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A Well-Ordered Sanctuary
Commentators explain that this verse describes a complex, three-story building of chambers for priests. It was strategically placed between the inner court and the paved outer court. The phrase 'gallery against gallery' likely refers to galleries on the top floor of two buildings facing each other, emphasizing the detailed and orderly design of God's visionary temple.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 42:3
18th Century
Theologian
These “chambers” () did not reach the western wall; between it and them lay a court for cooking (M), probably forty by thirty cubits; this court wi…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 42:3
19th Century
Bishop
Opposite the twenty.— See under Ezekiel 42:1. This was the space of twenty cubits (I, Ezekiel 40:44–49) to the west of …
John Gill
On Ezekiel 42:3
17th Century
Pastor
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court , &c.] Starckius thinks that the breadth of the chambers be…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 42:1–20
17th Century
Minister
In this chapter are described the priests' chambers, their use, and the dimensions of the holy mount on which the temple stood. These chambers were…