The Outer Court

Ezekiel 40

¹⁷ Then he brought me into _n the outer court; and there were _o chambers and a pavement made all around the court; _p thirty chambers faced the pavement. ¹⁸ The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower 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.

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 10:5
   And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.
   Ezekiel 42:1
   Then 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.
   Ezekiel 46:21
   Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court.
   Revelation 11:2
   But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Kings 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.
   2 Chronicles 31:11
   Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.
   Ezekiel 40:38
   There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering.
   
3. Cross References
   Ezekiel 45:5
   An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession.