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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 46:21

Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cooking;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prince;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corner;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Next he brought me into the outer court and led me past its four corners. There was a separate court in each of its corners.
Hebrew Names Version
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
King James Version
Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
English Standard Version
Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me around to the four corners of the court. And behold, in each corner of the court there was another court—
New American Standard Bible
Then he brought me out into the outer courtyard and led me across to the four corners of the courtyard; and behold, in every corner of the courtyard there was a small courtyard.
New Century Version
Then the man brought me out into the outer courtyard and led me to its four corners. In each corner of the courtyard was a smaller courtyard.
Amplified Bible
Then he brought me out into the outer courtyard and led me across to the four corners of the courtyard; and behold, in every corner of the courtyard there was a small courtyard.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he brought me foorth into the vtter court, and caused me to goe by the foure corners of the court: and beholde, in euery corner of the court, there was a court.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he brought me out into the outer court and led me across to the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a small court.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he brought me out into the outer court and had me pass through to the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a small court.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
Contemporary English Version
We went back to the outer courtyard and walked past the four corners.
Complete Jewish Bible
He took me into the outer courtyard and had me pass by the four corners of the courtyard, and there in each corner of the courtyard was another courtyard —
Darby Translation
And he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the man led me out to the outer courtyard. He led me to the four corners of the courtyard. I saw smaller courtyards in each corner of the large courtyard.
George Lamsa Translation
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four sides of the court; and behold, on every side of the court there was a court.
Good News Translation
Then he led me to the outer courtyard and showed me that in each of its four corners there was a smaller courtyard, 68 feet long and 48 feet wide.
Lexham English Bible
And he brought me to the outer courtyard and led me past the four corners of the courtyard; and look, there was a courtyard in each corner of the courtyard.
Literal Translation
And He brought me out to the outer court. And He made me pass by the four corners of the court. And, behold, a court in each corner of the court, a court in each corner of the court.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So he brought me in to the vttemost courte, rounde aboute all the foure corners. Beholde, in euery corner of ye fore courte, there was yet a litle courte.
American Standard Version
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Bible in Basic English
And he took me out into the outer square and made me go by the four angles of the square; and I saw that in every angle of the open square there was a space shut in.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
King James Version (1611)
Then hee brought me foorth into the vtter court, and caused me to passe by the foure corners of the court, and behold, in euery corner of the court there was a court.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So he brought me into the vtter court, & caused me to go by the foure corners of the court: and beholde, in euery corner of the court, there was a court.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he brought me into the outer court, and led me round upon the four sides of the court; and, behold, there was a court on each of the sides of the court,
English Revised Version
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
World English Bible
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he ledde me out in to the outermere halle, and ledde me aboute bi the foure corneris of the halle; and lo! a litil halle was in the corner of the halle, alle litil hallis bi the corneris of the halle;
Update Bible Version
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, look, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court [there was] a court.
New English Translation
Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed that in every corner of the court there was a court.
New King James Version
Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court.
New Life Bible
Then he brought me into the outer open space and led me to its four corners. And in every corner I saw a small open space.
New Revised Standard
Then he brought me out to the outer court, and led me past the four corners of the court; and in each corner of the court there was a court—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he caused me to go out into the outer court, and then made me pass through into the four corners of the court, - and lo! a court in each corner of the court:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought me into the outward court, and he led me about by the four corners of the court: and behold there was a little court in the corner of the court, to every corner of the court there was a little court.
Revised Standard Version
Then he brought me forth to the outer court, and led me to the four corners of the court; and in each corner of the court there was a court--
Young's Literal Translation
And he bringeth me out unto the outer court, and causeth me to pass over unto the four corners of the court, and lo, a court in a corner of the court, a court in a corner of the corner.
THE MESSAGE
He proceeded to take me to the outside courtyard and around to each of its four corners. In each corner I observed another court. In each of the four corners of the outside courtyard were smaller courts sixty by forty-five feet, each the same size. On the inside walls of the courts was a stone shelf, and beneath the shelves, hearths for cooking.

Contextual Overview

19 In my vision, the man brought me through the entrance beside the gateway and led me to the sacred rooms assigned to the priests, which faced toward the north. He showed me a place at the extreme west end of these rooms. 20 He explained, "This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them." 21 Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure. 22 Each of these enclosures was 70 feet long and 52 1⁄2 feet wide, surrounded by walls. 23 Along the inside of these walls was a ledge of stone with fireplaces under the ledge all the way around. 24 The man said to me, "These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in every corner of the court there was a court: Heb. a court in the corner of a court; and a court in a corner of a court, Ezekiel 46:21

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 10:5 - outer Ezekiel 40:17 - the outward

Cross-References

Genesis 46:1
So Jacob set out for Egypt with all his possessions. And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
Genesis 46:6
They also took all their livestock and all the personal belongings they had acquired in the land of Canaan. So Jacob and his entire family went to Egypt—
Genesis 46:7
sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters—all his descendants.
Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (though Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Genesis 49:27
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, devouring his enemies in the morning and dividing his plunder in the evening."
Numbers 1:11
Benjamin Abidan son of Gideoni
Deuteronomy 33:12
Moses said this about the tribe of Benjamin: "The people of Benjamin are loved by the Lord and live in safety beside him. He surrounds them continuously and preserves them from every harm."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then he brought me forth into the utter court,.... From the holy chambers of the priests, and from viewing the place where they boiled the sacrifices, and baked the meat offering:

and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; in each of the four corners of the outward court there was another court; signifying that there will be courts or churches in the several parts of the world in the latter day.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The careful provision here made to keep separate the offerings of priests and people was to prevent collision, just as the enactments Ezekiel 46:16-18 were intended to secure their respective rights to prince and people.

Ezekiel 46:19

At the side of the gate - The entrance to the inner court at the same side as the northern gate Ezekiel 42:9.

Ezekiel 46:20

See M Plan II.

Boil - It was unique to the Paschal lamb, that it was to be eaten roasted. The flesh of the other sacrifices was to be “sodden” or boiled (see Leviticus 6:28; 1 Samuel 2:13; 2 Chronicles 24:14 margin). The “meat-offering” (flour and honey) was baked Leviticus 2:4.

Ezekiel 46:21

See K. Plan II.

Ezekiel 46:22

courts joined - enclosed courts, and entered by doors in the walls, which shut them out from the great court. The marginal rendering, “made with chimnies,” is based upon another interpretation of the word.

These four corners - Or, “these four corner-courts were of one measure.”


 
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