Ezekiel 42 · Verse 1

Ezekiel 42:1

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.
Ezekiel 42:1, King James Version

Ezekiel 42:1 in other translations

BSBThen the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
WEBThen he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north. Then he brought me into the room that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building toward the north.
ASVThen 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the cells that were over against the separate place and which were over against the building, toward the north,
BBEAnd he took me out into the inner square in the direction of the north: and he took me into the rooms which were opposite the separate place and opposite the building to the north.
WebsterThen he brought me forth into the outer court, the way towards the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building towards the north.

What does Ezekiel 42:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

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, vv. 1-20. Verse 1 He brought me forth into the utter court - He brought him out from the temple into the court of the priests. This, in reference to the temple, was called the outer court; but the court of the people was beyond this.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
In this chapter are described the priests' chambers, their use, and the dimensions of the holy mount on which the temple stood. These chambers were many. Jesus said, In my Father's house are many mansions: in his house on earth there are many; multitudes, by faith, are lodging in his sanctuary, and yet there is room. These chambers, though private, were near the temple. Our religious services in our chambers, must prepare for public devotions, and further us in improving them, as our opportunities are.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 42:1 in the original Hebrew

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וַיּוֹצִאֵ֗נִיvai.yo.tzi.'E.niand he brought out meH3318
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הֶֽחָצֵר֙he.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔הha.Chi.tzo.Nah<the> outerH2435
הַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhthe wayH1870
דֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekh[the] direction ofH1870
הַצָּפ֑וֹןha.tza.Fonthe northH6828
וַיְבִאֵ֣נִיvay.vi.'E.niand he brought meH935
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗הha.lish.Kahthe roomH3957
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
נֶ֧גֶדNe.ged[was] beforeH5048
הַגִּזְרָ֛הha.giz.Rahthe separate placeH1508
וַאֲשֶֽׁר\־va.'a.Sher-and whichH834
נֶ֥גֶדNe.ged[was] beforeH5048
הַבִּנְיָ֖ןha.bin.Yanthe structureH1146
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַצָּפֽוֹן\׃ha.tza.Fonthe northH6828

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Cross references for Ezekiel 42:1

  • Ezekiel 40:17

    Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

  • Ezekiel 40:20

    And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

  • Ezekiel 42:4

    And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

  • Ezekiel 41:12-15

    Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

  • Ezekiel 41:1

    Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

  • Ezekiel 42:13

    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.

  • Revelation 11:2

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

  • Ezekiel 41:9

    The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.

  • Ezekiel 40:24

    After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

  • Ezekiel 42:10

    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.

  • Ezekiel 40:2-3

    In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 The chambers for the priests.
13 The use thereof.
15 The measures of the outward court.

he brought.
40:2,3,24; 41:1
the utter court.
40:20; Re 11:2
chamber.This seems to denote a row of chambers in three stories; which appear to have been situated in the inner court, (here called the outer court in reference to the temple, ver. 13, 14,) just before the separate place, at the entrance from the north.
4; 41:9,12-15

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Context

  • Ezekiel 42:1

    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.

  • Ezekiel 42:2

    Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

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Ezekiel 42:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
SACÓME luego al atrio de afuera hacia el norte, y llevóme á la cámara que estaba delante del espacio que quedaba enfrente del edificio de hacia el norte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il me fit sortir dans le parvis extérieur par le chemin qui va vers le nord; et il m’amena aux cellules qui étaient vis-à-vis de la place séparée, et qui étaient vis-à-vis du bâtiment, vers le nord,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er führte mich hinaus in den äußeren Vorhof, des Weges gegen Norden. Und er brachte mich zu den Zellen welche dem abgesonderten Platze gegenüber und dem Bauwerk nach Norden gegenüber waren,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et eduxit me in atrium exterius, per viam ducentem ad aquilonem, et introduxit me in gazophylacium quod erat contra separatum ædificium, et contra ædem vergentem ad aquilonem.