Other buildings of the inner court The Chapter has three divisions: First, Ezekiel 42:1. The chambers in the inner court. Secondly, Ezekiel 42:13. The uses of these chambers for the priests. Thirdly, Ezekiel 42:15. Measurements of the outer wall and area of the whole temple buildings.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the utter court_ LXX. the _inner_court. Something may be said for both. On the one hand the entrance-way to the chambers was from the outer court, and the prophet might have been first brought to the outer court and then by this way to the chambers in the inner court. This, however, is rather a com... [ Continue Reading ]
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 were over against the (wall-) building toward the north, 2 (even) in front of the length of 100 cubits... [ Continue Reading ]
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 and deposited their sacred garments. They are those referred to Ezekiel 41:10. The block on the N. sid... [ Continue Reading ]
Ezekiel 42:2 states the precise place where the prophet was brought to it was in front of, or so as to face, the longer wing of chambers, or the walk of 100 cubits before them, i.e. he was slightly to the N. of this longer wing, and to the E. of the whole block. This seems more natural than to suppo... [ Continue Reading ]
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 place (Fig. 3, H) on the S., and toward the pavement running round the wall of the outer court (Eze... [ Continue Reading ]
_inward_ i. e. between the two wings (Fig. 3, O). Or possibly: (leading) _into the inner court_. _a way of one cubit_ A mere error of transcription for: _a length of_100 _cubits_. So LXX., Syr. In Ezekiel 42:16 "cubit" and "hundred" (both having the same three letters) have again been confused. The... [ Continue Reading ]
The uppermost story was contracted by the gallery, so that its area was smaller than that of the other two stories.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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. _there was_(room) _taken away from the lowest … from the ground_. The last words seem in apposition wit... [ Continue Reading ]
_wall … without_ i.e. not forming part of the block of cells, but extending eastward from the end of the shorter wing, and therefore said to be beside the cells that lay towards the outer court. Fig. 3, _vw_. _on the forepart in front of_or _facing_still said of the wall (Fig. 3, _vw_). The "chambe... [ Continue Reading ]
The shorter wing of chambers. Read together the verses run: "And the wall that was without, beside the chambers which were toward the outer court, facing the (other?) chambers, the length thereof was 50 cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers that were toward the outer court was 50 cubits; but thos... [ Continue Reading ]
The shorter wing of chambers lying toward the outer court was 50 cubits long. Fig. 3, _uv_. _and lo, … the temple_ The exclamation and _lo!_is rather unnatural, a slight change of punctuation gives, _but those_. The expression "before the temple" is difficult. Usually "temple" means merely the holy... [ Continue Reading ]
_under these chambers_ i.e. the shorter wing.... [ Continue Reading ]
_thickness of the wall_ Probably: _at the beginning_(or, head) _of the wall_(cf. Ezekiel 42:12). The "wall" is that piece of wall referred to Ezekiel 42:7, and the "beginning of it" is the point where the way enters from the outer court, Fig. 3, P. In Ezekiel 46:19 this is stated to have been at the... [ Continue Reading ]
The corresponding chambers on the south side of the temple-house. The text is undoubtedly in great confusion; and has been amended in various ways. Taken as nearly as possible as it stands it reads: "Towards the south, over against the separate place and over against the (wall-) building, there were... [ Continue Reading ]
_way before them_ The term "way" here seems used of the 10 cubits broad walk running between the two wings of the block of chambers (Ezekiel 42:4), Fig. 3, O. LXX. renders "walk" as there. For "appearance" LXX. reads _measures_. The "they" and "their" refer to the chambers on the north side of the c... [ Continue Reading ]
As the text reads it is easiest to attach the last words of Ezekiel 42:11 to Ezekiel 42:12. The sense resulting from this change is not very natural. Possibly Ezekiel 42:11 should end as A.V., in which case Ezekiel 42:12 must be amended: _and the doors of the chambers were toward the south_. In this... [ Continue Reading ]
Uses to which the chambers were put. These cells serve two purposes: the priests shall eat in them the most holy things; and they shall deposit there the sacred garments when they put them off to go into the outer court among the people. The "most holy things" were the portion of the meal-offering... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priests enter_therein] Omit _therein_. The ref. is not to the holy cells, but to the house or more probably the inner court, in which the altar stood. _go out of the holy_place] probably the whole inner court is meant, with its contents, house and chambers, seeing it is contrasted with the out... [ Continue Reading ]
_measured it_ i.e. whole building, along the outer wall.... [ Continue Reading ]
Measurements of the whole complex of the temple buildings on the outside The measuring angel began by measuring the height and thickness of the outside surrounding wall (Ezekiel 40:5); then he entered the outer gate, passing into the outer court, the measurements of which were made (Ezekiel 40:6-27... [ Continue Reading ]
_five hundred reeds_ Rather: CUBITS. Five hundred reeds, the reed being 6 cubits, would give a measurement of 3000 cubits. No allusion is made to such a space surrounding the house buildings anywhere else. On the contrary in Ezekiel 45:2 the area of the temple buildings is said to be 500 cubits squa... [ Continue Reading ]
_sanctuary … profane_place] Rather: BETWEEN THAT WHICH WAS HOLY AND THAT WHICH WAS PROFANE (common). Holy and profane are used here relatively, just as Ezekiel 42:13 the inner court is relatively holy in contrast with the outer to which the people had access. Cf. Ezekiel 43:12, where the limits of t... [ Continue Reading ]