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There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement, <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40.htm">King James Bible</a> Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/40.htm">New King James Version</a> Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold, there were chambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement, <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement, <a href="/asv/ezekiel/40.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then brought he me into the outer court; and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The man then led me through the passageway and into the outer courtyard of the temple, where I saw 30 rooms built around the outside of the courtyard. These side rooms were built against the outer wall, and in front of them was a sidewalk that circled the courtyard. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then brought he me into the outer court, and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then the man brought me into the outer courtyard. I saw rooms there and pavement all around the courtyard. There were 30 rooms along the edge of the pavement. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/40.htm">Good News Translation</a> The man took me through the gateway into the courtyard. There were thirty rooms built against the outer wall, and in front of them there was an area paved with stones, <a href="/isv/ezekiel/40.htm">International Standard Version</a> Next, he brought me into the outer court, where chambers and a paved area had been constructed all around the courtyard, with 30 chambers facing the pavement. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement, <a href="/net/ezekiel/40.htm">NET Bible</a> Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then brought he me into the outer court; and look, there were rooms and a pavement, made for the court all around: thirty rooms faced the pavement. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then he brought me into the outward court, and lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court around: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. <a href="/web/ezekiel/40.htm">World English Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer court. Behold, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court all around. Thirty rooms were on the pavement. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he brings me into the outer court, and behold, chambers and a pavement made for the court all around—thirty chambers on the pavement— <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he bringeth me in unto the outer court, and lo, chambers and a pavement made for the court all round about -- thirty chambers on the pavement -- <a href="/slt/ezekiel/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will bring me to the enclosure without, and behold, cells and a tesselated pavement made to the enclosure round about, round about: thirty cells to the tesselated pavement.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he brought me into the outward court, and behold there were chambers, and a pavement of stone in the court round about: thirty chambers encompassed the pavement. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he led me away to the outer court, and behold, there were storerooms and a layer of pavement stones throughout the court. Thirty storerooms encircled the pavement. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Bible</a> Then he brought me to the outer court, where there were chambers and pavement laid all around the courtyard: thirty chambers facing the pavement. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then he brought me into the outer court; there were chambers there, and a pavement, all around the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then he brought me into the outer court, and lo, there were steps round about it; thirty were one upon the other. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he brought me to the outer courtyard, and I saw thirty steps in a spiral, stepping one above another<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then brought he me into the outer court, and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about; thirty chambers were upon the pavement. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he brought me into the inner court, and, behold, there were chambers, and peristyles round about the court; thirty chambers within the ranges of columns. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=12098" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">The Outer Court</a> 17<a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·ḇî·’ê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Then he brought me</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/2435.htm" title="2435: ha·ḥî·ṣō·w·nāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Outer, external. From chayits; properly, the wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular.">the outer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: he·ḥā·ṣêr (Art:: N-cs) -- A yard, a hamlet.">court,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and there</a> <a href="/hebrew/3957.htm" title="3957: lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Room, chamber, hall, cell. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building.">were chambers</a> <a href="/hebrew/7531.htm" title="7531: wə·riṣ·p̄āh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A hot stone, a tessellated pavement. Feminine of retseph; a hot stone; also a tessellated pavement.">and a pavement</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śui (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">laid out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">all around</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: le·ḥā·ṣêr (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- A yard, a hamlet.">the court.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: šə·lō·šîm (Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth.">Thirty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3957.htm" title="3957: lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Room, chamber, hall, cell. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building.">chambers</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">faced</a> <a href="/hebrew/7531.htm" title="7531: hā·riṣ·p̄āh (Art:: N-fs) -- A hot stone, a tessellated pavement. Feminine of retseph; a hot stone; also a tessellated pavement.">the pavement,</a> 18which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1-2</a> Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. / But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. <a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15-17</a> The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. / The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height. / And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using. <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">1 Kings 6:5-6</a> 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. <a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">2 Chronicles 4:9</a> He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze. <a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12-14</a> The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. / There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. / The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. <a href="/1_kings/7-12.htm">1 Kings 