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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/42.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/42.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/42.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/42.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/42.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers <i>were</i> shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/42.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers <i>were</i> shorter, because the galleries took away <i>space</i> from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/42.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers <i>were</i> smaller because the galleries took more <i>space</i> away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/42.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/42.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the upper chambers <i>were</i> smaller because the galleries took more <i>space</i> away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the upper chambers <i>were</i> smaller because the galleries took more <i>space</i> away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/42.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took away more <i>space</i> from them than from the chambers on the lower and middle stories of the building;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/42.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/42.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/42.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.<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 top level were narrower than those on the middle level, and the rooms on the middle level were narrower than those on the bottom level. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/42.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/42.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The side rooms on the third story were narrower than those on the first or second stories of the building because the corridors took space away from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/42.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The rooms at the upper level of the building were narrower than those at the middle and lower levels because they were set further back. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/42.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/42.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/42.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/42.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/42.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/42.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/42.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the upper chambers [are] short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/42.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the upper chambers are short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/42.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the upper cells shortened, for the offsets will prevail above these, from the lower and from the middle of the building:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/42.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Where were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from the lower parts, and from the midst of the building. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/42.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In that place, there were storerooms in the upper part of the lower level. For they supported the porticos, which projected from them out of the lower level, and out of the middle of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/42.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The upper chambers were shorter because they lost space to the lower and middle tiers of the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/42.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/42.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now the upper rooms were smaller because the stairway went through them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/42.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the chambers above were small, because the stairs were entering into them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/42.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/42.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the upper walks were in like manner: for the peristyle projected from it, <i>even</i> from the range of columns below, and <i>there was</i> a space between; so <i>were there</i> a peristyle and a space between, and so <i>were there</i> two porticos.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/42-5.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=12802" 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">4</span>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="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5945.htm" title="5945: hā·‘el·yō·w·nōṯ (Art:: Adj-fp) -- An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme. From alah; an elevation, i.e. Lofty; as title, the Supreme.">Now the upper</a> <a href="/hebrew/3957.htm" title="3957: wə·hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fp) -- Room, chamber, hall, cell. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building.">chambers</a> <a href="/hebrew/7114.htm" title="7114: qə·ṣu·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- To dock off, curtail, to harvest. A primitive root; to dock off, i.e. Curtail; especially to harvest.">were smaller</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/862.htm" title="862: ’at·tî·qîm (N-mp) -- A ledge, offset in a, building. Or mattiyq; from nathaq in the sense of decreasing; a ledge or offset in a building.">the galleries</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·wḵ·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">took more space</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hê·nāh (Prep-m:: Pro-3fp) -- ">from the chambers</a> <a href="/hebrew/8481.htm" title="8481: mê·hat·taḥ·tō·nō·wṯ (Prep-m, Art:: Adj-fp) -- Lower, lowest. Or tachton; from tachath; bottommost.">on the lower</a> <a href="/hebrew/8484.htm" title="8484: ū·mê·hat·ti·ḵō·nō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-m, Art:: Adj-fp) -- Middle. Or tiykon; from tavek; central.">and middle floors</a> <a href="/hebrew/1146.htm" title="1146: bin·yān (N-ms) -- A structure. From banah; an edifice.">of the building.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>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.…<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/6-10.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/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/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="/1_kings/7-6.htm">1 Kings 7:6</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.<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/3-9.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/3-11.htm">2 Chronicles 3:11-12</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-7.htm">2 Chronicles 4:7</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm">2 Chronicles 4:22</a></span><br />the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-1.htm">2 Chronicles 5:1</a></span><br />So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-7.htm">2 Chronicles 5:7-8</a></span><br />Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim. / For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-10.htm">2 Chronicles 5:10</a></span><br />There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-13.htm">2 Chronicles 5:13-14</a></span><br />The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-2.htm">2 Chronicles 6:2</a></span><br />But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.</p><p class="hdg">were higher than these.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-2.htm">Building</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-32.htm">Contain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-30.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Galleries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Middlemost</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm">Narrower</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-25.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-4.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Short</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm">Shorter</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Smaller</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Space</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-14.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Building</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-8.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-11.htm">Contain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-3.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/songs/7-5.htm">Galleries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-9.