George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 40:18
Lower. So that there was a step up to the threshold. (Haydock) --- Marble was used in all places exposed to the weather. (Josephus, Jewish Wars vi. 14.)
Lower. So that there was a step up to the threshold. (Haydock) --- Marble was used in all places exposed to the weather. (Josephus, Jewish Wars vi. 14.)
The “outward” or outer “court” (o, Plan II) corresponds to what was in Herod’s temple the court of Women, into which all Jews, but not Gentiles were admitted. Ezekiel 40:17 CHAMBERS - (I) See Jeremi...
Chapter s 40-48. The final nine Chapter s of this book form the climax of the great prophecies of Ezekiel; they belong to the most difficult in the entire prophetic Word. Once more the hand of the Lor...
Through this he came into the great outer court, round which ran a pavement, with thirty chambers fronting on the pavement probably for the use of the people in their celebration of the festal meals....
SIDE. shoulder. OVER AGAINST. Or, all along....
Ezekiel 40:1-27. The outer gateway and court In the 25th year of Jehoiachin's captivity, which was the 14th year after the fall of the city (b.c. 572), the prophet fell into a prophetic trance (Ezeki...
Render: AND THE PAVEMENT WAS BY THE SIDE OF THE GATES, ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE GATES, TO WIT, THE LOWER PAVEMENT. The pavement is called "lower" because the outer court lay below the level of the inne...
AND THE PAVEMENT— _And the pavement abutted upon the sides of the gates, over-against the length of the gates of the pavement below._...
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTER COURT AND ITS GATEWAYS 40:5-27 TRANSLATION[502] [502] At this point the American Standard Version of 1901 has been followed with only slight modification. (5) And behold...
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. THE PAVEMENT BY THE SIDE OF THE GATES, OVER AGAINST THE LENGTH OF THE GATES, WAS THE LOWER PA...
THE NEW TEMPLE Ezekiel, transported in vision to Palestine, is set down on the N. side of the Temple mountain, and sees the Temple buildings extending to the S. like a city. A supernatural figure, li...
OVER AGAINST] RV 'answerable unto.' THE OUTER NORTHERN GATEWAY (Ezekiel 40:20), Fig. 3, _N._ This was similar to the E. gateway. 'Porch' should be read for 'arches.' Seven steps led up to this gatewa...
When Ezekiel had gone through the gate, he saw a large yard. We have called this yard ‘the outer area’. It was on three sides of the *temple. Ordinary people could enter the outer area. Here, they cou...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ ABOUT EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 Terrible events happened in Jerusalem during Ezekiel’s...
OVER AGAINST THE LENGTH OF THE GATES. — The width of the pavement was the same as the projection of the gateways into the court, _i.e.,_ 44 cubits (50 cubits, less the thickness of the wall). LOWER P...
וְ הָ רִֽצְפָה֙ אֶל ־כֶּ֣תֶף הַ שְּׁעָרִ֔ים
THE IMPORT OF THE VISION WE have now reached the last and in every way the most important section of the book of Ezekiel. The nine concluding Chapter s record what was evidently the crowning experienc...
This final section must be studied in relation to all that has immediately preceded it, wherein the spiritual restoration and cleansing of the people had been foretold. The picture of the restored ord...
The Reader will form a better calculation of the extent of this wonderful city, by considering what its dimensions were. A cubit for the sanctuary measurement, was one foot and nine inches; and if the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 40, 41, 42, AND 43. The remaining part of the prophecy is the establishment of His sanctuary in the midst of His people. The reader will perceive that we find...
AND THE PAVEMENT BY THE SIDES OF THE GATES OVER AGAINST THE LENGTH OF THE GATES WAS THE LOWER PAVEMENT. That is, this pavement, which went along by every gate, and answered the length of them, and wha...
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates [was] the lower pavement. Ver. 18. _Was the lower pavement._] See on Ezekiel 40:17 ....
And the pavement by the side of the gates, it was constructed there, OVER AGAINST THE LENGTH OF THE GATES, exactly the length of the gates, WAS THE LOWER PAVEMENT, thereby distinguished from the upper...
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE-BUILDING. The remaining Chapter s of Ezekiel's prophecy give an ideal picture of the spiritual temple of the Lord, of His Church of the New Testament, of his glorious kingdom....
THE PAVEMENT; that mentioned EZEKIEL 40:17. BY THE SIDE OF THE GATES; that part which lay on each side of the gate, and from thence spread itself towards the chambers, leaving a space of pavement of e...
Ezekiel 40:18 pavement H7531 side H3802 gateways H8179 corresponding H5980 length H753 gateways H8179 lower H8481 pavement...
THE MEASUREMENT OF THE OUTER COURT (EZEKIEL 40:17). The outer court surrounded the inner court and the sanctuary on three sides, (the inner court and the sanctuary being surrounded by another wall wit...
“Then he brought me to the outer court, and lo there were chambers, fronted by a pavement, erected round about the court. Thirty chambers were fronted by the pavement. And the pavement was beside the...
THE MEASURING OF THE TEMPLE (EZEKIEL 40:5 TO EZEKIEL 42:20). There follows now the measuring in detail of the temple and the temple area, and we may ask what is the purpose of these detailed measureme...
THE NEW TEMPLE (EZEKIEL 40:1 TO EZEKIEL 48:35). The book of Ezekiel began with a vision of the glory of God and the coming of the heavenly chariot throne of God in order to speak directly to His peopl...
CONTENTS: Vision of the man with the measuring reed. The future temple and its service. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, sons of Zadok. CONCLUSION: A great and beautiful temple, framed in detail in the cou...
Ezekiel 40:1. _In the five and twentieth year of our captivity._ When the pious jews were dispirited, the Lord revived them with the hopes of a better temple than that which Solomon had built. This wh...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 40:1 Vision of Restoration. With the last date in the book appearing at Ezekiel 40:1, Ezekiel arrives at the beginning of the end. The book’s fin
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 40:5 The tour with accompanying measurements begins at the main east entrance. The main units of measurement are given (v. Ezekiel 40:5): the reed
THE IDEAL TEMPLE OF THE FUTURE (Chap. 40) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 40:1. “IN THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH YEAR.” The fiftieth year from the 18th of Josiah, the year of his memorable passover (2 Kings 22:1...
EXPOSITION The magnificent temple-vision, as it is usually styled, a description of which forms the closing section of this book (Ezekiel 40-48.), was the last extended" word" communicated to the prop...
Ezekiel 40:17. _And he brought me to the outer court, and lo, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court round about; thirty rooms for the pavement._ Ezekiel 40:18. _And the pavement was by t...
We want to get into the study of Ezekiel tonight, and right off the top I would like to confess to you that of all of the Bible and the passages in the Bible, I understand this the least. I do not pre...
The pavement — That mentioned, Ezekiel 40:17. By the side — That part which lay on each side of the gate, and from thence spread itself toward the chambers, leaving a space of pavement of equal breadt...