{"id":21570,"date":"2022-09-24T09:04:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-ezekiel-427\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:04:42","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-ezekiel-427","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-ezekiel-427\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:7"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> 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. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 7<\/strong>. <em> wall  without<\/em> ] 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 the cells that lay towards the outer court. Fig. 3, <em> vw<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em> on the forepart<\/em> ] <em> in front of<\/em> or <em> facing<\/em> still said of the wall (Fig. 3, <em> vw<\/em>). The &ldquo;chambers&rdquo; seem to be those of the longer wing. The piece of wall would face them; but the words might be (though less likely) a second specification of the position of the piece of wall referred to in regard to the shorter wing (cf. <span class='bible'><em> Eze 42:2<\/em><\/span>). The length of this piece of wall was 50 cubits. The reason is stated in <span class='bible'><em> Eze 42:8<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 7 9<\/strong>. The shorter wing of chambers. Read together the verses run: &ldquo;And the wall that was without, beside the chambers which were toward the outer court, facing the (other?) chambers, the length thereof was 50 cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers that were toward the outer court was 50 cubits; but those toward the temple were 100 cubits. 9 And below these chambers was the entrance-way on the east when one goeth to them from the outer court, at the beginning of the wall of the court&rdquo; the first words of <span class='bible'><em> Eze 42:10<\/em><\/span> being connected with <span class='bible'><em> Eze 42:9<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\">The wall here must be one from north to south, fencing off from the outer court the passage along the east side of the chambers, and therefore fifty cubits long.<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Albert Barnes&#8217; Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>The wall; <\/B>not of the chambers, but some wall at distance from them; perhaps some wall that might keep up a terrace-walk. <\/P> <P><B>Over against the chambers; <\/B>therefore was northward from the chambers. <\/P> <P><B>The utter court; <\/B>the court of the men, or of Israel, which is called utter with respect to this, wherein this building stood, as this was called <I>utter<\/I>, <span class='bible'>Eze 42:1<\/span>,<span class='bible'>3<\/span>, with respect to the court that was more inward. <\/P> <P><B>On the forepart of the chambers; <\/B>which evidently shows that the wall of fifty cubits stood north from these chambers. <\/P> <P><B>The length thereof was fifty cubits; <\/B>answerable to the length of this building from east to west. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And the wall that was without over against the chambers<\/strong>,&#8230;. This wall separated and distinguished the chambers from the outward court, as well as was a protection of them; and signifies the grace and power of God, which separates his true churches from the world, and is the security of them; <span class='bible'>[See comments on Eze 11:5]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>this was towards the utter court, on the fore part of the chambers<\/strong>; or front of them, which seems to be to the north of them; since their doors were towards the north, <span class='bible'>Eze 42:4<\/span>, though Cocceius makes it to be to the west, which better agrees with what follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>the length thereof was fifty cubits<\/strong>; which answers to the breadth of the chambers, <span class='bible'>Eze 42:2<\/span> and what is called length here, with respect to the wall, is called the breadth with respect to the chambers. The wall of divine protection is equal to the length and breadth, and even the whole compass, of the churches of Christ.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(7) <strong>The wall that was without.<\/strong>We have two indications of what wall is here meant. In the first place, the word itself is neither of those which have been hitherto used, but one signifying a <em>fence-wall,<\/em> and is translated in <span class='bible'>Eze. 13:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Eze. 22:30<\/span>, <em>hedge;<\/em> and in <span class='bible'>Num. 22:24<\/span>, a vineyard wall. Its length is also said to be fifty cubits (the breadth of the chamber). It must, therefore, have been a screen wall at one end of the chambers, and it could not have been at the western end, as that was otherwise occupied (<span class='bible'>Eze. 46:19-20<\/span>). It was then at the eastern end, and was doubtless for the purpose of screening the windows at that end from the outer court while the priests were changing their garments. The word here translated <em>over against<\/em> is not the one used in <span class='bible'>Eze. 42:1<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Eze. 42:3<\/span>, and may equally well be rendered <em>parallel to.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> &lsquo;And the wall that was outside by the side of the chambers, towards the outer court before the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits. And lo those before the temple were a hundred cubits.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p> This building was of fifty cubits length so that in order to match the hundred cubit building nearer to the sanctuary a further wall was built of fifty cubits.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <em> <\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p> Eze 42:7 <em> 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.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p> Ver. 7. Here the Rabbis call again for the help of their Elias. See on <span class='bible'>Eze 40:6<\/span> .<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Reciprocal: Eze 11:18 &#8211; General<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Eze 42:7. The outside of this unit of chambers was a wall 50 cubits long, corresponding with the extent of the chambers.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>The north facade of this building, facing the outer court, was only 50 cubits (83 feet 4 inches) wide. Perhaps the roofline was 100 cubits (166 feet 8 inches) long, and there was an open space 50 cubits (83 feet 4 inches) wide under the roof to the east of this facade. The south facade was 100 cubits (166 feet 8 inches) long, the west facade was 50 cubits (83 feet 4 inches) long, and the north facade was 50 cubits (83 feet 4 inches) long.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-ezekiel-427\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 42:7&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}