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Middlemost</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Narrower</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/daniel/11-20.htm">Short</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm">Shorter</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Smaller</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Space</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-9.htm">Ways</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/42.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/42.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now the upper chambers were smaller</b><br>The design of the temple complex in Ezekiel's vision reflects a meticulous architectural plan. The upper chambers being smaller may symbolize the diminishing space as one ascends, possibly indicating a hierarchy or a progression towards holiness. In ancient Near Eastern architecture, upper rooms were often used for special purposes, such as prayer or storage, suggesting a reserved or sacred function. This design could also reflect the practicalities of ancient construction techniques, where upper levels needed to be lighter and smaller to maintain structural integrity.<p><b>because the galleries took more space</b><br>The term "galleries" refers to the architectural features that provided access and possibly light to the chambers. These galleries could have been walkways or corridors that allowed movement between different parts of the temple complex. The allocation of space to galleries rather than chambers might indicate the importance of accessibility and movement within the temple, emphasizing the need for order and function in worship practices. This design choice highlights the balance between utility and sacred space in the temple's construction.<p><b>from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building</b><br>The mention of lower and middle floors suggests a multi-level structure, which was common in ancient temple designs. The lower and middle floors likely served different purposes, with the lower floors possibly used for more mundane or preparatory activities, and the middle floors for more sacred functions. This tiered structure can be seen as a reflection of the spiritual journey, where one moves from the earthly to the divine. The design of the temple, with its distinct levels, may also symbolize the separation between the holy and the common, a theme prevalent in the Old Testament, where access to the most sacred spaces was restricted to certain individuals, such as priests.<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 order. It serves as a blueprint for holiness and divine architecture.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/upper_chambers.htm">Upper Chambers</a></b><br>These are part of the temple's structure, specifically mentioned as being smaller due to the architectural design involving galleries.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/galleries.htm">Galleries</a></b><br>Architectural features that take up space in the temple structure, affecting the size of the upper chambers.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a period of great trial and reflection for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_order_and_design.htm">Divine Order and Design</a></b><br>God's attention to detail in the temple's design reflects His nature of order and purpose. Believers are called to reflect this order in their lives, prioritizing spiritual growth and holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_space_and_structure.htm">Symbolism of Space and Structure</a></b><br>The smaller upper chambers remind us that spiritual elevation often requires sacrifice and adaptation. In our walk with God, we may need to let go of certain comforts to grow closer to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_our_lives.htm">God's Presence in Our Lives</a></b><br>The temple symbolizes God's presence among His people. Today, believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit, called to live in a way that honors God's indwelling presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/adaptability_in_faith.htm">Adaptability in Faith</a></b><br>Just as the temple's design required adjustments, our faith journey may require us to adapt to new challenges and circumstances, trusting in God's overarching plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Ezekiel's vision of the temple offers hope for restoration and renewal. In times of personal exile or hardship, we can trust in God's promise to restore and renew us.<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_do_ezekiel's_and_1_kings'_temples_differ.htm">What explains inconsistencies between the Temple vision in Ezekiel 40 and other biblical Temple descriptions, such as in 1 Kings 6-7?</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/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/why_wasn't_ezekiel_42's_temple_built.htm">If Ezekiel 42's temple was meant to be literal, why did this plan never materialize in recorded history?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">For the galleries were higher than these.</span>--Translate this verse, <span class= "ital">And the upper chambers</span> <span class= "ital">were shortened, because the galleries took off from them</span> (literally, <span class= "ital">eat of them</span>)<span class= "ital"> in comparison with the lower and the middle</span> [<span class= "ital">chambers</span>]<span class= "ital"> of the building.</span> The building was in three storeys (<a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 42:6</a>), like the chambers round the Temple, but the gallery is mentioned only in connection with the third (<a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm" title="Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.">Ezekiel 42:3</a>). As it must have been taken out of the width of the chambers, it made those of the third storey narrower.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/42.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - The rendering of the Revised Version sufficiently explains this otherwise obscure verse, "Now the upper chambers were shorter," or narrower, "for the galleries took away from these;" literally, <span class="accented">did eat of them</span>, "<span class="accented">more</span> than from the lower and the middlemest in the building." In other words, the chambers rose in terrace form, each of the upper stories receding from that below it, as was customary in Babylonian architecture. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/42-5.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">Now the upper</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘el·yō·w·nōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5945.htm">Strong's 5945: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme</span><br /><br /><span class="word">chambers</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, 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">[were] smaller</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצֻר֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣu·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7114.htm">Strong's 7114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dock off, curtail, to harvest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</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">the galleries</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתִּיקִ֜ים</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tî·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_862.htm">Strong's 862: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ledge, offset in a, building</span><br /><br /><span class="word">took more space</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹכְל֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wḵ·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3201.htm">Strong's 3201: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be able, have power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the chambers</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵהֵ֗נָה</span> <span class="translit">(mê·hê·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | 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">on the lower</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנ֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·hat·taḥ·tō·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">וּמֵהַתִּֽכֹנ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·hat·ti·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 /><br /><span class="word">of the building.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּנְיָֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(bin·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1146.htm">Strong's 1146: </a> </span><span class="str2">A structure</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Ezekiel 42:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter (Ezek. 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