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Their doors were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/42.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Between the two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 17 1 / 2 feet wide. It extended the entire 175 feet of the complex, and all the doors faced north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/42.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/42.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And before the chambers <i>was</i> a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/42.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In front of the chambers, toward the inside, <i>was</i> a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/42.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />In front of the chambers <i>was</i> an inner passage ten cubits wide, a way of one <i>hundred</i> cubits; and their openings <i>were</i> on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/42.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Before the chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/42.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And before the chambers <i>was</i> an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one <i>hundred</i> cubits; and their openings <i>were</i> on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Before the chambers <i>was</i> an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one <i>hundred</i> cubits; and their openings <i>were</i> on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/42.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In front of the [attached] chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and one <i>hundred</i> cubits long; and their entrances were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/42.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In front of the chambers was a walkway toward the inside, 17 1 /2 feet wide and 175 feet long, and their entrances were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In front of the chambers was a walkway toward the inside, 17 1/2 feet wide and 175 feet long, and their entrances were on the north. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/42.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/42.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />with doors that opened toward the north, and in front of them was a walkway five meters wide and 50 meters long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/42.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/42.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In front of the side rooms was a walkway, 17 1/2 feet wide and 175 feet long. The doors of these side rooms faced north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/42.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Along the north side of this building was a passageway 16 feet wide and 168 feet long, with entrances on that side. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/42.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In front of the chambers there was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and 100 cubits wide, the openings to which were on the north. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/42.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/42.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17 1/2 feet wide at a distance of 1 3/4 feet, and their entrances were on the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/42.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Before the rooms was a walk of seventeen feet three inches breadth inward, a way of one hundred seventy-two feet three inches; and their doors were toward the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/42.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors towards the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/42.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/42.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And at the front of the chambers [is] a walk of ten cubits in breadth to the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings [are] at the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/42.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And at the front of the chambers is a walk of ten cubits in breadth unto the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings are at the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/42.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And before the cells a walk, ten cubits the breadth of the inside, a way of one cubit; and their doors to the north.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/42.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And before the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one cubit. And their doors were toward the north. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/42.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And before the storerooms, there was a walkway of ten cubits in width, looking toward the interior along a way of one cubit. And their doors were toward the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/42.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In front of the chambers was a walkway ten cubits wide on the inside of a wall one cubit wide. The doorways faced north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/42.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In front of the chambers was a passage on the inner side, ten cubits wide and one hundred cubits deep, and its entrances were on the north.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/42.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And before the rooms was a passage ten cubits broad, and its length a hundred cubits; and the door of the passage was toward the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/42.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in front of the chambers of the walking place was ten cubits in width, and the length a hundred cubits, and the door of the walking place was toward the north<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/42.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/42.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And in front of the chambers was a walk ten cubits in breadth, the length <i>reaching</i> to a hundred cubits; and their doors were northward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/42-4.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=12792" 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">3</span>Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: wə·lip̄·nê (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">In front</a> <a href="/hebrew/3957.htm" title="3957: hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Room, chamber, hall, cell. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building.">of the chambers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4109.htm" title="4109: ma·hă·laḵ (N-msc) -- A walk, journey, a going. From halak; a walk, i.e. A passage or a distance.">was an inner walkway</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6442.htm" title="6442: hap·pə·nî·mîṯ (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Inner. From paniym; interior."