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Barnes' Notes on Ezekiel 40:17

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The “outward” or outer “court” (o, Plan II) corresponds to what was in Herod’s temple the court of Women, into which all Jews, but not Gentiles were admitted. Ezekiel 40:17 Chambers - (I) See Jeremiah 35:2. A pavement - (H) Of mosaic work 2 Chronicles 7:3; Esther 1:6 which formed a border of forty-four cubits. On each side of the court in which there were gates, i. e., on east, north, and south. It was called the “lower pavement” to distinguish it from the pavement of the inner court; the outer court being lower than the inner Ezekiel 40:31. Ezekiel 40:19 There were eastern, northern, and southern gates of entrance from the outer to the inner court (B). Without - Not as in the margin, but looking outward, i. e., the outward front of the inner gate toward the outer court. return to 'Top of Page'
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