Bible Commentary

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east, and measured it round about. 15. measured it ] i.e. whole building, along the outer wall. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 15 20. Measurements of the whole … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:15”

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy [place] into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they [are] holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to [those things] which [are] for the people. 14. the priests enter therein] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:14”

Then said he unto me, The north chambers [and] the south chambers, which [are] before the separate place, they [be] holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:13”

And according to the doors of the chambers that [were] toward the south [was] a door in the head of the way, [even] the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. 12. As the text reads it is easiest to attach the last words of Eze 42:11 to Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:12”

And the way before them [was] like the appearance of the chambers which [were] toward the north, as long as they, [and] as broad as they: and all their goings out [were] both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 11. way before them ] The term “way” here seems used of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:11”

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. 10. thickness of the wall ] Probably: at the beginning (or, head) of the wall (cf. Eze 42:12). The “wall” is that piece of wall referred to Eze 42:7, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:10”

And from under these chambers [was] the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. 9. under these chambers ] i.e. the shorter wing. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The entry from these chambers to the temple-court was by a passage lying to the east fenced … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:9”

For the length of the chambers that [were] in the utter court [was] fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple [were] a hundred cubits. 8. The shorter wing of chambers lying toward the outer court was 50 cubits long. Fig. 3, uv. and lo, the temple ] The exclamation and lo! is rather unnatural, a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:8”

And the wall that [was] without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof [was] fifty cubits. 7. wall without ] i.e. not forming part of the block of cells, but extending eastward from the end of the shorter wing, and therefore said to be beside … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:7”

For they [were] in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the building] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 6. the pillars of the courts ] LXX. reads: pillars of the outer ones, i.e. the chambers in the outer court. Probably there is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:6”