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘e·śer (Number-fsc) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: rō·ḥaḇ (N-ms) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">wide</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāṯ (Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">and a hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·māh (N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">long.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6607.htm" title="6607: ū·p̄iṯ·ḥê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Opening, doorway, entrance. From pathach; an opening, i.e. Door or entrance way.">Their doors</a> <a href="/hebrew/6828.htm" title="6828: laṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- North. Or tsaphon; from tsaphan; properly, hidden, i.e. Dark; used only of the north as a quarter.">were on the north.</a> </span><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.…<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 6:5-6</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.<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/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10</a></span><br />He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-12.htm">1 Kings 7:12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">2 Chronicles 3:5</a></span><br />He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.<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/4-9.htm">2 Chronicles 4:9</a></span><br />He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-7.htm">Nehemiah 3:7</a></span><br />Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-15.htm">Nehemiah 3:15</a></span><br />The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-20.htm">Nehemiah 3:20</a></span><br />Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-25.htm">Nehemiah 3:25</a></span><br />and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-31.htm">Nehemiah 3:31</a></span><br />Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-32.htm">Nehemiah 3:32</a></span><br />And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-23.htm">John 10:23</a></span><br />and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-11.htm">Acts 3:11</a></span><br />While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.</p><p class="hdg">a walk</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">Ezekiel 42:11</a></b></br> And the way before them <i>was</i> like the appearance of the chambers which <i>were</i> toward the north, as long as they, <i>and</i> as broad as they: and all their goings out <i>were</i> both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.</p><p class="hdg">a way</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/7-14.htm">Matthew 7:14</a></b></br> Because strait <i>is</i> the gate, and narrow <i>is</i> the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/13-24.htm">Luke 13:24</a></b></br> Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-2.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-42.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-25.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Entries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Facing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-2.htm">Front</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-2.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-2.htm">North</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-36.htm">Openings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Part</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Passage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-2.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-24.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-2.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-10.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-38.htm">Entries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Facing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Front</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-8.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">North</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">Openings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-21.htm">Part</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">Passage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-1.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm">Wide</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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These chambers likely served as storage or living quarters for priests. The inner walkway suggests a space for movement and access, emphasizing the organized and functional design of the temple. This reflects the orderliness and holiness expected in the service of God, paralleling the detailed instructions given for the Tabernacle in Exodus.<p><b>ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long</b><br>The specific measurements highlight the precision and intentionality in God's design. A cubit is approximately 18 inches, making the walkway about 15 feet wide and 150 feet long. This size indicates a significant area for movement, suggesting the importance of accessibility and order in worship practices. The use of specific measurements is reminiscent of the detailed instructions for the construction of the Tabernacle and Solomon's Temple, underscoring the continuity of God's plan and the importance of obedience to His specifications.<p><b>Their doors were on the north</b><br>The orientation of the doors to the north may have practical implications, such as protection from the sun, or symbolic ones, as the north often represents judgment or God's presence in biblical literature. In Ezekiel's vision, the north gate is associated with the glory of God entering the temple (<a href="/ezekiel/44-4.htm">Ezekiel 44:4</a>). This orientation could symbolize the accessibility of God's presence to those who serve Him, as well as the readiness of the priests to perform their duties in accordance with divine instructions.<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 temple in chapters 40-48.<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 and symbolic representation of God's presence and future restoration. It is not the physical temple built by Solomon or the second temple built after the exile.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_chambers.htm">The Chambers</a></b><br>These are rooms within the temple complex described in Ezekiel's vision. They are part of the detailed architectural plan that symbolizes order, holiness, and God's presence.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_inner_walkway.htm">The Inner Walkway</a></b><br>This passageway is part of the temple's design, emphasizing the structured and orderly nature of God's dwelling place.