Ezekiel 41:25

Thick planks stands for a word of unknown meaning.

(d) The Priests, Chambers (Ezekiel 42:1)

This is the most obscure part of Ezekiel's description. The following are the clearest points. On the N. side of the Temple, and separated from it by the space H (Fig. 3) was a group of buildings (oumw) 100 cubits long and 50 cubits broad (Ezekiel 41:2). It consisted of a block (G), next the Temple, 100 cubits long, and another (G1), next the outer court, 50 cubits long (Ezekiel 41:8). The remaining 50 cubits next the outer court was occupied by a wall (vw, Ezekiel 41:7), and between the blocks was a walk (O) 10 cubits wide and 100 cubits long (Ezekiel 41:4). This left 20 cubits as the width of each block. The chambers in these buildings were in three storeys, and were over against the space H on the one hand, and the pavement (B) of the outer court on the other (Ezekiel 41:3). The upper storeys were narrower than the lower, their breadth being diminished by galleries (Ezekiel 41:3; Ezekiel 41:5) which faced each other across the walk O (Fig. 5). The doors of G were towards the N., opening on the walk O (Ezekiel 41:2; Ezekiel 41:4). The entry (P) from the outer court was at the E. end of the whole group (Ezekiel 41:9). There was an exactly similar group of buildings on the S. of the Temple (Ezekiel 41:10). All these chambers were to be used by the priests for eating the sacrificial flesh and for changing their garments (Ezekiel 41:13).