Ezekiel 42:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were highera than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. ”

Ezekiel 42:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render: “And the upper chambers were” shortened, for galleries took off from them, from “the lower” and from “the middle-most, chambers, of the building.” The building rose in terraces, as was us...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were higher than . took away from.
Ezekiel 42:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
Ezekiel 42:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. The upper chambers were shorter - i:e., the building be...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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,...
Ezekiel 42:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the galleries were higher than these. — Translate this verse, And the upper chambers were shortened, because the galleries took off from them (literally, eat of them ) in comparison with th...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now the upper chambers were shorter ,.... The chambers were in three stories, as in the following verse, one above another; the middlemost were shorter than the lowermost, and the upper shorter than...
Ezekiel 42:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. Ver. 5. Now the upper chambers were shorter. ] As being a...
Ezekiel 42:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now the upper chambers were shorter , &c. The two upper stories had balconies standing out of them, the breadth of which was taken out of the rooms themselves, and made them so much the narrower...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Were shorter: at first view it should seem to refer to the length, but indeed it refers to the height of the chambers, of which the lowest chamber was highest pitched from the floor to the ceiling;...
Ezekiel 42:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Now the upper chambers were smaller, for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and middlemost in the building. For they were in three storeys, and they did not have pillars li...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward. Provision made in the temple for social intercourse Before these chambers there were walks of five yards broad, in which those w...
Ezekiel 42:5 - 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...
Ezekiel 42:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Cells of the Priests
Ezekiel 42:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 41:7 ; Ezekiel 42:6
Ezekiel 42:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shorter — At first view it should seem to refer to the length, but indeed it refers to the height of the chambers, of which the lowest chamber was highest, the second lower pitched than the first,...

Ezekiel 42:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 42:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 42:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 42:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 42:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 42:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 42:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 42:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 42:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 42:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 42:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 42:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 42:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 42:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes