1. EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - TWO

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3. OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY-TWO THE PRIESTS CHAMBERSv. 1-14 OUTER DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE v.15-20

4. READ:EZEKIEL 42:1-3 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 1Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north. 2 Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. 3 Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

5. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:1-3 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 1Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the North; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north. 2 Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. 3 Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. WHICH WAY DID EZEKIEL GO? ‘Out into the outer court toward the North’ DESCRIBE THE BUILDING TOWARD THE NORTH: Length 100 cubits = 150 feetWidth 50 cubits = 75 feet DESCRIBE THE WIDTH OF THE INNER COURT: 20 cubits = 30 feet

6. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:2 2 Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. ‘length 100 cubits & width 50 cubits’ COMPARED TO THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE: READ:EXODUS 27:18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, The width fifty throughout and the height five cubits, Made of fine woven linen and its sockets of bronze. DESCRIBE THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE? Length 100 cubits = 150 feet Width 50 cubits = 75 feet Height 5 cubits = 7.5 feet

7. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:2 2 Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. ‘Length 100 cubits & Width 50 cubits’ READ:EZEKIEL 40:17-19 17 Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the North. NKJV DESCRIBE THE OUTER COURT: ‘30 chambers facing the pavement’ LENGTH OF THE OUTER COURT: ‘100 cubits toward the east and the North’ = 150 feet

8. READ:EZEKIEL 41:12-14 12 The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was 75 cubits wide; the walls were 5 cubits thick all around, and its length 90 cubits. 13 He measured the temple, 100 cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was 100 cubits long; 14 The width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was 100 cubits. NKJV DESCRIBE THE BUILDING ON THE WESTERN END: ‘Length 90 cubits, Width 70 cubits & Walls 5 cubits thick Total Length = 135 feet + 2 walls (7.5 feet) = 150 feet Total Width = 105 feet + 2 walls (7.5 feet) = 120 feet WIDTH OF THE EAST FACE OF THE TEMPLE: 100 cubits = 150 feet

9. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:3 3 Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. DESCRIBE WIDTH OF THE INNER COURT: Width 20 cubits = 30 feet ‘opposite the pavement of the outer court’ ‘gallery against gallery in three stories’ READ:EZEKIEL 41:15-16 15 He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, 100 cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court, 16 their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows — the windows were covered — NKJV

10. READ:EZEKIEL 42:4-6 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building. 6 For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.

11. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:4-6 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced North. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building. 6 For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up. DESCRIBE THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS: ‘In front of the chambers was a walk 10 cubits wide’ ‘a distance of 1 cubit’ and ‘their doors faced North’ ‘the galleries were in three stories‘ ‘they did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts’

12. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:4 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced North. WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS? ‘In front of the chambers was a walk’ DESCRIBE THIS WALK WAY: ‘In front of the chambers was a walk way’ ‘10 cubits x 1 cubit’ ‘15 feet x 1.5 feet’ ‘The doors of the chambers faced North’

13. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:6 6 For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up. DESCRIBE THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS: ‘they were in three stories ‘ ‘They did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts’ ‘The upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up’ HOW MANY CHAMBERS WERE THERE? READ:EZEKIEL 40:17 17 Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 30 chambers x 3 stories = 90 chambers?

14. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:6 READ:1 KINGS 6:5-6 5 Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it. 6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the temple.NKJV HOW DID THESE CHAMBERS COMPARE WITH THOSE IN SOLOMON’S TEMPLE? ‘The lowest chamber was five cubits wide’ ‘The middle was six cubits wide’ ‘The third was seven cubits wide’

15. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:6 DESCRIBE THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS: ‘they were in three stories ‘ ‘They did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts’ ‘The upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up’ HOW DID THESE CHAMBERS COMPARE WITH THOSE IN SOLOMON’S TEMPLE? ‘The lowest chamber was five cubits wide’ ‘The middle was six cubits wide’ ‘The third was seven cubits wide’

16. SOLOMON’S TEMPLE NOTE PRIEST’S CHAMBERS

17. READ:EZEKIEL 42:7-9 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 7 And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits. 8 The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits. 9 At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

18. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:7-9 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 7 And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits. 8 The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits. 9 At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court. WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF THE PRIEST CHAMBERS? HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THE PRIEST CHAMBERS? WHAT WAS ON THE LOWER LEVEL ON THE EAST SIDE?

19. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:7 7 And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits. WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF THE PRIEST CHAMBERS? ‘A wall ran parallel to the chambers’ ‘At the front of the chambers, toward the outer court’ ‘Its length was 50 cubits’ (75 feet)

20. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:8 8 The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits. HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THE PRIEST CHAMBERS? ‘Length of chambers toward outer court was 50 cubits’ 50 cubits = 75 feet ‘Length facing the temple was 100 cubits’ 100 cubits = 150 feet

21. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:9 9 At the lower chambers was the entrance on the East side, as one goes into them from the outer court. WHAT WAS ON THE LOWER LEVEL ON THE EAST SIDE? ‘At the lower chambers’ ‘Was the entrance on the East side’ ‘As one goes into them from the outer court’

22. READ:EZEKIEL 42:10-12 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 10 Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. 11 There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan. 12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east.

23. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:10-12 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 10 Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the East, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. 11 There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the North; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan. 12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing South, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the East. WHAT WAS IN THE WALL OF THE COURT? WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF THESE CHAMBERS? HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THE DOORS?

24. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:10 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 10 Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the East, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. WHAT WAS IN THE WALL OF THE COURT? ‘there were chambers in the thickness of the wall’ ‘of the court toward the East’ ‘Opposite the separating courtyard’ ‘and opposite the building’ WHAT BUILDING? THE BUILDING ON THE WESTERN END?

25. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:10 THE BUILDING ON THE WESTERN END? READ:EZEKIEL 41:12-15 THE BUILDING ON THE WESTERN END 12 The building that faced the separating courtyard at its West end was 70 cubits wide; the wall of the building was 5 cubits thick all around, and its length 90 cubits. ‘Width 70 cubits + walls (10 cubits) = 80 cubits = 120 feet’ ‘Length 90 cubits + walls (10 cubits) = 100 cubits = 150 feet DIMENSIONS AND DESIGN OF THE TEMPLE AREA 13 He measured the temple, 100 cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was 100 cubits long; 14 Also the width of the East face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was 100 cubits. NKJV ‘Length 100 cubits = 150 feet’ ‘Width of the East face including courtyard 100 cubits = 150 feet’

26. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:11 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 11 There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the North; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan. WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF THESE CHAMBERS? ‘There was a walk in front of them’ ‘Their appearance was like the chambers’ ‘which were toward the North’ ‘They were as long and as wide as the others’ ‘All their exits and entrances were according to plan’

27. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:12 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing South, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the East. HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THE DOORS? ‘Corresponding to the doors of the chambers’ ‘that were facing South as one enters them’ ‘There was a door in front of the walk’ ‘The way directly in front of the wall toward the East’

28. READ:EZEKIEL 42:13-14 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 13 Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings — the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering — for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people."

29. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13-14 THE PRIESTS CHAMBERS 13 Then he said to me, ‘The North chambers and the South chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings — the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering — for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.’ WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS? WHAT WERE THE PRIESTS COMMANDED TO DO? WHY?

30. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13 13 Then he said to me, ‘The North chambers and the South chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings — the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering — for the place is holy. WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS? ‘The North chambers and the South chambers’ ‘Which are opposite the separating courtyard’ ‘are the holy chambers’ ‘There they shall lay the most holy offerings’ ‘grain offering, sin offering and trespass offering’ For ‘the place is holy‘ WHY ARE THESE CHAMBERS HOLY?

31. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13 WHY ARE THESE CHAMBERS HOLY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? READ:EXODUS 29:31-34 31 You shall take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place. 32 Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 33 They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy. 34 If any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy. NKJV

32. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13 WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS? ‘There the priests who approach the LORD’ ‘shall eat the most holy offerings’ For ‘the place is holy‘ WHY ARE THESE CHAMBERS HOLY? WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THE TRESPASS OFFERING? READ:LEVITICUS 7:6-7 6 Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. 7 The trespass offering is like the sin offering; there is one law for them both: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. NKJV

33. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13 WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS? ‘There the priests who approach the LORD’ ‘shall eat the most holy offerings’ For ‘the place is holy‘ WHY ARE THESE CHAMBERS HOLY? WHAT DID MOSES SAY ABOUT THE GRAIN OFFERING? READ:LEVITICUS 10:12-13 12 ….‘Take the grain offering that remains of the offerings made by fire to the LORD, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy. 13 You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due, of the sacrifices made by fire to the LORD; for so I have been commanded. NKJV

34. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13 WHAT DID MOSES SAY ABOUT THE SIN OFFERING? READ:LEVITICUS 6:30 30 No sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting, to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten. It shall be burned in the fire. NKJV WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ELEAZAR & ITHAMAR? READ:LEVITICUS 10:17-18 17 ‘Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? 18 See! Its blood was not brought inside the holy place; indeed you should have eaten it in a holy place, as I commanded.’NKJV

35. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13 WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS? ‘There the priests who approach the LORD’ ‘shall eat the most holy offerings’ For ‘the place is holy‘ WHY ARE THESE CHAMBERS HOLY? WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THE TRESPASS OFFERING? READ:LEVITICUS 14:12-13 12 The priest shall take one male lamb and offer it as a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. 13 He shall kill the lamb in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a holy place; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy. NKJV

36. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:13 WHY ARE THESE CHAMBERS HOLY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO AARON? READ:NUMBERS 18:8-10 8 ‘I have given you charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them as a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever. 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons. 10 In a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you. NKJV

37. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:14 14 When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.’ WHAT WERE THE PRIESTS COMMANDED TO DO? ‘When the priests enter them’ ‘They shall not go out of the holy chamber’ ‘into the outer court’ ‘There they shall leave their garments’ ‘in which they minister, for they are holy’ ‘They shall put on other garments’ THEN ‘They may approach that which is for the people’

38. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:14 WHAT DID EZEKIEL SAY ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS? ‘the place is holy‘ WHAT WERE THE PRIESTS COMMANDED TO DO? ‘They shall leave their garments’ ‘in which they minister, for they are holy’ WHY ARE THEIR GARMENTS HOLY? WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO? WHY? READ:EXODUS 29:9 9 You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons. NKJV

39. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:14 14 When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.’ WHAT WERE THE PRIESTS COMMANDED TO DO? ‘They shall leave their garments’ ‘in which they minister, for they are holy’ WHY ARE THEIR GARMENTS HOLY? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND AARON TO DO? READ:LEVITICUS 16:23 23 Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of meeting, shall take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there.

40. READ:EZEKIEL 42:15-19 OUTER DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE 15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 17 He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 18 He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 19 He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

41. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:15-19 15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 17 He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 18 He measured the South side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 19 He came around to the West side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. WHAT HAD THEY FINISHED MEASURING? WHICH WAY DID THEY GO? WHAT DID HE MEASURE?

42. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:15 15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the East, and measured it all around. WHAT HAD THEY FINISHED MEASURING? THE INNER DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE? WHICH WAY DID THEY GO? OUT THROUGH THE EAST GATE? WHAT DID HE MEASURE? THE OUTER DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE?

43. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:16-19 OUTER DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE 16 He measured the East side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 17 He measured the North side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 18 He measured the South side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 19 He came around to the West side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE? East side was 500 rods = 750 feet North side was 500 rods = 750 feet’ South side was 500 rods = 750 feet’ West side was 500 rods = 750 feet’

44. READ:EZEKIEL 42:20 OUTER DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE 20 He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common. NKJV

45. QUESTIONS:EZEKIEL 42:20 20 He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common. NKJV WHAT DID HE DO? ‘He measured it on the four sides’ ‘It had a wall all around’ 500 cubits long and 500 wide ‘Four Square 750 feet x 750 feet’ WHY HAVE A WALL ALL AROUND THE TEMPLE? ‘to separate the holy areas from the common’