Ezekiel 42:5

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

Related Commentaries of 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 b...
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 buildin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were higher than . took away from.
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 u...
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 exten...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cubit ] Yarious sizes of cubit, from 18 in. to nearly 24 in. were employed in ancient measurements. Ezekiel's cubit was one of the larger forms—an o...
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...
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 Tem...
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,...
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 a...
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 shor...
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....
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 ro...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Temple. B. C. 574. 1...
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...
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...
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. “...
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...
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 ther...
The Biblical Illustrator

The glory of the Lord filled the house. The glory without the cloud Though God may forsake His people for a small moment, He will return with e...
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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Cells of the Priests
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now, the upper chambers were shorter, since the building became narrower as it rose in height, for the galleries were higher than these, they took...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 41:7 ; Ezekiel 42:6
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...

⁵ Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were highera than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 42:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 42:5