CHAPTER XLII _This chapter gives us a description of the priests' chambers_ _and their use, with the dimensions of the holy mount on which_ _the temple stood_, 1-20. NOTES ON CHAP. XLII Verse Ezekiel 42:1. _HE BROUGHT ME FORTH INTO THE UTTER COURT_] He brought him out from the temple into the _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 42:4. _A WALK OF TEN CUBITS' BREADTH INWARD_] This seems to have been a sort of _parapet_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 42:14. _THEY SHALL LAY THEIR GARMENTS WHEREIN THEY MINISTER_] The priests were not permitted to wear their _robes_ in the _outer_ _court_. These vestments were to be used _only when they ministered_; and when they had done, they were to deposit them in one of the chambers mentioned in... [ Continue Reading ]
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. No wonder this was called a city. See Ezekiel 40:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 42:18. Ezekiel 42:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 42:19. Ezekiel 42:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 42:20. _IT HAD A WALL ROUND ABOUT-TO MAKE A SEPARATION BETWEEN_ _THE SANCTUARY AND THE PROFANE PLACE._] The _holy place_ was that which was consecrated to the Lord; into which no heathen, nor stranger, nor any in a state of impurity, might enter. The _profane_ _place_ was that in which... [ Continue Reading ]