7:12</a> The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD. <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10-11</a> And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, / shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal. <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">2 Chronicles 3:4</a> 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. <a href="/revelation/21-19.htm">Revelation 21:19-21</a> The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, / the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. / And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. <a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">1 Kings 6:36</a> Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams. <a href="/revelation/21-22.htm">Revelation 21:22-27</a> But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. / And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. / By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">2 Chronicles 6:12-13</a> Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. / Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a> Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. <a href="/1_kings/8-64.htm">1 Kings 8:64</a> On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings. <a href="/revelation/22-14.htm">Revelation 22:14-15</a> Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. / But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then brought he me into the outward court, and, see, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were on the pavement.the outward<a href="/ezekiel/10-5.htm">Ezekiel 10:5</a> And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.<a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Ezekiel 42:1</a> 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.<a href="/ezekiel/46-21.htm">Ezekiel 46:21</a> Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.there were<a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">1 Kings 6:5</a> And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:<a href="/1_chronicles/9-26.htm">1 Chronicles 9:26</a> For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.<a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm">1 Chronicles 23:28</a> Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;thirty<a href="/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4</a> And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.<a href="/ezekiel/45-5.htm">Ezekiel 45:5</a> And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-15.htm">Constructed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Court</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Faced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-2.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-5.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/esther/6-4.htm">Outward</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-9.htm">Pavement</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Square</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-29.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-2.htm">Constructed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Court</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm">Faced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-18.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm">Outward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-18.htm">Pavement</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-25.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Square</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-18.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Thirty</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 40</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">The description of the east gate of the outer court</a> 20. <a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm">of the north gate</a> 24. <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">of the south gate</a> 27. <a href="/ezekiel/40-27.htm">of the south gate of the inner court</a> 32. <a href="/ezekiel/40-32.htm">of the east gate</a> 35. <a href="/ezekiel/40-35.htm">and of the north gate</a> 39. <a href="/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Eight tables</a> 44. <a href="/ezekiel/40-44.htm">The chambers</a> 48. <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">The porch of the house</a> </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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The outer court in ancient Israelite temple architecture was a significant area where the general populace could gather, distinct from the inner courts reserved for priests. This vision occurs during the Babylonian exile, a time when the physical temple in Jerusalem had been destroyed, and thus, the vision of a new temple offered hope and restoration. The outer court symbolizes accessibility to God for all people, reflecting the inclusive nature of worship in the future messianic age.and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court The chambers mentioned here likely served various functions, such as storage for temple supplies, housing for priests, or spaces for ritual purification. The presence of chambers indicates a well-organized and functional temple complex, emphasizing the order and holiness required in worship. The pavement signifies a prepared and consecrated space, highlighting the importance of approaching God with reverence. This detailed description underscores the meticulous nature of God's plans and the importance of sacred space in worship.Thirty chambers faced the pavement The specific number of thirty chambers suggests completeness and sufficiency, providing ample space for the activities and needs of the temple. This detail reflects the thoroughness of God's provision for His people. The arrangement of the chambers facing the pavement indicates a structured and intentional design, ensuring that all activities within the temple complex are oriented towards worship and service. This mirrors the orderly nature of God's creation and His desire for harmony and purpose in the lives of His followers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the recipient of the vision described in this passage. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_outer_court.htm">The Outer Court</a> Part of the visionary temple, the outer court is a significant area where the people would gather, symbolizing access to God. 3. <a href="/topical/c/chambers.htm">Chambers</a> These are rooms or spaces within the temple complex, possibly used for various purposes such as storage or preparation for temple services. 4. <a href="/topical/p/pavement.htm">Pavement</a> A paved area surrounding the chambers, indicating order and structure within the temple complex. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_visionary_temple.htm">The Visionary Temple</a> This is a detailed vision given to Ezekiel, symbolizing God's presence and future restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a> The temple in Ezekiel's vision symbolizes God's presence and the hope of restoration. It reminds believers of the importance of God's dwelling among His people. <a href="/topical/o/order_and_structure.htm">Order and Structure</a> The detailed description of the temple's layout, including the chambers and pavement, emphasizes God's desire for order and holiness in worship. <a href="/topical/a/access_to_god.htm">Access to God</a> The outer court represents the accessibility of God to His people, encouraging believers to draw near to God with confidence through Christ. