Ezekiel 42:2
New International Version
The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

New Living Translation
This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet long and 87 1 / 2 feet wide.

English Standard Version
The length of the building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits.

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

King James Bible
Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

New King James Version
Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.

New American Standard Bible
Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

NASB 1995
Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

NASB 1977
Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

Legacy Standard Bible
Along the length, which was one hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

Amplified Bible
Along the length, one hundred cubits, was the north door; and the width was fifty cubits.

Christian Standard Bible
Along the length of the chambers, which was 175 feet, there was an entrance on the north; the width was 87 1 /2 feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Along the length of the chambers, which was 175 feet, there was an entrance on the north; the width was 87 1/2 feet.

American Standard Version
Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

English Revised Version
Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The building that faced north was 175 feet long and 87 1/2 feet wide.

Good News Translation
This building was 168 feet long and 84 feet wide.

International Standard Version
It stood 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide, with a door in the middle.

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

NET Bible
Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87 1/2 feet.

New Heart English Bible
The length of the front at the north entrance was one hundred seventy-two feet three inches, and the breadth was eighty-six feet two inches.

Webster's Bible Translation
Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

World English Bible
Facing the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
At the front of the length [is] one hundred cubits [at] the north opening, and the breadth—fifty cubits.

Young's Literal Translation
At the front of the length is a hundred cubits at the north opening, and the breadth fifty cubits.

Smith's Literal Translation
To the face of the length a hundred cubits the door of the north, and the breadth, fifty cubits.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the face of the north door was the length of a hundred cubits, and the breadth of fifty cubits.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The length of the face of the north gate was one hundred cubits, and the width was fifty cubits.

New American Bible
They were a hundred cubits long on the north side and fifty cubits wide.

New Revised Standard Version
The length of the building that was on the north side was one hundred cubits, and the width fifty cubits.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Towards the place where he measured a hundred cubits, which is at the north gate, and the breadth of it was fifty cubits.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Next to the length of a hundred forearms of the northern gate, and the width of fifty cubits
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
even to the front of the length of a hundred cubits, with the door on the north, and the breadth of fifty cubits,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
a hundred cubits in length toward the north, and in breadth fifty,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Chambers for the Priests
1Then 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. 2 The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide. 3Gallery 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.…

Cross References
1 Kings 6:2
The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

1 Kings 6:3
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

1 Kings 6:17
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

1 Kings 6:20
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

1 Kings 6:36
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

2 Chronicles 3:3
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

2 Chronicles 3:4
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3:8
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

2 Chronicles 3:11
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:13
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.

Revelation 21:15-17
The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. / The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height. / And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.

Revelation 21:12-14
The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. / There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. / The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:18-21
The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. / The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, / the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. ...

Revelation 11:1-2
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. / But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

Revelation 21:10-11
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, / shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.


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Ezekiel 42
1. The chambers for the priests
13. The use thereof
15. The measures of the outward court














The building
This phrase refers to a specific structure within the temple complex described in Ezekiel's vision. The Hebrew word used here is "בִּנְיָן" (binyan), which denotes a constructed edifice. In the context of Ezekiel's vision, this building is part of the detailed architectural plan for a future temple, symbolizing God's presence and order. The temple's design reflects divine precision and holiness, emphasizing the importance of worship and reverence in the life of believers.

with the door facing north
The orientation of the door is significant. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, directions held symbolic meanings. The north often represented mystery or judgment, as it was the direction from which invaders typically came. The Hebrew word for north is "צָפוֹן" (tsaphon). This orientation could symbolize the temple's readiness to confront and transform the challenges and judgments that come from the north, highlighting God's sovereignty and protection over His people.

was a hundred cubits long
The measurement of "a hundred cubits" indicates the building's length. A cubit, "אַמָּה" (ammah) in Hebrew, was a standard unit of measure in ancient Israel, roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 centimeters. The use of precise measurements underscores the orderliness and intentionality of God's design. It reflects the grandeur and majesty of the temple, inviting believers to consider the vastness of God's kingdom and His meticulous care in preparing a place for His presence.

and fifty cubits wide
The width of "fifty cubits" complements the length, providing a sense of proportion and balance. The number fifty in biblical numerology often signifies deliverance or freedom, as seen in the Year of Jubilee. This dimension may symbolize the liberation and peace found in God's presence. The temple, as a place of worship, offers spiritual freedom and rest, reminding believers of the redemption and renewal available through a relationship with God.

(2) Before the length.--This verse is still a part of the same sentence, and means, "he brought me before the long side of 100 cubits with the door toward the north, and the breadth 50 cubits." The entrance being on the north was necessarily in the outer court, and the whole description requires that the long way of the building should be east and west. The width therefore of 50 cubits projected into the court just as far as the gateways of the inner court. The measurements of this "chamber" are external, since the prophet did not enter it.

Verse 2. - With this verse the Authorized and Revised Versions begin a new sentence, and are in this at one with Smend; but the majority of expositors place the second verse under the regimen of the verb, "he brought me," in ver. 1, and understand the seer to state that he was planted down before the length (or, long side) of an hundred cubits, with the door toward the north, and the breadth fifty cubits. That is to say, the building which contained the sacristies, or priests' chambers, was a hundred cubits long and fifty bread. As the building on the separate place was also a hundred cubits long (Ezekiel 41:13), it might seem as if this erection ran exactly parallel to that, and this view is taken by Hengstenberg, Schroder, and Plumptre; but Kliefoth, Keil, and Currey, on the authority of Ezekiel 46:19, locate a priests' kitchen behind the priests' chambers towards the west, and reserve for it forty cubits, on the plausible ground that it would not likely be smaller in size than the sacrificial kitchen for the people (see Ezekiel 46:22). Hence, if the building under consideration began forty cubits east of the gizrah wall, it would extend twenty cubits over the end and along the length of the temple.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The building
אֹ֙רֶךְ֙ (’ō·reḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 753: Length

with the door
פֶּ֖תַח (pe·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

facing north
הַצָּפ֑וֹן (haṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

[was] a hundred
הַמֵּאָ֔ה (ham·mê·’āh)
Article | Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

cubits
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

long
וְהָרֹ֖חַב (wə·hā·rō·ḥaḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7341: Breadth, width

[and] fifty
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 2572: Fifty

cubits wide.
אַמּֽוֹת׃ (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base


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