The wall that was outside by the side of the rooms, toward the outer court before the rooms, its length was fifty cubits.
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The wall that was outside by the side of the rooms, toward the outer court before the rooms, its length was fifty cubits.
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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.
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And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 42:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 42:10 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were rooms.
- Ezekiel 42:12 According to the doors of the rooms that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 42:7 And the wall that [was] without over…
Eze 42:7 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.
Ver. 7. Here the Rabbis call again for the help of their Elias. See on Eze 40:6.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The wall; not of the chambers, but some wall…
The wall; not of the chambers, but some wall at distance from them; perhaps some wall that might keep up a terrace-walk.
Over against the chambers; therefore was northward from the chambers.
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The utter court; the court of the men, or of Israel, which is called utter with respect to this, wherein this building stood, as this was called utter, Eze 42:1,3, with respect to the court that was more inward.
On the forepart of the chambers; which evidently shows that the wall of fifty cubits stood north from these chambers.
The length thereof was fifty cubits; answerable to the length of this building from east to west.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the wall that was without over against the…
And the wall that was without over against the chambers,.... This wall separated and distinguished the chambers from the outward court, as well as was a protection of them; and signifies the grace and power of God, which separates his true churches from the world, and is the security of them; See Gill on Eze 11:5.
this was towards the utter court, on the fore part of the chambers; or front of them, which seems to be to the north of them; since their doors were towards the north, Eze 42:4, though Cocceius makes it to be to the west, which better agrees with what follows:
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the length thereof was fifty cubits; which answers to the breadth of the chambers, Eze 42:2 and what is called length here, with respect to the wall, is called the breadth with respect to the chambers. The wall of divine protection is equal to the length and breadth, and even the whole compass, of the churches of Christ.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The wall - A wall at a distance from…
The wall - A wall at a distance from them, perhaps some wall that might keep up a terrace-walk.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The “wall” here must be one from north to…
The “wall” here must be one from north to south, fencing off from the outer court the passage along the east side of the chambers, and therefore fifty cubits long.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. wall … without] i.e. not forming part of…
7. wall … without] i.e. not forming part of the block of cells, but extending eastward from the end of the shorter wing, and therefore said to be beside the cells that lay towards the outer court. Fig. 3, vw.
on the forepart] in front of or facing—still said of the wall (Fig. 3, vw). The “chambers” seem to be those of the longer wing. The piece of wall would face them; but the words might be (though less likely) a second specification of the position of the piece of wall referred to in regard to the shorter wing (cf. Eze_42:2). The length of this piece of wall was 50 cubits. The reason is stated in Eze_42:8.
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7–9. The shorter wing of chambers. Read together the verses run: “And the wall that was without, beside the chambers which were toward the outer court, facing the (other?) chambers, the length thereof was 50 cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers that were toward the outer court was 50 cubits; but those toward the temple were 100 cubits. 9 And below these chambers was the entrance-way on the east when one goeth to them from the outer court, at the beginning of the wall of the court”—the first words of Eze_42:10 being connected with Eze_42:9.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) The wall that was without.—We have two indications…
(7) The wall that was without.—We have two indications of what wall is here meant. In the first place, the word itself is neither of those which have been hitherto used, but one signifying a fence-wall, and is translated in Eze_13:5; Eze_22:30, hedge; and in Num_22:24, a vineyard wall. Its length is also said to be fifty cubits (the breadth of the chamber). It must, therefore, have been a screen wall at one end of the chambers, and it could not have been at the western end, as that was otherwise occupied (Eze_46:19-20). It was then at the eastern end, and was doubtless for the purpose of screening the windows at that end from the outer court while the priests were changing their garments. The word here translated over against is not the one used in Eze_42:1; Eze_42:3, and may equally well be rendered parallel to.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The wall; or, fence the Hebrew term being not…
The wall; or, fence the Hebrew term being not hm; jo, as in Eze_40:5, or ryqi, as in Eze_41:5, both of which signify the wall of a city or a building, but rdeg; (or rdg, as in ver. 10), which means a fence or hedge, as in Eze 13:5without, over against or, by the side of (Revised Version)the chambers, toward the outer court, cannot have been a rampart along the north side of-the chambers, since this was a hundred cubits long, but must have been a wall upon the side of the chambers (east or west) fencing off the outer court from the passage which led down by the side of the chambers. That this fence was on the east side is rendered probable by the circumstance that the sacrificial kitchen lay upon the west, (see Eze_46:19, Eze_46:20) and by the statements which follow in vers. 8 and 9. The fence was doubtless intended to screen the side windows of the lower chambers from public gaze, since these were to be occupied as robing and disrobing rooms for the priests who should officiate in the temple. (see ver. 14; and Eze_44:19)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 fifty cubits ... one hundred cubits
fifty cubits ... one hundred cubits
Each long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 40:5. AT: "50 cubits ... 100 cubits" or "about 27 meters ... about 54 meters" (See: Biblical Distance)
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