Ezekiel 40:44

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south gate facing north.

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  • 1 Chr 6:31-32 : 31 Professional Musicians These are the men David put in charge of music in the LORD’s sanctuary, after the ark was placed there. 32 They performed music before the sanctuary of the meeting tent until Solomon built the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their tasks according to regulations.
  • 1 Chr 16:41-43 : 41 Joining them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD.(For his loyal love endures!) 42 Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance. 43 Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family.
  • Ezek 40:23 : 23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.
  • Ezek 40:27 : 27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.
  • Ezek 40:29 : 29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.
  • Ezek 40:38 : 38 There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering.
  • Eph 5:19 : 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
  • 1 Chr 25:1-9 : 1 David Organizes the Musicians David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. The following men were assigned this responsibility: 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision. 3 From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah– six in all, under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD. 4 From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the LORD’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king. 7 They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the LORD, numbered two hundred eighty-eight. 8 They cast lots to determine their responsibilities– oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student. 9 The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons– twelve in all, the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons– twelve in all, 10 the third to Zaccur and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 11 the fourth to Izri and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 12 the fifth to Nethaniah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 13 the sixth to Bukkiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 14 the seventh to Jesharelah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 15 the eighth to Jeshaiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 16 the ninth to Mattaniah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 17 the tenth to Shimei and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 18 the eleventh to Azarel and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 19 the twelfth to Hashabiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 20 the thirteenth to Shubael and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 21 the fourteenth to Mattithiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 22 the fifteenth to Jerimoth and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 23 the sixteenth to Hananiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25 the eighteenth to Hanani and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 26 the nineteenth to Mallothi and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 27 the twentieth to Eliathah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 28 the twenty-first to Hothir and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 29 the twenty-second to Giddalti and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 31 the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer and his sons and relatives– twelve in all.
  • Ezek 40:7 : 7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.
  • Ezek 40:10 : 10 There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.
  • Ezek 40:17 : 17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

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  • Ezek 40:45-46
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    45He said to me,“This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

    46and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the LORD to minister to him.”

  • Ezek 40:9-24
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    9He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

    10There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.

    11He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.

    12There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet on either side.

    13He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet from one entrance to the opposite one.

    14He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.

    15From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet.

    16There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees.

    17Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

    18The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

    19Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

    20He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

    21Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

    22Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

    23Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.

    24Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.

  • Ezek 42:9-13
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    9Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

    10At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

    11with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances

    12were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

    13Then he said to me,“The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are 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 offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

  • Ezek 42:1-4
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    1Chambers for the Temple Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

    2Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87½ feet.

    3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

    4In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, and their entrances were on the north.

  • Ezek 46:19
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    19Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw a place at the extreme western end.

  • Ezek 40:38-40
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    38There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering.

    39In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.

    40On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

  • Ezek 40:27-28
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    27The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.

    28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

  • 1 Chr 9:24
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    24The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides– east, west, north, and south.

  • Ezek 40:35-36
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    35Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others–

    36its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

  • Ezek 40:32
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    32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

  • Ezek 42:15
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    15Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

  • Ezek 40:6-7
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    6Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

    7The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

  • Ezek 41:10-11
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    10and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.

    11There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet all around.

  • Ezek 44:1
    74%

    1The Closed Gate Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

  • Ezek 43:1
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    1The Glory Returns to the Temple Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.

  • Ezek 41:17
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    17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

  • Ezek 46:9
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    9“‘When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

  • Ezek 42:7
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    7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet long.

  • Ezek 40:48
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    48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side.

  • Neh 13:5
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    5He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

  • Ezek 44:4
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    4Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the LORD filling the LORD’s temple, and I threw myself face down.