sanctuary … profaneplace] 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 the house are said to be "most holy." In Ezekiel 45:4 the priests" land surrounding the temple is called holy, and in Ezekiel 48:12 most holy.
Verse Ezekiel 42:20. _IT HAD A WALL ROUND ABOUT-TO MAKE A SEPARATION BETWEEN_ _THE SANCTUARY AND THE PROFANE PLACE._] The _holy place_ was that which was consecrated to the Lord; into which no heathe...
The “sanctuary” proper is probably here the most holy place as distinguished from the rest of the temple Ezekiel 41:23; Ezekiel 45:3; but the term was capable of extension first to the whole temple, t...
CHAPTER 42 _ 1. The priest's chambers in the inner court (Ezekiel 42:1) _ 2. The final measurements (Ezekiel 42:15)...
The description of the Temple concludes with a summary of the principal measurements, according to which the whole enclosure is 500 cubits (_i.e._ 750 feet) square. According to Ezekiel 48:12, the lan...
BETWEEN THE SANCTUARY AND THE PROFANE PLACE— Between the place which was consecrated to the Lord, and where it was not permitted either to the heathens, strangers, or impure persons, to present themse...
F. Total Dimensions of the Temple Area 42:15-20 TRANSLATION (15) Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east...
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. It had a wall round abo...
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...
The *angel had taken Ezekiel out of the *temple for a particular reason. Ezekiel needed to see that the *temple’s design was perfect. So Ezekiel watched as the *angel measured each wall. There were th...
IT HAD A WALL. — Around this vast enclosure on all sides was a wall, not of the slight character of that in Ezekiel 42:7; but the same word is used as in Ezekiel 40:5, of the massive wall surrounding...
לְ אַרְבַּ֨ע רוּחֹ֜ות מְדָדֹ֗ו חֹ֤ומָה לֹו֙ ס
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...
_Cubits. This confirms the former correction, ver. 16. (Haydock) --- Hebrew has only, "of five hundred." Maldonat and Cornelius a Lapide would understand reeds, to agree with what goes before. (Menoch...
REFLECTIONS READER! while you and I are following the Prophet, led by Jesus, through the several apartments, let us not lose sight of Him, who is himself the habitation of his Church and people, and t...
There is somewhat particularly striking in the account here given of the holy chambers, and the uses intended for them. In the Hebrew the expression is beautiful; they are the holinesses of holinesses...
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...
HE MEASURED IT BY THE FOUR SIDES,.... Which were equilateral, parallel to each other, each measuring five hundred reeds; which in all made up two thousand reeds, or seven thousand yards: this shows th...
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred [reeds] long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. Ver. 20. _He measured...
_It had a wall round about_ To defend it from being invaded or profaned. Such a square wall as is here described, seems only capable of a mystical sense and interpretation. _To make a separation betwe...
He measured it by the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the Sanctuary and the profane place, so that the separation wo...
THE OUTSIDE MEASUREMENTS...
HE MEASURED IT, the whole wall, by the four sides, repeating the measure of the whole, according to the number of the sides. IT HAD A WALL; the whole had such a wall: had each side been five hundred r...
Ezekiel 42:20 measured H4058 (H8804) four H702 sides H7307 wall H2346 around H5439 five H2568 hundred H3967 long...
‘He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall round about, the length five hundred and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.' This is...
THE EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE AREA (EZEKIEL 42:15). ‘Now when he had finished measuring the inner house he brought me out by way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east, and measured it...
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...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 42:15 Finally, Ezekiel and his guide return to the place where they began, the main east gate of the temple complex (v. Ezekiel 42:15;...
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
Ezekiel 42:15. _And he finished the measurements of the house inwards, and he brought me forth by the gate which looks toward the east, and he measured it round about._ Ezekiel 42:16. _He measured th...
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 Corinthians 6:17; Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 44:23;...
Five hundred broad — Each reed was above three yards and an half, so that it was about eight miles round. Thus large were the suburbs of this mystical temple, signifying the great extent of the church...