Ezekiel 42:3

Opposite the space of twenty cubits which was part of the inner square, and opposite the stone floor of the outer square. There were covered ways facing one another on the third floor.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

In Context

2On the north side it was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,

4And in front of the rooms was a walk, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long; and their doors were facing north.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:3And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Song of Solomon 7:5Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner.

Ezekiel 41:10And between the rooms was a space twenty cubits wide all round the house.

Ezekiel 42:5And the higher rooms were shorter: for the covered ways took up more space from these than from the lower and middle rooms.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 42:2-15

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 1 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. 2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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