Ezekiel 42:8

Verse

For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.

American Standard Version (1901)

For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

Bible in Basic English

For the rooms in the outer square were fifty cubits long: and in front of the Temple was a space of a hundred cubits.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For the length of the chambers of the outward court was fifty cubits: and the length before the face of the temple, a hundred cubits.

Free Bible Version

The rooms on the outer courtyard extended for fifty cubits, but those that faced the Temple were a hundred cubits long.

King James (Authorized) Version

For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.

Translation for Translators

The row of rooms that were along the outer courtyard was ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► long, and the set of rooms that faced the temple was ◄175 feet/53 meters► long.

Unlocked Literal Bible

The length of the rooms of the outer courtyard was fifty cubits, and the rooms facing the sanctuary were one hundred cubits in length.

Noah Webster Bible

For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

World English Bible

For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. Behold, those facing the temple were one hundred cubits.

Young's Literal Translation

for the length of the chambers that [are] to the outer court [is] fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple a hundred cubits.

Context

Chambers for the Priests

⁷An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.⁸For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.⁹And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

Summary

In Ezekiel 42:8, the prophet describes a chamber in the temple complex that is set apart as holy. This chamber signifies the separation between the sacred and the common, emphasizing the importance of maintaining reverence and respect for God's presence. The meticulous details of the temple layout underscore the significance of order and purity in worship. This verse serves as a reminder to approach God with awe and humility, recognizing His holiness and the need for consecration in His sanctuary.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits,.... Which was the reason why the wall was of the same length, that it might be answerable to them; here length is put for breadth; see Eze 42:2, this measure was from the north to south, as Lipman (x) observes: and lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits; as the breadth of the wall and chambers was fifty, so in length, as they were over against the temple, they were an hundred cubits, as in Eze 42:2, unless the account is to be taken thus; that the row of chambers towards the north were fifty cubits long, and the row towards the south over against the other was fifty cubits, and so both made a hundred; to which sense is the Septuagint version, "for the length of the chambers that look to the outward court was fifty cubits, and those (that is, those that looked to the temple, or were before that) answered to them, the whole a hundred cubits;'' that is, both rows made a hundred cubits; but rather, as Lipman (y) says, the chambers contained from east to west a hundred cubits. (x) Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 71. (y) Ibid.