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Before the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
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Visualizing the Chambers
Commentators agree on the physical layout described. The verse details a large block of chambers, 100 cubits long (about 150-175 feet) and 50 cubits wide. The entrance was on the north side, facing the outer court. Scholars note these are external measurements, as the prophet viewed the structure from the outside.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He brought me before a row of chambers 100 cubits long, east and west. The door of which lay on the north side of the chambers. T…
19th Century
Anglican
Before the length.— This verse is still a part of the same sentence, and means, “he brought me before the long side of 10…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door That is, the north door of the house opened to a space tha…
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