Ezekiel 46 · Verse 21

Ezekiel 46:21

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Ezekiel 46:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 46:21 in other translations

BSBThen he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
WEBThen he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
ASVThen he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
YLTAnd he bringeth me out unto the outer court, and causeth me to pass over unto the four corners of the court, and lo, a court in a corner of the court, a court in a corner of the corner.
DARBYAnd he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
BBEAnd he took me out into the outer square and made me go by the four angles of the square; and I saw that in every angle of the open square there was a space shut in.
WebsterThen he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

What does Ezekiel 46:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 46:19-24

19-24. Due regard is to be had for the sanctity of the officiating priests' food, by cooking courts being provided close to their chambers. One set of apartments for cooking was to be at the corners of the inner court, reserved for the flesh of the sin offerings, to be eaten only by the priests whose perquisite it was (Le 6:25; 7:7), before coming forth to mingle again with the people; another set at the corners of…

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Ezekiel 46:21 in the original Hebrew

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וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֗נִיvai.yo.tzi.'E.niand he brought out meH3318
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הֶֽחָצֵר֙he.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
הַחִ֣יצֹנָ֔הha.Chi.tzo.Nah<the> outerH2435
וַיַּ֣עֲבִירֵ֔נִיvai.Ya.'a.vi.Re.niand he made pass meH5674
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אַרְבַּ֖עַת'ar.Ba.'at[the] fourH702
מִקְצוֹעֵ֣יmik.tzo.'Ei[the] corners ofH4740
הֶחָצֵ֑רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
וְהִנֵּ֤הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
חָצֵר֙cha.Tzera courtyardH2691
בְּמִקְצֹ֣עַbe.mik.Tzo.a'[was] in [the] corner ofH4740
הֶחָצֵ֔רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
חָצֵ֖רcha.Tzera courtyardH2691
בְּמִקְצֹ֥עַbe.mik.Tzo.a'[was] in [the] corner ofH4740
הֶחָצֵֽר\׃he.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in every corner of the court there was a court. Heb. a courtin the corner of a court; and a court in a corner of a court.
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Context

  • Ezekiel 46:20

    Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

  • Ezekiel 46:21

    Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

  • Ezekiel 46:22

    In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

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Ezekiel 46:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Luego me sacó al atrio de afuera, y llevóme por los cuatro rincones del atrio; y en cada rincón había un patio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il me fit sortir dans le parvis extérieur et me fit passer aux quatre angles du parvis; et voici, il y avait un parvis dans chaque angle du parvis.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er führte mich hinaus in den äußeren Vorhof und ließ mich an den vier Ecken des Vorhofs vorübergehen; und siehe, in jeder Ecke des Vorhofs war ein Hof.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et eduxit me in atrium exterius, et circumduxit me per quatuor angulos atrii: et ecce atriolum erat in angulo atrii, atriola singula per angulos atrii.