King James Version
Ezekiel 42:2 in the King James Version says “Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.”
Ezekiel 42:2 · KJV
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.
Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
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.
And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
“was the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
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