Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel receives a visionary tour of the temple complex, where a measuring figure describes the layout of the inner court’s chambers and walkways.
The words — מַהֲלַךְ (mahalach) literally means “a passage” or “walkway,” and הַפְּנִימִית (ha-pnimit) denotes “the inner [court],” anchoring the description in precise architectural terms.
The thread — The north-facing orientation of these chambers reappears in Ezekiel 46:19, while the motif of restricted access echoes in Matthew 7:14 and Luke 13:24.
Why it lands — The text specifies exact dimensions and a northern door placement to map a structured, accessible holy space, requiring the reader to track the vision’s spatial logic without adding external meaning.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 46:19 Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
- Matthew 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Luke 13:24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.