Ezekiel 42:1-14

Ezekiel 42:1-14

[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 an 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  [4] And before  the chambers  was a walk  of ten  cubits  breadth  inward,  a way  of one  cubit;  and their doors  toward the north.  [5] Now the upper  chambers  were shorter:  for the galleries  than these,  than the lower,  and than the middlemost  of the building.  [6] For they were in three  stories, but had not pillars  of the courts:  therefore the building was straitened  more than the lowest  and the middlemost  from the ground.  [7] And the wall  that was without  over against  the chambers,  toward  the utter  court  on the forepart  of the chambers,  the length  thereof was fifty  cubits.  [8] For the length  of the chambers  that were in the utter  court  was fifty  cubits:  and, lo, before  the temple  were an hundred  cubits.  [9] And from under these chambers  was the entry  on the east side,  as one goeth  into them  from the utter  court.  [10] 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.  [11] And the way  before  them was like the appearance  of the chambers  which were toward  the north,  as long as  they, and as broad as  they: and all their goings out  were both according to their fashions,  and according to their doors.  [12] And according to the doors  of the chambers  that were toward  the south  was a door  in the head  of the way,  directly  before  the wall  toward  the east,  as one entereth  [13] Then said  he unto me, The north  chambers  and the south  chambers,  which are before  the separate place,  they be holy  chambers,  where the priests  that approach  shall eat  the most  there shall they lay  the most  and the meat offering,  and the sin offering,  and the trespass offering;  for the place  is holy.  [14] When the priests  enter  therein, then shall they not go out  of the holy  place into the utter  court,  but there they shall lay  their garments  wherein they minister;  for they are holy;  and shall put  on other  garments,  and shall approach  to those things which are for the people. 

What does Ezekiel 42:1-14 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

This is a very difficult section to interpret because the description of these structures is obscure in the Hebrew text.