Then he brought me out into the outer courtyard, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the room that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Then 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.
- NKJV Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north.
- NLT Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.
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Quick answer
The guide leads Ezekiel out to the outer court to view chambers on the north side. The survey now turns to rooms serving the priestly ministry.
Overview
Ezekiel is brought to examine the priestly chambers situated north of the temple and its separate place. These rooms supported the work of the priests in the sanctuary. Their provision shows God's care to equip those who serve him, anticipating the priestly people Christ forms to serve God (1 Peter 2:9).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ezek 40:17Then 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.
- Ezek 40:20The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured its length and its width.
- Ezek 42:4Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
- Ezek 41:12–15The building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
- Ezek 42:13Then he said to me, The north rooms and the south rooms, which are before the separate place, they are the holy rooms, where the priests who are near to Yahweh shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
- Ezek 41:1He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits wide on the one side, and six cubits wide on the other side, which was the width of the tent.
- Ezek 41:9The thickness of the wall, which was for the side rooms, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side rooms that belonged to the house.
- Ezek 42:10In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were rooms.
- Ezek 40:2–3In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
- Rev 11:2Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
- Ezek 40:24He led me toward the south; and behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measurements.
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