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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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel is being guided by a measuring figure through the vision of the temple complex, specifically examining the southern section of the outer court.
The words — The Hebrew בְּרֹ֣חַב (be./ro.chav) translates to "in the breadth" or length, while גֶּ֣דֶר (ge.der) denotes the "wall" that bounds the outer courtyard.
The thread — The text records the southern chambers' alignment along the wall and their position opposite the central building, which parallels the northern chambers in Ezekiel 42:1 and the structural uniformity described in Ezekiel 42:11.
Why it lands — The vision uses this precise placement to map the temple's geography, and the pattern of opposing chambers establishes a structural symmetry that later identifies these spaces as the priests' holy chambers in Ezekiel 42:13.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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 40:17 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 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 42:7 An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.