"Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, {there were} chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about…" — Ezekiel 40:17

Ezekiel 40:17 · KJV

“Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, {there were} chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers {were} upon the pavement.”

— Ezekiel 40:17

Verse 16

And {there were} narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows {were} round about inward: and upon {each} post {were} palm trees. {narrow: Heb. closed} {arches: or, galleries, or, porches} {inward: or, within}

Verse 18

And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates {was} the lower pavement.

Ezekiel 40 — Context

And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate {were} fifty cubits.

Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, {there were} chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers {were} upon the pavement.

And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates {was} the lower pavement.

Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward. {without: or, from without}

Cross References

Ezekiel 42:1

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.

Revelation 11:2

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty {and} two months. {leave out: Gr. cast out}

Ezekiel 46:21

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court {there was} a court. {in every...: Heb. a court in a corner of a court, and a court in a corner of a court}

2 Chronicles 31:11

Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared {them}, {chambers: or, storehouses}

1 Chronicles 9:26

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in {their} set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. {set...: or, trust} {chambers: or, storehouses}

Ezekiel 10:5

And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard {even} to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

Ezekiel 45:5

And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

1 Chronicles 23:28

Because their office {was} to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; {their...: Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron}