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Ezekiel 42:1
Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator, Ezekiel, records a visionary tour led by a measuring man through the temple complex. This moment occurs during the systematic architectural survey of the restored sanctuary's outer precincts.
The words — The Hebrew וַ/יּוֹצִאֵ֗/נִי (va/i.yo.tzi.'E./ni) literally means "and he brought me out," while הַ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ הַ/צָּפ֑וֹן (ha./De.rekh ha./tza.Fon) translates to "the way/direction of the north." These terms anchor the vision's spatial movement toward the temple's northern boundary.
The thread — The northward progression and chamber descriptions run parallel to Ezekiel 40:17, Ezekiel 40:20, and Ezekiel 41:1. Each passage continues the measured survey of the sanctuary's courts, gates, and surrounding structures.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to track precise geography before drawing any architectural or theological conclusions. It demands attention to spatial order as the necessary foundation for understanding the sanctuary's design.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 40:17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
- Ezekiel 40:20 He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
- Ezekiel 41:1 Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
- Ezekiel 41:12 Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.
- Ezekiel 42:4 In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
- Ezekiel 42:13 Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- Ezekiel 40:2 In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
- Ezekiel 40:24 Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
- Ezekiel 41:9 The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple
- Ezekiel 42:10 On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,