Ezekiel 42:1

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. No JFB commentary on this verse....

CHAPTER XLII _This chapter gives us a description of the priests' chambers_ _and their use, with the dimensions of the holy mount on which_ _the temple stood_, 1-20. NOTES ON CHAP. XLII Verse Ezekiel 42:1. _HE BROUGHT ME FORTH INTO THE UTTER COURT_] He brought him out from the temple into the _court of the priests_. This, in reference to the temple, was called the _outer court_; but the _court_ _of the people_ was beyond this....

UTTER COURT - Outward court, so Ezekiel 42:3. INTO THE CHAMBER ... BEFORE THE BUILDING - to the chambers (See L, Plan II)... over against etc. “The building” is the temple-building, for this row of chambers was built against eighty cubits of the wall bounding “the separate place” and twenty cubits of the wall of the temple-court....

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 The priests' chambers. EZEKIEL 42:1 The survey of the house having been completed, the seer was conducted by his guide into the outer court (see on Ezekiel 40:17), by the way toward the north, _i.e._ by the inner north gate (see...

THEN HE BROUGHT ME FORTH INTO THE UTTER COURT, THE WAY TOWARD THE NORTH,.... After the dimensions of the gates and courts of this building had been shown, and that of itself, the holy and most holy place, with the ornaments thereof; the prophet is brought by his guide into the outward court, which encompassed the building to the north part of it; probably he came out of the north gate of the house into it. So the Targum renders it, "by the way of the gate which is open to the way of the north:'' AND HE BROUGHT ME INTO THE CHAMBER THAT WAS OVER AGAINST THE SEPARATE PLACE; or holy of holies; see Ezekiel 41:12, over against or before this, to the north of it, were a chamber or chambers; the singular being put for the plural; whither the prophet was brought to take a view of, being a new and distinct building from all others he had seen before; unto one of them

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 rooms (Ezekiel 42:14; cf. Ezekiel 44:19) for the priests....

UTTER. outer. CHAMBER. storeroom. Hebrew. _lishkah_. See note on Ezekiel 40:12....

_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 complicated movement, and is not indicated; and perhaps the "inner" of LXX. has most probability. The position of the prophet is pretty clear, it was on the E. of the chambers, to the N. of the longer wing and facing it, Fig. 3, Q. LXX. reads "eastward" for "the way." _into the chamber_ UNTO THE CHAMBERS. The word is sing. as collective. The "separate place" is the 20 cubits broad court running round the house on its three sides, Fig. 3, H. The longer wing of the block of cells ran along this "separate" place its whole length of 100 cubits, Fig. 3, G. The "building toward the N." is the wall of t...

INTO THE UTTER COURT— That is, to the outer part of the court, which court was the inner, or court of the priests, as appears from what follows....