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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 42:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 42:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Before [06440] the length [0753] of an hundred [03967] cubits [0520] was the north [06828] door [06607], and the breadth [07341] was fifty [02572] cubits [0520]. |
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King James |
Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS: MEASUREMENTS OF THE TEMPLE. (Eze. 42:1-20)
Before the length of an hundred cubits--that is before "the separate place," which was that length (Eze 41:13). He had before spoken of chambers for the officiating priests on the north and south gates of the inner court (Eze 40:44-46). He now returns to take a more exact view of them. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| He brought me "before" a row of chambers 100 cubits long, east and west. "The door" of which lay on the north side of the chambers. The priests entered from the outer court (O); the breadth of this block of chambers was fifty cubits, north and south Eze 42:8. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The length - The temple of one hundred cubits long, and of fifty broad, was on the south prospect of these chambers. |
44 And without [02351] the inner [06442] gate [08179] were the chambers [03957] of the singers [07891] in the inner [06442] court [02691], which was at the side [03802] of the north [06828] gate [08179]; and their prospect [06440] was toward [01870] the south [01864]: one [0259] at the side [03802] of the east [06921] gate [08179] having the prospect [06440] toward [01870] the north [06828].
45 And he said [01696] unto me, This [02090] chamber [03957], whose prospect [06440] is toward [01870] the south [01864], is for the priests [03548], the keepers [08104] of the charge [04931] of the house [01004].
46 And the chamber [03957] whose prospect [06440] is toward [01870] the north [06828] is for the priests [03548], the keepers [08104] of the charge [04931] of the altar [04196]: these are the sons [01121] of Zadok [06659] among the sons [01121] of Levi [03878], which come near [07131] to the LORD [03068] to minister [08334] unto him.
13 So he measured [04058] the house [01004], an hundred [03967] cubits [0520] long [0753]; and the separate place [01508], and the building [01140], with the walls [07023] thereof, an hundred [03967] cubits [0520] long [0753];
8 For the length [0753] of the chambers [03957] that were in the utter [02435] court [02691] was fifty [02572] cubits [0520]: and, lo, before [06440] the temple [01964] were an hundred [03967] cubits [0520].