Ezekiel 42:3

Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the three stories.

World English Bible

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

2Facing the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits.

4Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:3All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the LORD’s glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, worshiped, and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!”

Song of Solomon 7:5Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

Ezekiel 41:10Between the rooms was a width of twenty cubits around the house on every side.

Ezekiel 42:5Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building.

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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