its length is fifty cubits;

⁸for the length of the chambers that are to the outer court is fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple a hundred cubits.

⁹And under these chambers is the entrance from the east, in one's going into them from the outer court.

¹And he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the cells that were over against the separate place and which were over against the building, toward the north,

²before the length of the hundred cubits: the entry was on the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits,

³over against the twenty [cubits] that pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court; there was gallery against gallery in the third [story];

⁴and before the cells was a walk of ten cubits in breadth, [and] a way of a hundred cubits inward; and their entries were toward the north.

⁵And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.

⁶For they were in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore [the third story] was straitened more than the lowest and the middle-most from the ground.

⁷And the wall that was without, answering to the cells, toward the outer court in the front of the cells, its length was fifty cubits:

⁸for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits; but behold, before the temple it was a hundred cubits.

⁹And under these cells was the entry from the east, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

¹And he brought me forth into the outward court by the way that leadeth to the north, and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate building, and over against the house toward the north.

²In the face of the north door was the length of hundred cubits, and the breadth of fifty cubits.

³Over against the twenty cubits of the inner court, and over against the pavement of the outward court that was paved with stone, where there was a gallery joined to a triple gallery.

⁴And before the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one cubit. And their doors were toward the north.

⁵Where were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from he lower parts, and from the midst of the building.

⁶For they were of three stories, and had not pillars, as the pillars of the courts: therefore did they appear above out of the lower places, and out of the middle places, fifty cubits from the ground.

⁷And the outward wall that went about by the chambers, which were towards the outward court on the forepart of the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

⁸For the length of the chambers of the outward court was fifty cubits: and the length before the face of the temple, a hundred cubits.

⁹And there was under these chambers, an entrance from the east, for them that went into them out of the outward court.