King James Version
What Does Ezekiel 42:8 Mean?
“For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.”
Context
6
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.
7
And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
8
For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
9
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. from under: or, from the place the entry: or, he that brought me as: or, as he came
10
The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(8) **The length of the chambers.—**We should say the breadth, since a longer measurement the other way immediately follows; but the word is used in connection with, and as a reason for, the length of the wall mentioned in Ezekiel 42:7, as if it were said, “The wall was fifty cubits long, because this side of the building was fifty cubits long.” To prevent any possible misunderstanding it is immediately added, “Before (literally, *upon the face of*) the Temple an hundred cubits;” *i.e.*, the length east and west was 100 cubits.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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