---
title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Ezekiel 42"
description: "CHAPTER 42   :-. CHAMBERS OF THE
PRIESTS: MEASUREMENTS
OF THE TEMPLE. 2. Before the length of an hundred
cubits—that is, before \"the separate place,\" whic"
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---

CHAPTER 42

. 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 ([Ezekiel 41:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/13)).
He had before spoken of chambers for the officiating priests on the
north and south gates of the inner court ([Ezekiel 41:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/13)). 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" (); and besides these there was much "room" still
left (compare [Luke 14:22](../../../kjv/luke/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; ), 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 ([Isaiah 2:2-4](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/2-4);
[Jeremiah 3:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/17); [Romans 11:12](../../../kjv/romans/11/12);
[Romans 11:15](../../../kjv/romans/11/15)).

**20. wall . . . separation between .
. . sanctuary and . . . profane**—No longer shall the wall of
partition be to separate the Jew and the Gentile (), 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, [Revelation 21:12](../../../kjv/revelation/21/12)). But its
square form (as in the city, [Revelation 21:12](../../../kjv/revelation/21/12)) is the emblem of the kingdom that cannot be shaken ([Revelation 21:12](../../../kjv/revelation/21/12)), resting on prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the
chief corner-stone.

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