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Ezekiel 42:16
He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.
He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.
Verse 16. - 19. _HE MEASURED THE EAST - NORTH - SOUTH - WEST SIDE_] Each of which was _five hundred_ reeds: and, as the building was square, the _area_ must have been nearly _thirteen thousand_ paces....
The Precincts. The temple and its courts were surrounded by an area of exact dimensions 3,000 cubits (1,500 yards) square. See Plan IV. Ezekiel 42:15 THE INNER HOUSE - The temple and its courts, all...
CHAPTER 42 _ 1. The priest's chambers in the inner court (Ezekiel 42:1) _ 2. The final measurements (Ezekiel 42:15)...
The description of the Temple concludes with a summary of the principal measurements, according to which the whole enclosure is 500 cubits (_i.e._ 750 feet) square. According to Ezekiel 48:12, the lan...
_five hundred reeds_ Rather: CUBITS. Five hundred reeds, the reed being 6 cubits, would give a measurement of 3000 cubits. No allusion is made to such a space surrounding the house buildings anywhere...
Measurements of the whole complex of the temple buildings on the outside The measuring angel began by measuring the height and thickness of the outside surrounding wall (Ezekiel 40:5); then he entere...
REEDS— _Cubits,_ and so throughout the chapter. The LXX, Capellus, and others....
F. Total Dimensions of the Temple Area 42:15-20 TRANSLATION (15) 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...
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. HE MEASURED THE EAST SIDE ... FIVE HUNDRED REEDS. The Septuagint substitute 'cubits' for...
THE NEW TEMPLE Ezekiel, transported in vision to Palestine, is set down on the N. side of the Temple mountain, and sees the Temple buildings extending to the S. like a city. A supernatural figure, li...
ARCHES] should be 'porch,' and so everywhere. THE OUTER COURT (Ezekiel 40:17) had a pavement (Fig. 3, _B_) 50 cubits wide, corresponding to the length of the gateways. On this pavement were 30 chamber...
The *angel had taken Ezekiel out of the *temple for a particular reason. Ezekiel needed to see that the *temple’s design was perfect. So Ezekiel watched as the *angel measured each wall. There were th...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 42 BUILDINGS FOR THE PRIESTS – EZEKIEL 42:1-14 V1 Then the man led me north int...
WITH THE MEASURING REED. — According to Ezekiel 40:5 the reed was six cubits long; 500 reeds therefore, the measure of each side of the square, was 3,000 cubits, or about 5,000 feet = nearly a mile. O...
מָדַ֛ד ר֥וּחַ הַ קָּדִ֖ים בִּ קְנֵ֣ה הַ
THE SANCTUARY THE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah's palace, where H...
The next section of description deals with the general scheme of buildings surrounding the Temple proper. On the north and south sides were chambers, which are described. These were the holy chambers...
Five. Hebrew emoth should be meoth, "three hundred, as it is printed (yet not in the Protestant version. Haydock) thrice just after, and as it is written here in Manuscript 4. Camb. 1. 2." (Kennicott)...
There is somewhat particularly striking in the account here given of the holy chambers, and the uses intended for them. In the Hebrew the expression is beautiful; they are the holinesses of holinesses...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 40, 41, 42, AND 43. The remaining part of the prophecy is the establishment of His sanctuary in the midst of His people. The reader will perceive that we find...
HE MEASURED THE EAST SIDE,.... He began with that, being at the east gate: the building was foursquare, and so was the wall about it, and had each four equilateral sides, which were separately measure...
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. Ver. 16. _Five hundred reeds._] Lo, here the large extent of the Holy Catholic Church, the...
_When he had made an end of measuring the inner house_ The inner house denotes the temple, distinguished from the courts about it; _he measured the east side_, &c. This and the following verses contai...
SIDE: _ Heb._ wind...
HE, the angel, or Christ in the appearance of a man, MEASURED THE EAST SIDE, from the two opposite angles of the inside north and south, with the measuring reed, which was of six cubits and one hand o...
Ezekiel 42:16 measured H4058 (H8804) east H6921 side H7307 measuring H4060 rod H7070 five H2568 (H8675)...
THE EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE AREA (EZEKIEL 42:15). ‘Now when he had finished measuring the inner house he brought me out by way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east, and measured it...
CONTENTS: Further description of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Same as Chap. 40. KEY WORD: Temple....
Ezekiel 42:4. _Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits._ This chapter describes the rows of chambers as a hundred cubits long, and an entrance of one cubit on each side, which make the way two cu...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 42:15 Finally, Ezekiel and his guide return to the place where they began, the main east gate of the temple complex (v. Ezekiel 42:15;...
THE CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS. (Chap. 42) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 42:1. “INTO THE CHAMBER”—to the chambers; the Hebrew is a collective noun. “THE BUILDING TOWARDS THE NORTH.” The direction in which...
EXPOSITION This chapter furnishes a brief account of the priests' chambers in the outer court (Ezekiel 42:1), and a detailed measurement of the temple precincts (Ezekiel 42:15). Ezekiel 42:1
Ezekiel 42:15. _And he finished the measurements of the house inwards, and he brought me forth by the gate which looks toward the east, and he measured it round about._ Ezekiel 42:16. _He measured th...
Then he brought me into the outer court, to the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was against the separate place (Ezekiel 42:1), And as I say, I'm going to leave you with this. You may ta...
Ezekiel 40:3; Revelation 11:1; Revelation 11:2; Zechariah 2:1...