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Thus the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/42.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they <i>were</i> in three <i>stories</i>, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore <i>the building</i> was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/42.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they <i>were</i> in three <i>stories</i> and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore <i>the upper level</i> was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/42.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they <i>were</i> in three <i>stories</i> and had no pillars like the pillars of the courtyards; for that reason <i>the upper chambers</i> were set back from the ground <i>upward,</i> more than the lower and middle ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/42.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/42.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For they <i>were</i> in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore <i>the upper chambers</i> were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For they <i>were</i> in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore <i>the upper chambers</i> were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/42.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />for they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the [outer] courtyards; therefore <i>the upper chambers</i> were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/42.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/42.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/42.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The rooms on the bottom level supported those on the two upper levels, and so these rooms did not have columns like other buildings in the courtyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/42.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/42.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The rooms were in three stories. They didn't have pillars like the pillars in the courtyards. That is why the rooms on the third story were set farther back than those on the first and second stories.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/42.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The rooms at all three levels were on terraces and were not supported by columns like the other buildings in the courtyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/42.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/42.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/42.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For they were in three stories, and they didn't have pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/42.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/42.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/42.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For they were in three stories, and they didn’t have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/42.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for they [are] threefold, and they have no pillars as the pillars of the court, therefore it has been kept back—more than the lower and than the middle one—from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/42.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for they are threefold, and they have no pillars as the pillars of the court, therefore it hath been kept back -- more than the lower and than the middle one -- from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/42.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For they were from threes, and no pillars to them as the pillars of the enclosures: for this it was contracted from the lower and from the middle from the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/42.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For they were of three stories, and had not pillars, as the pillars of the courts: therefore did they appear above out of the lower places, and out of the middle places, fifty cubits from the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/42.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For they were of three levels, and they did not have pillars, as they were like the pillars of the courts. Because of this, they projected from the lower levels and from the middle, fifty cubits from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/42.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Because they were in three tiers, they did not have foundations like the court, but were set back from the lower and middle levels from the ground up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/42.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer court; for this reason the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/42.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they were in three stories, but had no pillars like the pillars of the court; therefore the upper rooms were smaller than the lower rooms and the middle ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/42.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For they were trisected, and there were no pillars for them like the pillars of the courtyard, therefore they were smaller than the lower ones and the middle ones<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/42.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore room was taken away from the lowest and the middlemost, in comparison with the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/42.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For they were triple, and they had not pillars like the pillars of the outer ones: therefore they projected from the lower ones and the middle ones from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=12810" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Chambers for the Priests</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2007.htm" title="2007: hên·nāh (Pro-3fp) -- They. Prolongation for hen; themselves.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/8027.htm" title="8027: mə·šul·lā·šō·wṯ (V-Pual-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. Treble; but apparently used only as denominative from shalowsh, to be triplicate.">were arranged in three stories,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5982.htm" title="5982: kə·‘am·mū·ḏê (Prep-k:: N-mpc) -- A pillar, column. Or ammud; from amad; a column; also a stand, i.e. Platform.">and unlike</a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: ha·ḥă·ṣê·rō·wṯ (Art:: N-cp) -- A yard, a hamlet.">the courts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hen (Prep:: 3fp) -- ">they had</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5982.htm" title="5982: ‘am·mū·ḏîm (N-mp) -- A pillar, column. Or ammud; from amad; a column; also a stand, i.e. Platform.">pillars.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/680.htm" title="680: ne·’ĕ·ṣal (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from 'etsel; to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract.">the upper chambers were set back further</a> <a href="/hebrew/8481.htm" title="8481: mê·hat·taḥ·tō·w·nō·wṯ (Prep-m, Art:: Adj-fp) -- Lower, lowest. Or tachton; from tachath; bottommost.">than the lower</a> <a href="/hebrew/8484.htm" title="8484: ū·mê·hat·tî·ḵō·nō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-m, Art:: Adj-fp) -- Middle. Or tiykon; from tavek; central.">and middle floors.</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·hā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-m, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">1 Kings 6:5-10</a></span><br />Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms. / The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls. / The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-2.htm">1 Kings 7:2-3</a></span><br />He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. / The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-9.htm">2 Chronicles 3:9</a></span><br />The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm">2 Chronicles 4:5</a></span><br />It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-8.htm">1 Kings 6:8</a></span><br />The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-16.htm">1 Kings 6:16-20</a></span><br />He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. / And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long. / The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-29.htm">1 Kings 6:29-36</a></span><br />Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. / And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. / For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-6.htm">1 Kings 7:6-12</a></span><br />Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico. / In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling. / And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">2 Chronicles 3:3-4</a></span><br />The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard. / The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-11.htm">2 Chronicles 3:11-13</a></span><br />The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub. / The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub. / So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-7.htm">2 Chronicles 4:7-8</a></span><br />He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. / Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">1 Kings 6:2-4</a></span><br />The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. / The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple. / He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">1 Kings 6:15</a></span><br />He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">1 Kings 6:21-22</a></span><br />So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold. / So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">1 Kings 6:31-35</a></span><br />For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts. / The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. / In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Ezekiel 41:6</a></b></br> And the side chambers <i>were</i> three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which <i>was</i> of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/6-8.htm">1 Kings 6:8</a></b></br> The door for the middle chamber <i>was</i> in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle <i>chamber</i>, and out of the middle into the third.