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Ezekiel 42:7

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 42:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 42:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 42

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4And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits` breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
5Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.
6For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the uppermost] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
7And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
8For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.
9And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.
10In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the wall that was without over against the chambers, &c.] This wall separated and distinguished the chambers from the outward court, as well as was a protection of them; and signifies the grace and power of God, which separates his true churches from the world, and is the security of them; (see Gill on “<261105>Ezekiel 11:5”) this was towards the utter court, on the fore part of the chambers; or front of them, which seems to be to the north of them; since their doors were towards the north, (<264204>Ezekiel 42:4), though Cocceius makes it to be to the west, which better agrees with what follows: the length thereof was fifty cubits; which answers to the breadth of the chambers,…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The “wall” here must be one from north to south, fencing off from the outer court the passage along the east side of the chambers, and therefore fifty cubits long. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“The wall - A wall at a distance from them, perhaps some wall that might keep up a terrace - walk. Ezekiel 42:11”
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