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Ezekiel 42:18 King James Version (KJV)

18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.


Ezekiel 42:18 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

18 He measured H4058 the south H1864 side, H7307 five H2568 hundred H3967 reeds, H7070 with the measuring H4060 reed. H7070


Ezekiel 42:18 American Standard (ASV)

18 He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.


Ezekiel 42:18 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

18 The south side he hath measured, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.


Ezekiel 42:18 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.


Ezekiel 42:18 World English Bible (WEB)

18 He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.


Ezekiel 42:18 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

18 And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

Commentary on Ezekiel 42 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


CHAPTER 42

Eze 42:1-20. Chambers of the Priests: Measurements of the Temple.

2. Before the length of an hundred cubits—that is, before "the separate place," which was that length (Eze 41:13). He had before spoken of chambers for the officiating priests on the north and south gates of the inner court (Eze 40:44-46). He now returns to take a more exact view of them.

5. shorter—that is, the building became narrower as it rose in height. The chambers were many: so "in My Father's house are many mansions" (Joh 14:2); and besides these there was much "room" still left (compare Lu 14:22). The chambers, though private, were near the temple. Prayer in our chambers is to prepare us for public devotions, and to help us in improving them.

16. five hundred reeds—the Septuagint substitutes "cubits" for "reeds," to escape the immense compass assigned to the whole, namely, a square of five hundred rods or three thousand cubits (two feet each; Eze 40:5), in all a square of one and one-seventh miles, that is, more than all ancient Jerusalem; also, there is much space thus left unappropriated. Fairbairn rightly supports English Version, which agrees with the Hebrew. The vast extent is another feature marking the ideal character of the temple. It symbolizes the great enlargement of the kingdom of God, when Jehovah-Messiah shall reign at Jerusalem, and from thence to the ends of the earth (Isa 2:2-4; Jer 3:17; Ro 11:12, 15).

20. wall … separation between … sanctuary and … profane—No longer shall the wall of partition be to separate the Jew and the Gentile (Eph 2:14), but to separate the sacred from the profane. The lowness of it renders it unfit for the purpose of defense (the object of the wall, Re 21:12). But its square form (as in the city, Re 21:16) is the emblem of the kingdom that cannot be shaken (Heb 12:28), resting on prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner-stone.