The doors of the side rooms were toward an open area that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around.
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The doors of the side rooms were toward an open area that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around.
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And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
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And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 41:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side rooms, on the outside, was five cubits. That which was left was the place of the side rooms that belonged to the house.
- Ezekiel 42:4 Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 41:11 And the doors of the side chambers…
Eze 41:11 And the doors of the side chambers [were] toward [the place that was] left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left [was] five cubits round about.
Ver. 11. Toward the place that was left.] Which served the faithful, saith Jerome, for an oratory, whither they went to pray.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The doors of the lowest row opened into this…
The doors of the lowest row opened into this void paved space. Beside the particular doors to each chamber, there were two, one on the north, where was a fair staircase, which did lead up to every story, and above these to the top of the temple. And so another like this on the south, excepting that this south staircase led not up to the top of all, as that north staircase did.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the doors of the side chambers were towards…
And the doors of the side chambers were towards the place that was left,.... These opened to the void space before them; that is, those of the lower storey; the others must open to the winding staircase that led down to it:
one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; which is not to be understood as if each chamber had two doors; but either of the two doors, which opened at the top of the staircase to the north and south; or of the doors of those chambers, which were on the north, and opened towards it; and of those that were on the south, that opened to that: indeed the Misnic doctors say (d) that each chamber had three doors; one to the chamber on the right; another to the chamber on the left; and a third to the upper chamber: and in the north east corner were five doors; one to the chamber on the right; and one to the upper chamber; a third to the winding stairs; a fourth to the little gate; and the fifth to the temple; these signify the free entrance of men into the churches of Christ in the latter day, whose gates shall be opened to let in the righteous nation; and shall stand open continually, that the forces of the Gentiles and their kings may be brought, Isa 26:2 and in the New Jerusalem there are gates, east, west, north, and south, even twelve of them, and at them twelve angels; and which gates shall not be shut day nor night, Rev 21:12,
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and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about; the void space that was left before the side chambers; see Eze 41:9.
(d) Misn. Middot, c. 4. sect. 3.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The doors - The doors of the lowest row…
The doors - The doors of the lowest row opened into this void paved space.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. And the doors] See the plan, aa.…
Verse 11. And the doors] See the plan, aa. bb. See Clarke on Eze 48:35.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The doors of the side-chambers opened on to the…
The doors of the side-chambers opened on to the passage or corridor, between the chambers and the temple-wall.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Prayer, or "separated;" munnach, (Haydock) the inner house, ver.…
Prayer, or "separated;" munnach, (Haydock) the inner house, ver. 9.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. The verse states plainly that the place that…
11. The verse states plainly that the place that was left, i.e. the margin of platform unoccupied by buildings, was 5 cubits broad, Fig. 2, E. and that the doors of the side-chambers opened upon it, one on the N. and another on the S. side, Fig. 2, g. It is evident that the side-chambers could have doors nowhere else, for their wall on one side was the wall of the house, in which doors could not be permitted; and the measurements seem to shew that the margin of raised basement did not go round the house on the west. In Solomon’s temple there was probably only one door, on the S. side, 1Ki_6:8.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) The doors of the side chambers.—These doors opened…
(11) The doors of the side chambers.—These doors opened upon the platform, that for the series on the north side to the north, and for the other to the south. There was but one door on each side, so that the series of chambers must have been entered one from another.
We may now sum up the measurements of the Temple with its chambers and surrounding space. The wall, 6 cubits; the chambers, 4; their outer wall, 5; the platform beyond, 5; the space beyond this, 20 (6 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 20 = 40). This was on each side, and therefore is to be doubled, making 80 cubits; to this add the 20 cubits of the inner width of the Temple, and we have exactly the 100 cubits, the width of the inner court. In the same way the length: here the porch is considered as belonging to the court, and with it the front wall of the Temple, the thickness of which is included in the length of the porch. Beginning then at the inside of the outer walls, we have the inner length of Temple, 60 cubits; rear wall, 6; chambers, 4; outer wall, 5; platform, 5; space, 20; in all, 100 cubits. thus making an exact square.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The place that was left has been differently explained…
The place that was left has been differently explained (see above on ver. 9); but on any hypothesis the side chambers opened on the free space towards the north and towards the south, g.s. one row of chambers was entered by a door from the south, another by a door from the north. The corridor into which the chambers opened whether between them and the house (Ewald, Currey) or between them and an outside wall (Kliefoth, Hengstenberg, Keil) was five cubits broad. Thus the whole breadth of the temple court can be obtained.
I The breadth of the court
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1. Breadth of the house 20 cubits
2. Breadth of wall, 6 2 cubits = 12 cubits
3. Breadth of chambers, 4 2 cubits = 8 cubits
4. Breadth of chamber wall, 5 2 cubits = 10 cubits
5. Breadth of corridor, 5 2 cubits = 10 cubits
6. Breadth of free space, 20 2 cubits = 40 cubits Total 100 cubits
II The length of the court
1. The length of the house ... 60 cubits
2. The temple wall 6 cubits
3. The chambers 4 cubits
4. The chamber wall 5 cubits
5. The corridor 5 cubits
6. The space towards the west 20 cubits Total ... 100 cubits
The "house" was thus one hundred cubits square. The perch of the house was reckoned as belonging to the inner court. (Eze_40:48)
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