Ezekiel 40:17

Easy To Read Version

Then the man led me into the outer courtyard. I saw thirty rooms and a pavement that went all the way around the courtyard. The rooms were along the wall and faced in toward the pavement.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:5

Then Solomon built a row of rooms around the main part of the temple. These rooms were built on top of each other. {This row of rooms was three stories tall.}

2 Kings 23:11

In the past, the kings of Judah had put some horses and a chariot [290] near the entrance to the Lord’s temple. This was near the room of an important official named Nathan Melech. The horses and chariot were to honor the sun god. [291] Josiah removed the horses and burned the chariot.

1 Chronicles 23:28

The Levites {\cf2\super [253]} had the job of helping Aaron’s descendants {\cf2\super [254]} in the service of the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [255]} The Levites also cared for the temple yard and the side rooms in the temple. They had the job of making all holy things pure. It was their job to serve in God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 9:26

There were four gatekeepers that were the leaders of all the gatekeepers. They were Levite {\cf2\super [95]} men. They had the job of caring for the rooms and treasures in God’s temple. {\cf2\super [96]}

2 Chronicles 31:11

Then Hezekiah commanded the priests to make storerooms ready in the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [386]} So this was done.

Exodus 27:9

“Make a courtyard for the Holy Tent. [220] The south side should have a wall of curtains 100 cubits [221] long. These curtains must be made from fine linen. [222]

Ezekiel 10:5

The noise from the wings of the Cherub angels could be heard all the way out in the outer courtyard. The sound was very loud—like the thundering voice when God All-Powerful speaks.

Ezekiel 40:18

The pavement was as wide as the gates were long. The pavement reached to the inside end of the gateway. This was the lower pavement.

Ezekiel 40:38

There was a room with a door that opened onto the porch of this gate. This is where the priests wash the animals for the burnt offerings.

Ezekiel 40:44

There were two rooms in the inner courtyard. One was by the north gate facing south. The other room was by the south {\cf2\super [347]} gate facing north.

Ezekiel 40:45

The man said to me, “The room that looks to the south is for the priests who are on duty and serving in the temple area.

Ezekiel 40:46

But the room that looks to the north is for the priests who are on duty and serving at the altar. {\cf2\super [348]} The priests are from the family group of Levi. But this second group of priests are the descendants {\cf2\super [349]} of Zadok. They are the only people who can carry the sacrifices to the altar to serve the Lord.” {\cf2\super [350]}

Ezekiel 41:10

and \{the priests’\} rooms. It was 20 cubits {\cf2\super [374]} wide and went all the way around the temple.

Ezekiel 41:6

The side rooms were on three different floors, one above the other. There were 30 rooms on each floor. The wall of the temple was built with ledges. The side rooms rested on these ledges but were not attached to the temple wall itself.

Ezekiel 42:1

Then the man led me through the north gate out into the outer courtyard. He led me \{west\} to a building with many rooms that was west of the restricted area and the building on the north side.

Ezekiel 42:10

The entrance was at the start of the wall beside the courtyard.

Ezekiel 42:3

The building was three stories tall and had balconies. The 20-cubit {\cf2\super [388]} inner courtyard was between the building and the Temple. On the other side, the rooms faced the pavement of the outer courtyard.

Ezekiel 42:4

There was a path 10 cubits {\cf2\super [389]} wide and 100 cubits {\cf2\super [390]} long running along the south side of the building, even though the entrance was on the north side.

Ezekiel 44:1

Then the man brought me back to the east gate of the temple area. We were outside the gate and the gate was shut.

Ezekiel 45:5

Another area, 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [430]} long and 10,000 cubits {\cf2\super [431]} wide, will be for the Levites who serve in the temple. This land will also belong to the Levites for their cities to live in.

Ezekiel 46:21

Then the man led me out to the outer courtyard. He led me to the four corners of the courtyard. I saw smaller courtyards in each corner of the large courtyard.

Revelation 11:2

But don’t measure the yard outside the temple. Leave that alone. That has been given to the people who are not Jews. Those people will walk on the holy city for 42 months.