Ezekiel 10:5

10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God ¹  when he speaks.

Ezekiel 40:20

40:20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

Ezekiel 40:31

40:31 Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Ezekiel 40:34

40:34 Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Ezekiel 40:37

40:37 Its jambs ²  faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

Ezekiel 42:9

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

Ezekiel 44:1

The Closed Gate

44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

Ezekiel 44:19

44:19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. ³ 

Ezekiel 40:17

40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw ⁴  chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

Ezekiel 41:17

41:17 to 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. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 42:1

Chambers for the Temple

42:1 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.

Ezekiel 42:3

42:3 Opposite the 35 feet ⁶  that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

Ezekiel 42:7-8

42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet ⁷  long. 42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet ⁸  long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet ⁹  long.

Ezekiel 46:21

46:21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed ¹⁰  that in every corner of the court there was a court.

Ezekiel 42:14

42:14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

Ezekiel 46:20

46:20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people.”

[10:5]  ¹ tn The name (“El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 69-72.

[40:37]  ² tc The LXX reads “porches.”

[44:19]  ³ sn For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Sam 6:7. Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21.

[40:17]  ⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[41:17]  ⁵ tc The LXX does not have the word “by measurements.” The word may be a technical term referring to carpentry technique, the exact meaning of which is unclear.

[42:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[42:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[46:21]  ⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.