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_worship.htm">Preparation for Worship</a> The chambers may symbolize preparation, reminding believers of the need to prepare their hearts for worship and service to God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> Ezekiel's vision offers hope for future restoration, encouraging believers to trust in God's promises and His ultimate plan for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 40</a> <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> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_44's_temple_purely_symbolic.htm">Ezekiel 44's temple regulations appear highly specific, yet no archaeological site conclusively matches this description--could this be evidence the prophecy was purely symbolic or never fulfilled?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_40's_details.htm">How should one reconcile the detailed architectural descriptions in Ezekiel 40 with the absence of any clear historical record of its fulfillment? </a> <a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>The prophet is now taken across the outer court, which he describes on the way (<a href="/context/ezekiel/40-17.htm" title="Then brought he me into the outward court, and, see, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were on the pavement.">Ezekiel 40:17-19</a>), to the north gate (<a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm" title="And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.">Ezekiel 40:20</a>), and then to the south gate (<a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm" title="After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.">Ezekiel 40:24</a>).(17) Outward court.--The Temple of Ezekiel has two courts, an outer and an inner; but there is no appropriation of these courts to the special use of any classes. It may be assumed that the inner court, from its size and arrangements, was for the priests engaged in the sacrifices, and the outer for the people generally.A pavement.--Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-3.htm" title="And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD on the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.">2Chronicles 7:3</a>; <a href="/esther/1-6.htm" title="Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.">Esther 1:6</a>. The word is generally understood to mean a tesselated or mosaic pavement. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 17-19. - The outer court. Emerging from the doorway inwards, the prophet, accompanied by his celestial guide, stepped into the outward court, i.e. the area surrounding the temple buildings. There the first thing observed was that chambers and a pavement ran round the court. The chambers were cells, or rooms - לִשָׁכות always signifying single rooms in a building (see <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Ezekiel 42:1</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/9-26.htm">1 Chronicles 9:26</a>) - whose dimensions, exact sites, and uses are not specified, though, as they were thirty in number, it is probable they were arranged on the east, north, and south sides of the court, five upon each side of the gate, and standing somewhat apart from each other; that they were large enough to contain as many as thirty persons (see <a href="/1_samuel/9-22.htm">1 Samuel 9:22</a>; and comp. <a href="/jeremiah/35-2.htm">Jeremiah 35:2</a>); and that they were designed for sacrificial meals and such-like purposes (see <a href="/ezekiel/44-1.htm">Ezekiel 44:1</a>, etc.). In pre-exilic times such halls had been occupied by distinguished person s connected with the temple service (see <a href="/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Ezekiel 8:8-12</a>; <a href="/2_kings/23-11.htm">2 Kings 23:11</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/35-4.htm">Jeremiah 35:4</a>, etc.; Jeremiah 36:10; <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6</a>). The pavement was a tessellated floor (comp. <a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Esther 1:6</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/7-3.htm">2 Chronicles 7:3</a>), which ran round the court and was named the lower pavement, to distinguish it from that laid in the inner court which stood at a higher elevation than the outer. As another note of position, it is stated to have been by the side (literally, shoulder) of the gates over against - or, answerable to (Revised Version) - the length of the gates. This can only mean that the breadth of the pavement was fifty cubits (the length of the gates, ver. 15) less six cubits (the thickness of the wall, ver. 5), or forty-four cubits, and that it ran along the inner length of the wall on either side of the gates. The breadth of the court from the forefront of the lower gate, i.e. from the inner end of the east gate or the edge of the pavement, unto the forefront of the inner court without was an hundred cubits. Whether the measurement was up to the wall of the inner court, within which, on this hypothesis, its gate must have wholly lain, or only up to the door of the inner court, which, on this understanding, must have projected beyond its wall, is obscure. The first interpretation derives support from the circumstance that the terminus ad quem of the measurement is said to have been, not the inner gate, but the inner court; while the second finds countenance in the use of the preposition מִחוּצ, which seems to indicate that the measuring proceeded from the western extremity of the outer gate to the eastern extremity of the inner gate, and appears to be confirmed by vers. 23 and 27, as well as by the consideration that in this way the symmetry of the building would be better preserved than by making the outer gate project into the court and the inner gate lie wholly within the inner wall. In this way the hundred cubits marked the distance between the extremities of the gates, the whole breadth of the court being two hundred cubits, i.e. a hundred cubits between the gates, with two gates' lengths of fifty cubits each added. The same measurements applied to the north gate, which the seer next approached. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then he brought וַיְבִיאֵ֗נִי (way·ḇî·’ê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go me into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the outer הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה (ha·ḥî·ṣō·w·nāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2435.htm">Strong's 2435: </a> The, wall side, exterior, secular court, הֶֽחָצֵר֙ (he·ḥā·ṣêr) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> A yard, a hamlet and there וְהִנֵּ֤ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! were chambers לְשָׁכוֹת֙ (lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3957.htm">Strong's 3957: </a> Room, chamber, hall, cell and a pavement וְרִֽצְפָ֔ה (wə·riṣ·p̄āh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7531.htm">Strong's 7531: </a> A hot stone, a tessellated pavement laid out עָשׂ֥וּי (‘ā·śui) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make all around סָבִ֣יב ׀ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around the court. לֶחָצֵ֖ר (le·ḥā·ṣêr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> A yard, a hamlet Thirty שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (šə·lō·šîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7970.htm">Strong's 7970: </a> Thirty, thirtieth chambers לְשָׁכ֖וֹת (lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3957.htm">Strong's 3957: </a> Room, chamber, hall, cell faced אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the pavement, הָרִֽצְפָֽה׃ (hā·riṣ·p̄āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7531.htm">Strong's 7531: </a> A hot stone, a tessellated pavement <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Ezekiel 40:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-17.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 40:17 Then brought he me into the outer (Ezek. 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