# Ezekiel 42 ## Ezekiel 42:1 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north. - [YLT] And he bringeth me forth unto the outer court, the way northward, and he bringeth me in unto the chamber that *is* over-against the separate place, and that *is* over-against the building at the north. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:1 - ## Ezekiel 42:2 - [KJV] Before the length of an hundred cubits *was* the north door, and the breadth *was* fifty cubits. - [ASV] Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. - [YLT] At the front of the length *is* a hundred cubits *at* the north opening, and the breadth fifty cubits. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:2 - ## Ezekiel 42:3 - [KJV] 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*. - [ASV] Over against the twenty *cubits* which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story. - [YLT] Over-against the twenty *cubits* that are to the inner court, and over-against the pavement that *is* to the outer court, *is* gallery over-against gallery, in the three *storeys*. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:3 - ## Ezekiel 42:4 - [KJV] And before the chambers *was* a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. - [ASV] And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north. - [YLT] And at the front of the chambers *is* a walk of ten cubits in breadth unto the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings *are* at the north. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:4 - ## Ezekiel 42:5 - [KJV] Now the upper chambers *were* shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. - [ASV] Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building. - [YLT] And the upper chambers *are* short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building; ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:5 - ## Ezekiel 42:6 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore *the uppermost* was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. - [YLT] for they *are* threefold, and they have no pillars as the pillars of the court, therefore it hath been kept back -- more than the lower and than the middle one -- from the ground. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:6 - ## Ezekiel 42:7 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. - [YLT] As to the wall that *is* at the outside, over-against the chambers, the way of the outer-court at the front of the chambers, its length *is* fifty cubits; ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:7 - ## Ezekiel 42:8 - [KJV] For the length of the chambers that *were* in the utter court *was* fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple *were* an hundred cubits. - [ASV] For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits. - [YLT] for the length of the chambers that *are* to the outer court *is* fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple a hundred cubits. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:8 - ## Ezekiel 42:9 - [KJV] And from under these chambers *was* the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. - [ASV] And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court. - [YLT] And under these chambers *is* the entrance from the east, in one's going into them from the outer court. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:9 - ## Ezekiel 42:10 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers. - [YLT] In the breadth of the wall of the court eastward, unto the front of the separate place, and unto the front of the building, *are* chambers. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:10 - ## Ezekiel 42:11 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And the way before them was like the appearance of *the way of* the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth: and all their egresses were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. - [YLT] And the way before them *is* as the appearance of the chambers that *are* northward, according to their length so *is* their breadth, and all their outlets, and according to their fashions, and according to their openings. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:11 - ## Ezekiel 42:12 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. - [YLT] And according to the openings of the chambers that *are* southward *is* an opening at the head of the way, the way directly in the front of the wall eastward in entering them. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:12 - ## Ezekiel 42:13 - [KJV] 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 offering; for the place *is* holy. - [ASV] Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy. - [YLT] And he saith unto me, 'The north chambers, the south chambers, that *are* at the front of the separate place, they *are* holy chambers, where the priests (who *are* near to Jehovah) eat the most holy things, there they place the most holy things, and the present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, for the place *is* holy. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:13 - ## Ezekiel 42:14 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people. - [YLT] In the priests' going in, they come not out from the sanctuary unto the outer court, and there they place their garments with which they minister, for they *are* holy, and have put on other garments, and have drawn near unto that which *is* for the people.' ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:14 - ## Ezekiel 42:15 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. - [YLT] And he hath finished the measurements of the inner house, and hath brought me forth the way of the gate whose front *is* eastward, and he hath measured it all round about. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:15 - ## Ezekiel 42:16 - [KJV] He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. - [ASV] He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. - [YLT] He hath measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:16 - ## Ezekiel 42:17 - [KJV] He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. - [ASV] He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. - [YLT] He hath measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:17 - ## Ezekiel 42:18 - [KJV] He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. - [ASV] He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. - [YLT] The south side he hath measured, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:18 - ## Ezekiel 42:19 - [KJV] He turned about to the west side, *and* measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. - [ASV] He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. - [YLT] He hath turned round unto the west side, he hath measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:19 - ## Ezekiel 42:20 - [KJV] He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred *reeds* long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. - [ASV] He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common. - [YLT] At the four sides he hath measured it, a wall *is* to it all round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to separate between the holy and the profane place. ### Notes on Ezekiel 42:20 -