George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 42:6
Fifty cubits. We only allow thirty, as this is not in Hebrew, &c. The text, ver. 10., and 12., seems incorrect. (Calmet)
Fifty cubits. We only allow thirty, as this is not in Hebrew, &c. The text, ver. 10., and 12., seems incorrect. (Calmet)
The front of the higher stories was not supported on pillars, but there was a narrowing from “the lowest” (chambers) “and” from “the middlemost” (chambers) “from the ground.”...
CHAPTER 42 _ 1. The priest's chambers in the inner court (Ezekiel 42:1) _ 2. The final measurements (Ezekiel 42:15)...
On the northern (Ezekiel 42:1) and southern (Ezekiel 42:10) sides of the inner court and facing the Temple were two blocks of three-story buildings used as refectories (Ezekiel 42:13) and dressing roo...
_the pillars of the courts_ LXX. reads: pillars of _the outer ones_, i.e. the chambers in the outer court. Probably there is a transcriptional error here, cf. Ezekiel 41:15. _was straitened_ lit. _the...
The chambers in the inner court. In the inner court on the two sides N. and S. of the house or temple proper were erected blocks of cells for the use of the priests, where they ate the holy things an...
FOR THEY WERE IN THREE STORIES— The two upper stories had balconies projecting from them, the breadth of which was taken out of the rooms themselves, which rendered them so much the narrower, because...
E. The Priest's Chambers in the Temple Yard 42:1-14 TRANSLATION (1) Then be brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against t...
_FOR 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._ No JFB commentary on...
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...
THE OTHER THRESHOLD] is that mentioned in Ezekiel 40:7 (c)....
Ezekiel described two large buildings here. These buildings were wider at the ground level than they were on the higher two floors. There was a path between the buildings. The building on the side by...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 42 BUILDINGS FOR THE PRIESTS – EZEKIEL 42:1-14 V1 Then the man led me north int...
AS THE PILLARS OF THE COURTS. — This statement is introduced to show that as there was no external support for the galleries, they must have been taken from the width of the chambers; but it gives inc...
כִּ֤י מְשֻׁלָּשֹׁות֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְ אֵ֤ין לָהֶן֙...
THE SANCTUARY THE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah's palace, where H...
The next section of description deals with the general scheme of buildings surrounding the Temple proper. On the north and south sides were chambers, which are described. These were the holy chambers...
When we consider how numerous those chambers were, may we not without violence, suppose they are intended to typify the many mansions in the Church above? At least they will serve to remind us of them...
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...
FOR THEY WERE IN THREE STORIES,.... Not only the galleries or posts, but the chambers; they were one over another; there were the lowermost, middlemost, and uppermost; which, as before, may denote the...
For 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. Ver. 6. _Therefo...
_Now the upper chambers were shorter_, &c. The two upper stories had balconies standing out of them, the breadth of which was taken out of the rooms themselves, and made them so much the narrower, bec...
THE CELLS OF THE PRIESTS...
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts, the third story and the second story did not rest upon pillars, therefore the building was straitened more than the lo...
IN THREE STORIES; built high one over another. AS THE PILLARS OF THE COURTS; as thick and strong as those were, but of the slenderer and weaker make. THE BUILDING, the highest room of the building, wa...
Ezekiel 42:6 three H8027 (H8794) pillars H5982 pillars H5982 courts H2691 shortened H680 (H8738) lower H8481 middle...
‘Now the upper chambers were smaller, for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and middlemost in the building. For they were in three storeys, and they did not have pillars lik...
CONTENTS: Further description of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Same as Chap. 40. KEY WORD: Temple....
Ezekiel 42:4. _Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits._ This chapter describes the rows of chambers as a hundred cubits long, and an entrance of one cubit on each side, which make the way two cu...
_The glory of the Lord filled the house._ THE GLORY WITHOUT THE CLOUD Though God may forsake His people for a small moment, He will return with everlasting loving kindness. God’s glory filled the hou...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 42:1 Ezekiel is led to the OUTER COURT. He describes the construction of the CHAMBERS in the wall of the court’s north area (vv....
THE CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS. (Chap. 42) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 42:1. “INTO THE CHAMBER”—to the chambers; the Hebrew is a collective noun. “THE BUILDING TOWARDS THE NORTH.” The direction in which...
EXPOSITION This chapter furnishes a brief account of the priests' chambers in the outer court (Ezekiel 42:1), and a detailed measurement of the temple precincts (Ezekiel 42:15). Ezekiel 42:1
CHAPTER 42. CHAMBERS OF THE TEMPLE AND ITS BOUNDARY WALLS. Ezekiel 42:1. _And he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north, and he brought me to the chamber which is over again...
Then he brought me into the outer court, to the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was against the separate place (Ezekiel 42:1), And as I say, I'm going to leave you with this. You may ta...
1 Kings 6:8; Ezekiel 41:6...
As the pillars — So thick and strong as those were....