Ezekiel 42:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. ”

• Ezekiel 42:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  On the northern ( Ezekiel 42:1 ) and southern ( Ezekiel 42:10 ) sides of the inner court and facing the Temple were two blocks of three-story buildings used as refectories ( Ezekiel 42:13 ) and dress...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  cubits . See App-61. door . entrance,

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Before the length, &c.— This north door faced one of the cloisters, whose length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty, which was the proportion of all the cloisters. See Lowth and Houbig...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door - i:e., before "the separate place," which was...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The New Temple Ezekiel, transported in vision to Palestine, is set down on the N. side of the Temple mountain, and sees the Temple buildings extending to the S. like a city. A supernatural figure,...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Before the length. — This verse is still a part of the same sentence, and means, “he brought me before the long side of 100 cubits with the door toward the north, and the breadth 50 cubits.” The en...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE SANCTUARY THE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah's palace, whe...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The next section of description deals with the general scheme of buildings surrounding the Temple proper. On the north and south sides were chambers, which are described. These were the holy chambers...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  When we consider how numerous those chambers were, may we not without violence, suppose they are intended to typify the many mansions in the Church above? At least they will serve to remind us of the...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Before the length of an hundred cubits [was] the north door, and the breadth [was] fifty cubits. Ver. 2. Before the length of an hundred cubits. ] The measure mentioned in this chapter, and whatso...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then he brought me forth into the outer court Outer with respect to the temple itself, or the outer part of the court, which court was that of the priests, as appears from what follows. Into the c...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Vision of the Temple. B. C. 574.       1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, th...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The temple, of one hundred cubits long, and of fifty broad, was on the south prospect of these chambers; or, possibly, this north door did give entrance into buildings that were one hundred cubits lo...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.' This seems to mean that this building for the priests was a hundred cubits in length and fifty cubits in...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS. (Chap. 42) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 42:1 . “Into the chamber” —to the chambers; the Hebrew is a collective noun. “The building towards the north.” The direction in...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ezekiel 42:4 . Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits. This chapter describes the rows of chambers as a hundred cubits long, and an entrance of one cubit on each side, which make the way two...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter furnishes a brief account of the priests' chambers in the outer court ( Ezekiel 42:1-26 ), and a detailed measurement of the temple precincts ( Ezekiel 42:15-26 ). Eze...

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Cells of the Priests

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 42:2

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• Ezekiel 42:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The length — The temple of one hundred cubits long, and of fifty broad, was on the south prospect of these chambers.

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