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Ezekiel 42:8

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 42:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 42:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 42

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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.
11And the way before them was like the appearance of [the way of] the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth: and all their egresses were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
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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
“For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits, &c.] Which was the reason why the wall was of the same length, that it might be answerable to them; here length is put for breadth; (see <264202>Ezekiel 42:2), this measure was from the north to south, as Lipmanf738 observes: and lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits; as the breadth of the wall and chambers was fifty, so in length, as they were over against the temple, they were an hundred cubits, as in (<264202>Ezekiel 42:2), unless the account is to be taken thus; that the row of chambers towards the north were fifty cubits long, and the row towards the south over against the other was fifty cubits, and so…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The length - From north to south. Before the temple - This describes their position in a general way; more precisely they lay over against partly the “separate place” and partly the “temple-court” Ezekiel 42:1. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“before: Passing from the north to the south side of the temple ( Eze 42:11, Eze 42:12), the prophet was shewn that the space of ground, which was before the temple on the east, measured 100 cubits. Eze 42:8 Ezekiel 42:9”
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