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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1-14

The prophet has taken a very exact view of the temple and the buildings belonging to it, and is now brought again into the outer court, to observe the chambers that were in that square. I. Here is a description of these chambers, which (as that which went before) seems to us very perplexed and intricate, through our unacquaintedness with the Hebrew language and the rules of architecture at that time. We shall only observe, in general, 1. That about the temple, which was the place of public... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north ,.... After the dimensions of the gates and courts of this building had been shown, and that of itself, the holy and most holy place, with the ornaments thereof; the prophet is brought by his guide into the outward court, which encompassed the building to the north part of it; probably he came out of the north gate of the house into it. So the Targum renders it, "by the way of the gate which is open to the way of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 42:2

Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door ,.... That is, the north door of the house opened to a space that lay between that and the chambers, which was a hundred cubits long: and the breadth was fifty cubits ; or the sense is, that the prophet was brought, as Noldius renders the words F20 Concord. Ebr. Partic. p. 82. , to a place whose length was an hundred cubits towards the north door ; so that they describe the length and breadth of these chambers, the whole... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 42:3

Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court ,.... Starckius thinks that the breadth of the chambers being fifty cubits, is here parted, and disposed of, and accounted for. The chambers were in two rows over against each other; that row which looked to the south, and so to the temple, was twenty cubits broad; and because it led to the temple, its court is called the inner court: and over against the pavement which was for the utter court : or that row which was over... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 42:1

He brought me forth into the utter court - He brought him out from the temple into the court of the priests. This, in reference to the temple, was called the outer court; but the court of the people was beyond this. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1

The survey of the house having been completed, the seer was conducted by his guide into the outer court (see on Ezekiel 40:17 ), by the way toward the north, i.e. by the inner north gate (see Ezekiel 40:23 ) and from the outer court into t he chamber that was over against the separate place , and which was before the building toward the north . That this chamber, or these chambers ( לִשְׁכָּה being a collective noun, though in Ezekiel 42:4 and Ezekiel 42:5 it occurs in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1

The outer court. There was an outer court in the temple of Jerusalem, held to be less sacred than the courts nearer to the holy place; to this court Gentiles were admitted. I. THERE IS AN OUTER COURT IN ALL RELIGION . There are always people who seem to stand midway between the Church and the world. In some cases they are like Elijah's contemporaries, halting between two opinions ( 1 Kings 18:21 ). They may be described as like the scribe who was "not far from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:2

With this verse the Authorized and Revised Versions begin a new sentence, and are in this at one with Smend; but the majority of expositors place the second verse under the regimen of the verb, "he brought me," in Ezekiel 42:1 , and understand the seer to state that he was planted down before the length (or, long side) of an hundred cubits , with the door toward the north , and the breadth fifty cubits. That is to say, the building which contained the sacristies, or priests'... read more

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