Ezekiel 42:9
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New International Version (©2011)
The lower rooms had an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

New Living Translation (©2007)
There was an eastern entrance from the outer courtyard to these rooms.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
At the base of these chambers there was an entryway on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Below these chambers, as one might enter from the outer court, was the east side entrance.

NET Bible (©2006)
Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
These lower side rooms had an entrance on the east side. A person was able to enter the outer courtyard through them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

American King James Version
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the utter court.

American Standard Version
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was under these chambers, an entrance from the east, for them that went into them out of the outward court.

Darby Bible Translation
And under these cells was the entry from the east, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

English Revised Version
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

Webster's Bible Translation
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

World English Bible
From under these rooms was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

Young's Literal Translation
And under these chambers is the entrance from the east, in one's going into them from the outer court.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

42:1-20 In this chapter are described the priests' chambers, their use, and the dimensions of the holy mount on which the temple stood. These chambers were many. Jesus said, In my Father's house are many mansions: in his house on earth there are many; multitudes, by faith, are lodging in his sanctuary, and yet there is room. These chambers, though private, were near the temple. Our religious services in our chambers, must prepare for public devotions, and further us in improving them, as our opportunities are.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - The chambers were approached by an entry (in the text the entry, this being a well-known and recognized part of the structure) which ran along the east side of the building, and led from the outer to the temple court. As this (the outer) court was higher than that (the temple), and could only be reached by steps, "the entry" is represented as lying under the chambers. It was manifestly this "entry" that was screened by the fence mentioned in ver. 7.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And from under these chambers,.... Or, "from the lower part of these chambers" (z); or, "from the lowest" of them there was a space, as may be supplied, and as is by Cocceius and Starchius; and as there was a wall to the west of them, so there was a void space to the east; and as follows:

the entry on the east side: or, "he that brought me from the east" (a), as the Keri; and coming eastward to these chambers, one must needs go through this space:

as one goeth into them from the utter court; if a man went eastward into those chambers from the outward court he must go through this space, which lay to the east of the lowest chambers: or the sense is, that from under the north chambers to the south was an entry on the east side, which led from one to the other.

(z) "et ab ima, parte exedrarum", Vatablus; "et infra calles has fuisse spatium", Cocceius, Starckius. (a) "is qui deducebat me ab oriente", Junius & Tremellius; "quumque is qui introduxerat me ab orientes", Piscator.

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Chambers for the Priests
…8For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, see, before the temple were an hundred cubits. 9And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the utter court. 10The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. …

Ezekiel 44:5 The LORD said to me, "Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the regulations and instructions regarding the temple of the LORD. Give attention to the entrance to the temple and all the exits of the sanctuary.
Ezekiel 46:19 Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end.