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Building</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-8.htm">Comparison</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Court</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-7.htm">Courts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-20.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-20.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-27.htm">Hence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Lowest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Middlemost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Narrower</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-1.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-17.htm">Room</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Smaller</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Space</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Square</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Straitened</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Uppermost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-10.htm">Building</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/daniel/1-10.htm">Comparison</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Court</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-22.htm">Courts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-2.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/daniel/2-35.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/daniel/8-26.htm">Hence</a> <a href="/daniel/5-29.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/daniel/4-17.htm">Lowest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-4.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Middlemost</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm">Narrower</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-25.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Room</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Smaller</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-8.htm">Space</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Square</a> <a href="/amos/9-6.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/micah/2-7.htm">Straitened</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-31.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/matthew/23-6.htm">Uppermost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 42</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">The chambers for the priests</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">The use thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">The measures of the outward court</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This tripartite structure may symbolize completeness or divine order, as the number three often holds significance in biblical numerology. The three stories could also represent different levels of holiness or function within the temple precincts, similar to the divisions seen in the Tabernacle and Solomon's Temple.<p><b>and unlike the courts, they had no pillars</b><br>The absence of pillars in these chambers contrasts with other parts of the temple, such as the courts, which often featured pillars as structural and symbolic elements. Pillars in biblical architecture can symbolize strength and stability, as seen in the pillars of Jachin and Boaz in Solomon's Temple (<a href="/1_kings/7-21.htm">1 Kings 7:21</a>). The lack of pillars here might indicate a different purpose or function for these chambers, possibly related to storage or priestly activities rather than public worship.<p><b>So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors</b><br>The setback design of the upper chambers suggests a tiered structure, which could have practical purposes such as allowing light and air to reach each level. This architectural feature might also symbolize a progression towards greater sanctity or separation from the profane, as one moves upward. The concept of ascending to higher levels can be seen in other biblical contexts, such as the ascent to the mountain of the Lord (<a href="/psalms/24-3.htm">Psalm 24:3</a>) or the spiritual ascent in the Christian life (<a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Philippians 3:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book. He receives visions from God, including the detailed vision of the new temple.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The vision of the temple in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Ezekiel 40-48</a> is a prophetic vision of a future temple, symbolizing God's presence and holiness among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_upper_chambers.htm">The Upper Chambers</a></b><br>These are part of the temple's structure described in Ezekiel's vision. They are significant in their architectural design, lacking pillars and being set back from the lower floors.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_detailed_plan.htm">God's Detailed Plan</a></b><br>The intricate details of the temple's design reflect God's attention to detail and His specific plans for His people. We can trust that God has a detailed plan for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_structure.htm">Symbolism of Structure</a></b><br>The absence of pillars in the upper chambers may symbolize reliance on God's strength rather than human support. In our lives, we should depend on God's strength rather than our own.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/progressive_revelation.htm">Progressive Revelation</a></b><br>The three accounts of the chambers can symbolize the progressive revelation of God's plan throughout history, culminating in Christ. We should seek to understand God's unfolding plan in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>The set-back design of the upper chambers may indicate a separation for holiness. We are called to live lives set apart for God, reflecting His holiness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_42.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 42</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_jonah_and_job_more_literary.htm">Why do some biblical books, like Jonah and Job, have more of a literary style than historical narrative?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_42_fit_ancient_jerusalem.htm">How can the vast space described in Ezekiel 42 be reconciled with the known geographical and historical realities of ancient Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_41_with_1_kings_6.htm">How can Ezekiel 41's instructions be reconciled with the different layout presented for Solomon's Temple in 1 Kings 6?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_ezekiel's_life.htm">What are the key themes in Ezekiel's life story?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/42.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">As the pillars of the courts.--</span>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 incidentally the interesting information that there were pillars in the courts. These could not have been the ornamental pillars at the entrance of the various porches, for the connection implies that they supported something. It is quite likely, therefore, that there were cloisters around the inside of the wall of the courts (on the pavement), as in the later Temple.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/42.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6</span> supplies the reason for this shortening of the upper stories. The chambers <span class="cmt_word">had not pillars</span> (see on Ezekiel 40:49) as the courts had. Though it is not otherwise stated, these appear to have had colonnades like these in the Herodian (Josephus, 'Aut.,' 15. 11. 5) and probably also the Solomonic temple (<a href="/acts/3-11.htm">Acts 3:11</a>); and hence the second and third stories required to recede in order to find supports for their respective galleries. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֔נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(hên·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2007.htm">Strong's 2007: </a> </span><span class="str2">Themselves</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were arranged in three stories</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šul·lā·šō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8027.htm">Strong's 8027: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do a third time, divide into three parts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and had no</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֤ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pillars</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמּוּדִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mū·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5982.htm">Strong's 5982: </a> </span><span class="str2">A column, a stand, platform</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like those</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּעַמּוּדֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(kə·‘am·mū·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5982.htm">Strong's 5982: </a> </span><span class="str2">A column, a stand, platform</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the courts;</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֲצֵר֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥă·ṣê·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> </span><span class="str2">A yard, a hamlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the upper chambers were set back further</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶאֱצַ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(ne·’ĕ·ṣal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_680.htm">Strong's 680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than the lower</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנ֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·hat·taḥ·tō·w·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m, Article | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8481.htm">Strong's 8481: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lower, lowest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and middle floors.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵהַתִּֽיכֹנ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·hat·tî·ḵō·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8484.htm">Strong's 8484: </a> </span><span class="str2">Central</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ezekiel 42:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 42:6 For they were in three stories (Ezek. 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