Bible Commentary

Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. 5. The uppermost story was contracted by the gallery, so that its area was smaller than that of the other two stories. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Render: And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:5”

And before the chambers [was] a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. 4. inward ] i. e. between the two wings (Fig. 3, O). Or possibly: (leading) into the inner court. a way of one cubit ] A mere error of transcription for: a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:4”

Over against the twenty [cubits] which [were] for the inner court, and, over against the pavement which [was] for the utter court, [was] gallery against gallery in three [stories]. 3. The breadth of the block having been mentioned in Eze 42:2, Eze 42:3 adds in what directions this breadth extended or lay on either hand … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:3”

Before the length of a hundred cubits [was] the north door, and the breadth [was] fifty cubits. 2. Eze 42:2 states the precise place where the prophet was brought to it was in front of, or so as to face, the longer wing of chambers, or the walk of 100 cubits before them, i.e. he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:2”

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. 1. the utter court ] LXX. the inner court. Something may be said for both. On the one … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:1”

And [there were] narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and [upon] the side chambers of the house, and thick planks. 26. For narrow windows, closed. The “sides” (lit. shoulders) are the side walls of the porch, but whether the walls on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:26”

And [there were] made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as [were] made upon the walls; and [there were] thick planks upon the face of the porch without. 25. The doors of the holy place were carved with cherubs and palm trees just as the walls ( Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:25”

And the doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves; two [leaves] for the one door, and two leaves for the other [door]. 24. And the doors ] i.e. the leaves of the door had again two leaves, so that the doors as a whole of the holy place and holiest were each composed of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:24”

And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 23. two doors ] i.e. each had a double or two-leaved door. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 23 26. The doors of the holy place and the holiest. The temple or holy place and the holiest had each a two-leaved door; and each … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:23”

The altar of wood [was] three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, [were] of wood: and he said unto me, This [is] the table that [is] before the LORD. 22. The altar was 3 cubits high and 2 long. LXX. adds … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:22”