Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
Parallel translations
- WEB Then brought he me into the outer court; and behold, there were rooms and a pavement, made for the court all around: thirty rooms were on the pavement.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
- NASB Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold, there were chambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
- NLT Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement.
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Quick answer
The guide brings Ezekiel into the outer court with its pavement and thirty rooms. The vision moves from the gate into the courtyard.
Overview
Entering the outer court, Ezekiel sees a pavement encircling it and thirty chambers built along the pavement. These rooms likely served various functions for worshipers and temple service. The expanding vision of courts and chambers portrays a place prepared for the gathered worship of God's people, foreshadowing the community of the redeemed who together draw near to God in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 11:2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
- Ezek 42:1Then 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.
- Ezek 45:5An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
- Ezek 46:21Then 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.
- 1 Chr 9:26But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
- 1 Chr 23:28but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
- Ezek 10:5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
- 2 Chr 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
- Ezek 40:38There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
- 1 Kgs 6:5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- 2 Kgs 23:11And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
- Ezek 41:6The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
- Ezek 42:4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
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