Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezekiel 40:17 - 40:17

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezekiel 40:17 - 40:17


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The outward court; so called in regard of the more inward court, between that where he was and the temple itself: this court here, called the outward court, was at least the second about the temple, as you go through the first and greatest court, or floor encompassed with that wall of one reed high, and one thick, through the second, which is the court of the people, and which probably is this in our text.



There were chambers; not only lodging rooms for the priests, but also storehouses for tithes and offerings; these were treasuries, and so rendered by some.



A pavement; a very beautiful floor laid with checker-work, as some say of marble, or of porphyry, which is much richer.



Round about; it was not laid as we see some courts before great houses with us, in a fair walk up from the gate to the door of the house, but the whole floor of this court was thus paved.



Thirty chambers; that is, fifteen on the south side of the gate, and fifteen on the north side, built over the pavement.