On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building, Cross References Ezekiel 40:17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement, Ezekiel 41:12 Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits. Ezekiel 41:13 Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long. Ezekiel 41:15 Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court, Ezekiel 42:1 Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side. Ezekiel 42:7 An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court. Ezekiel 42:13 Then the man said to me, "The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings--the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings--for the place is holy. Treasury of Scripture The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. Ezekiel 41:12 Ezekiel 42:1,13 Ezekiel 41:13-15 |