Ezekiel 42:10 “On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were…”

Ezekiel 42:10

On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.

World English Bible

In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were rooms.

American Standard Version

In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.

Geneva Bible 1599

The chambers were in the thicknesse of the wall of the court towarde the East, ouer against the separate place, and ouer against the building.

Darby Translation

In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the south, before the separate place, and before the building, were cells;

Young's Literal Translation

In the breadth of the wall of the court eastward, unto the front of the separate place, and unto the front of the building, [are] chambers.

Bible in Basic English

(And he took me) to the south, and in front of the separate place and in front of the building there were rooms.

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Cross references

“the thickness”

Ezekiel 41:12

Ezekiel 41:12 · BSB

Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.

“over against”

Ezekiel 42:1 Ezekiel 42:13 Ezekiel 41:13–15

Ezekiel 42:1 · BSB

Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.

Ezekiel 42:13 · BSB

Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offer…

Ezekiel 41:13–15 · BSB

Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

Also

Ezekiel 40:17 Ezekiel 42:7

Ezekiel 40:17 · BSB

Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,

Ezekiel 42:7 · BSB

An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

11with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.

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