Ezekiel 42:3 “Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that…”

Ezekiel 42:3

Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

Over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ouer against the twentie cubites which were for the inner court, and ouer against the pauement, which was for the vtter court, was chamber against chamber in three rowes.

Darby Translation

over against the twenty [cubits] that pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court; there was gallery against gallery in the third [story];

Young's Literal Translation

Over-against the twenty [cubits] that are to the inner court, and over-against the pavement that [is] to the outer court, [is] gallery over-against gallery, in the three [storeys].

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“the twenty”

Ezekiel 41:10

Ezekiel 41:10 · BSB

and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.

“the pavement”

2 Chronicles 7:3 Ezekiel 40:17 Ezekiel 40:18

2 Chronicles 7:3 · BSB

When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good…

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 40:18 · BSB

which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

“gallery against”

Song of Solomon 1:17 Song of Solomon 7:5 Ezekiel 41:15 Ezekiel 41:16

Song of Solomon 1:17 · BSB

The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.

Song of Solomon 7:5 · BSB

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

Ezekiel 41:15 · BSB

Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoe…

Ezekiel 41:16 · BSB

as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and t…

Also

Ezekiel 42:5

Ezekiel 42:5 · BSB

Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

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

In context

2The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

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