EZEKIEL CHAPTER 42 The chambers for the priests, Ezekiel 42:1-12. The use thereof, Ezekiel 42:13,14. The measures of the outward court, Ezekiel 42:15-20. After a particular view of the temple, and all its parts, with the inmost court, and all in it, the prophet is brought forth into the utter court; called so in regard to that more inward, whence the prophet now cometh: it is likely, if not certain, this was the priests court, which had two others more outward, but because the prophet had been in one more inward than that of the priests, he giveth the name of outer to this court. Toward the north; through the north gate, by which he descended into the court, where the staircase was by which he went up into the chambers, built over the pilasters and arches, so that underneath was a cloister, or gallery. The chamber; either the singular number for the plural, or chamber for the row of chambers; or else, into one of the many that were there. The separate place: whether you take it for the temple itself, or for that building equal to the temple, on the west part of the temple, still this row of chambers faced the north part of it. Before the building toward the north: the south front of this range of chambers looked to the north front of the temple, and its buildings on that side, or to the north front of the separate place, and its buildings on that side, or to the north front of the separate place.
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Ezekiel 42:1
1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.