Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 42:3
Against gallery — That is, a gallery on the south part toward the inner court, and a gallery toward the pavement north — ward, and between the backs of these galleries were chambers.
Against gallery — That is, a gallery on the south part toward the inner court, and a gallery toward the pavement north — ward, and between the backs of these galleries were chambers.
These “chambers” (compare Ezekiel 46:19) did not reach to the western wall; between it and them lay a court for cooking (M), probably forty cubits by thirty; such court with its approaches filled up t...
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...
PAVEMENT. See note on Ezekiel 40:17. GALLERY. See note on Ezekiel 41:15....
The breadth of the block having been mentioned in Ezekiel 42:2; Ezekiel 42:3 adds in what directions this breadth extended or lay on either hand (N. and S.), viz. towards the 20 cubits of the separate...
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...
These verses may read consecutively: "And he brought me forth into the inner court, the way toward the north; and he brought me unto the chambers that were over against the separate place, and that we...
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...
Over 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. No JFB commentary on these ve...
42:3 gallery (i-25) The meaning of the Hebrew word is disputed....
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...
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...
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...
OVER AGAINST THE TWENTY. — See under Ezekiel 42:1. This was the space of twenty cubits (I [Ezekiel 40:44]) to the west of the western Temple chambers. THE PAVEMENT. — There is but one pavement mention...
נֶ֣גֶד הָֽ עֶשְׂרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֶ † חָצֵ֣ר...
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...
_Triple, one over another, (ver. 6.) or on a level with the priests' court._...
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...
OVER AGAINST THE TWENTY CUBITS WHICH WERE FOR THE INNER COURT,.... Starckius thinks that the breadth of the chambers being fifty cubits, is here parted, and disposed of, and accounted for. The chamber...
Over 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]. Ver. 3. _Which were...
_Then he brought me forth into the outer court_ Outer with respect to the temple itself, or the outer part of the court, which court was that of the priests, as appears from what follows. _Into the ch...
over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, this passage separating this cell-building from the main structure of the Temple; AND OVER AGAINST THE PAVEMENT WHICH WAS FOR THE UTTER C...
THE CELLS OF THE PRIESTS...
The twenty cubits space of the inner court, or court of the temple, faced the south front of this row of chambers, their southern lights looked into this space, and to the north of the temple: THE PAV...
Ezekiel 42:3 inner H6442 court H2691 twenty H6242 pavement H7531 outer H2435 court H2691 gallery H862 against H6440 g
‘Over against (‘adjoining' or ‘opposite') the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court were gallery upon gallery to the third storey...
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...
_And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward._ PROVISION MADE IN THE TEMPLE FOR SOCIAL INTERCOURSE Before these chambers there were walks of five yards broad, in which those who h...
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...
2 Chronicles 7:3; Ezekiel 40:17; Ezekiel 40:18; Ezekiel 41:10;...