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_north.htm">The North</a></b><br>The direction mentioned in the verse, which often holds symbolic significance in biblical texts, sometimes associated with judgment or divine presence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_order_and_holiness.htm">God's Order and Holiness</a></b><br>The detailed description of the temple, including the inner walkway, reflects God's nature of order and holiness. Believers are called to reflect this order and holiness in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a></b><br>The temple vision symbolizes God's presence and future restoration. It encourages believers to look forward to the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/direction_and_purpose.htm">Direction and Purpose</a></b><br>The mention of the north and the specific measurements remind us that God has a purpose and direction for His plans. We should seek His guidance in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_walkways.htm">Spiritual Walkways</a></b><br>Just as the inner walkway provided access within the temple, believers are called to maintain a clear and direct path in their spiritual walk, ensuring unobstructed fellowship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_restoration.htm">Anticipation of Restoration</a></b><br>The vision of the temple serves as a reminder of God's promise to restore and renew. Believers can find hope in God's faithfulness to restore what is broken.<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_no_evidence_for_ezekiel_42_4_design.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 describes specific architectural details for temple chambers—why is there no clear archaeological evidence supporting this exact design? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_ezekiel_42_and_1_kings_6_differ.htm">Why do the measurements in Ezekiel 42 seem to conflict with earlier temple designs described in 1 Kings 6?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/42.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">A walk of ten cubits breadth inward.</span>--The meaning of this clause depends upon that of the next, "a way of one cubit." There is every reason <span class= "ital">to</span> suppose here an error of the text, and that <span class= "ital">one cubit</span> should be <span class= "ital">one hundred,</span> as it reads in the Greek. The change requires only a transposition of the first letters in one word, and a consequent alteration of one letter in the other. Exactly the same transposition has occurred in <a href="/ezekiel/42-16.htm" title="He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.">Ezekiel 42:16</a>, where it is corrected in the margin of the Hebrew, and properly translated "five hundred" instead of "five cubits." One cannot conceive of a walk or an entrance of one cubit (twenty inches) serving any useful purpose. Assuming this change, the meaning will be that a walk (see Plan II., K [<a href="/context/ezekiel/40-44.htm" title="And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.">Ezekiel 40:44-49</a>]) of 10 cubits wide and 100 long led to the entrance of the chambers. That this was on the north is plain from its being expressly said that the door was on the north. It may seem surprising that this should have been in the outer court, but a glance at the plan in connection with what is said below will explain the reason of the arrangement. The length of the walk, 100 cubits, just reaches to the steps of the north gate of the inner court. It will be remembered that in <a href="/context/ezekiel/40-39.htm" title="And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.">Ezekiel 40:39-43</a> this was described as the place for killing and preparing the sacrifices. Now, only the fat and kidneys of the sin and trespass and peace offerings were burnt upon the altar; the whole of the former (ordinarily) and the priests' portion of the latter were to be carried to this chamber (<a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm" title="Then said he to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach to the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.">Ezekiel 42:13</a>). The walk was therefore placed in the best possible situation.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/42.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Before the chambers a walk</span>. Whether this walk ran along the longer, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> northern, or in front of the eastern side of the chambers, and how it stood related to the <span class="cmt_word">way</span>, which is likewise mentioned in connection with the chambers, are litigated questions. The LXX. identifies the two, and understands a way in front of the chambers of ten cubits broad and a hundred cubits long. Ewald and Keil so far agree with the LXX. as to change the one cubit way into a hundred-cubit way; but whereas Ewald thinks of a passage ten cubits broad and a hundred cubits long, running from west to east between two sets of chambers, Keil speaks of a <span class="accented">walk</span> of ten cubits broad and a hundred cubits long in front of the cells, extending into a way of equal breadth and length, leading westward into the inner court. Havernick's, Hengstenberg's, and Kliefoth's idea, favored by Schroder, and probably the best, is that of a walk of ten cubits in front of the cells, and a <span class="accented">way</span> of one cubit leading into them from the walk. Dr. Currey reverses this, and makes a walk of ten cubits leading inward, and a <span class="accented">way</span>, or kerb, of one cubit in front. Plumptre agrees that the passage leading into the chambers was ten cubits broad, but regards the one cubit as denoting the thickness of the wall separating the <span class="accented">walk</span> from the interior of the chambers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/42-4.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">In front</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִפְנֵ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the chambers</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3957.htm">Strong's 3957: </a> </span><span class="str2">Room, chamber, hall, cell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[was] an inner walkway</span><br /><span class="heb">מַהֲלַךְ֩</span> <span class="translit">(ma·hă·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4109.htm">Strong's 4109: </a> </span><span class="str2">A walk, a passage, a distance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ten</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶ֨שֶׂר</span> <span class="translit">(‘e·śer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’am·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wide</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹ֙חַב֙</span> <span class="translit">(rō·ḥaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Breadth, width</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a [hundred]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">long.</span><br /><span class="heb">דֶּ֖רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Their doors</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפִתְחֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄iṯ·ḥê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6607.htm">Strong's 6607: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, entrance way</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were on the north.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַצָּפֽוֹן׃</span> <span class="translit">(laṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6828.htm">Strong's 6828: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Ezekiel 42:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/42-4.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 42:4 Before the chambers was a walk (Ezek. 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