The Outer Court

Ezekiel 40

¹⁷ Then he brought me into _u the outer court. And behold, there were _v chambers and a _w pavement, all around the court. _x Thirty chambers faced the pavement. ¹⁸ And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. ¹⁹ Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, ₁ a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side. ₂

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 42:1
   Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the separate yard and opposite the building on the north.
   Revelation 11:2
   But do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
   
2. Cross References
   Ezekiel 40:38
   There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed.
   Ezekiel 40:44 - 45
   On the outside of the inner gateway there were two chambers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south gate facing north.
   Ezekiel 40:46
   And the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him.
   Ezekiel 41:10
   Other chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
   2 Kings 23:11
   And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts. And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 7:3
   When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
   
4. Cross References
   Ezekiel 41:6
   And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.
   Ezekiel 45:5
   Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in.