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Ezekiel 42:9

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 42:9 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.
Ezekiel 42:9 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 42

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.
12And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
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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 from under these chambers, &c.] Or, “from the lower part of these chambers”f740; or, “from the lowest” of them there was a space, as may be supplied, and as is by Cocceius and Starchius; and as there was a wall to the west of them, so there was a void space to the east; and as follows: the entry on the east side: or, “he that brought me from the east”f741, as the Keri; and coming eastward to these chambers, one must needs go through this space: as one goeth into them from the utter court; if a man went eastward into those chambers from the outward court he must go through this space, which lay to the east of the lowest chambers: or the sense is, that from under the north chambers to the…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The entry from these chambers to the temple-court was by a passage lying to the east fenced off by the “wall” Ezekiel 42:7. This passage is described as lying under the chambers, being on the basement, and also having access by steps to the temple-court, which was raised many steps above the outer court. 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
“from under: or, from the place of, Eze 46:19 the entry: or, he that brought me as one goeth: or, as he came Ezekiel 42:10”
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