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Ezekiel 42:10

On the south side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hedge;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the south, there were chambers facing the temple yard and the western building,
Hebrew Names Version
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
In the thickness of the wall of the court, on the south also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers
New American Standard Bible
In the thickness of the wall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers.
New Century Version
at the start of the wall beside the courtyard. There were rooms on the south side, which were across from the private area and the building.
Amplified Bible
In the width of the wall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, were chambers;
Geneva Bible (1587)
The chambers were in the thicknesse of the wall of the court towarde the East, ouer against the separate place, and ouer against the building.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers.
Legacy Standard Bible
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers.
Berean Standard Bible
On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers, adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,
Complete Jewish Bible
In the width of the courtyard wall on the east, facing the separated yard and facing the building, there were rooms,
Darby Translation
In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the south, before the separate place, and before the building, were cells;
Easy-to-Read Version
The entrance was at the start of the wall beside the courtyard. There were rooms on the south side, by the restricted area and the other building. These rooms had a
George Lamsa Translation
The rooms were in the breadth of the wall of the court at the eastern gate opposite the separate place, and in front of the building where the rooms were.
Lexham English Bible
All along the width of the wall of the courtyard eastward in front of the courtyard to the front of the building were chambers.
Literal Translation
In the width of the wall of the court eastward, to the face of the separate area, and to the face of the building were rooms.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
thorow the thicke wall of the fore courte towarde the east, right ouer agaynst the separated buyldinge.
American Standard Version
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.
Bible in Basic English
(And he took me) to the south, and in front of the separate place and in front of the building there were rooms.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers,
King James Version (1611)
The chambers were in the thickenes of the wall of the court toward the East, ouer against the separate place, and ouer against the building.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the thicknesse of the wall of the court towarde the east before the separate place, and before the building of the chambers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
by the opening of the walk at the corner; and the south parts were toward the south, toward the remaining space, and toward the partition, and so were the chambers.
English Revised Version
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.
World English Bible
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in the brede of the wal of the halle, that was ayens the eest weie in the face of the bilding departid. And treseries weren bifore the bilding,
Update Bible Version
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place and before the building, there were chambers,
Webster's Bible Translation
The chambers [were] in the thickness of the wall of the court towards the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
New English Translation
At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers
New King James Version
Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building.
New Life Bible
There were rooms in the width of the wall of the open space toward the east, over from the other open space and the other building.
New Revised Standard
The width of the passage was fixed by the wall of the court. On the south also, opposite the vacant area and opposite the building, there were chambers
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east facing the secluded place and facing the enclosing wall, were chambers. n
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the breadth of the outward wall of the court that was toward the east, over against the separate building, and there were chambers before the building.
Revised Standard Version
where the outside wall begins. On the south also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers
Young's Literal Translation
In the breadth of the wall of the court eastward, unto the front of the separate place, and unto the front of the building, [are] chambers.
THE MESSAGE
On the south side along the length of the courtyard's outside wall and fronting on the Temple courtyard were rooms with a walkway in front of them. These were just like the rooms on the north—same exits and dimensions—with the main entrance from the east leading to the hallway and the doors to the rooms the same as those on the north side. The design on the south was a mirror image of that on the north.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard. 2 This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet long and 87 1⁄2 feet wide. 3 One block of rooms overlooked the 35-foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other. 4 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. 5 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. 6 Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it. 7 There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87 1⁄2 feet long. 8 This wall added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only 87 1⁄2 feet, while the inner block—the rooms toward the Temple—extended for 175 feet. 9 There was an eastern entrance from the outer courtyard to these rooms. 10 On the south side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the thickness: Rather, "the breadth of the wall," that is, the breadth of ground which it enclosed. Ezekiel 41:12

over against: These south chambers were exactly like those on the north. Ezekiel 42:1, Ezekiel 42:13, Ezekiel 41:13-15

Cross-References

Genesis 27:29
May many nations become your servants, and may they bow down to you. May you be the master over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. All who curse you will be cursed, and all who bless you will be blessed."
Genesis 27:37
Isaac said to Esau, "I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give you, my son?"
Genesis 37:8
His brothers responded, "So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?" And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.
Genesis 44:9
If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves."
1 Samuel 26:17
Saul recognized David's voice and called out, "Is that you, my son David?" And David replied, "Yes, my lord the king.
1 Kings 18:7
As Obadiah was walking along, he suddenly saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized him at once and bowed low to the ground before him. "Is it really you, my lord Elijah?" he asked.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east,.... As there were chambers in the northern part of the outward court, some which looked to the north, and others to the south, so likewise some to the east; and these were built on the breadth, as it may be rendered, of the court wall to the east; signifying there will be churches raised in all the northern parts of the world:

over against the separate place, and over against the building; as the other chambers were; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render it: Breadth-wise (was) the wall Ezekiel 42:7 toward the east; in front of the separate place and of the building (were) the chambers: i. e., on the east was “the wall” (“geder”); along the boundary wall of “the separate place” and of the “building” (the temple) lay the “chambers.”


 
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