Ezekiel 42:12
New International Version
were the doorways of the rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters the rooms.

New Living Translation
So there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway.

English Standard Version
as were the entrances of the chambers on the south. There was an entrance at the beginning of the passage, the passage before the corresponding wall on the east as one enters them.

Berean Standard Bible
And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.

King James Bible
And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

New King James Version
And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east.

New American Standard Bible
Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them.

NASB 1995
Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them.

NASB 1977
And corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them.

Amplified Bible
And like the entrances of the chambers that were toward the south there was an entrance at the head of the walkway, the walkway in front of the dividing wall toward the east, as one enters them.

Christian Standard Bible
The entrance at the beginning of the passageway, the way in front of the corresponding wall as one enters on the east side, was similar to the entrances of the chambers that were on the south side.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The entrance at the beginning of the passageway, the way in front of the corresponding wall as one enters on the east side, was similar to the entrances of the chambers that were on the south side.

American Standard Version
And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Were like the doors of the rooms which were in the way of the south door, at the head of the way, the way at the entrance of the wall which is in the way of the eastern valley as it comes

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So were the measures of the chambers toward the south, and according to the doors at the entrance of the walk, as it were the distance of a reed for light, and eastward as one went in by them.

Contemporary English Version
The door to these rooms was at the east end of the wall that stood in front of them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
According to the doors of the chambers that were towards the south : there was a door in the head of the way, which way was before the porch, separated towards the east as one entereth in.

English Revised Version
And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The doors to the south rooms were the same as the doors to the north rooms. There was a doorway at the other end of the walkway that was parallel to the corresponding wall that ran eastward. People entered through that doorway.

Good News Translation
There was a door under the rooms on the south side of the building, at the east end where the wall began.

International Standard Version
Corresponding to the chamber doorways facing the south was an opening at the beginning of the passage; that is, the passage in front of the corresponding part of the wall facing east as one might enter.

JPS Tanakh 1917
so were also the doors of the chambers that were toward the south, there was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall, toward the way from the east, as one entereth into them.

Literal Standard Version
And according to the openings of the chambers that [are] southward [is] an opening at the head of the way, the way directly in the front of the wall eastward in entering them.

Majority Standard Bible
And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.

New American Bible
At the base of the chambers on the south side there was an entry at the end of a walkway in front of the protective wall by which one could enter from the east.

NET Bible
were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

New Revised Standard Version
So the entrances of the chambers to the south were entered through the entrance at the head of the corresponding passage, from the east, along the matching wall.

New Heart English Bible
According to the doors of the rooms that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And according to the doors of the chambers that were towards the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall towards the east, as one entereth into them.

World English Bible
Like the doors of the rooms that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.

Young's Literal Translation
And according to the openings of the chambers that are southward is an opening at the head of the way, the way directly in the front of the wall eastward in entering them.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Chambers for the Priests
11with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. 12And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward. 13Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 42:4
In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

Ezekiel 42:7
An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.


Treasury of Scripture

And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.

was a door

Ezekiel 42:9
And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.

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Ezekiel 42
1. The chambers for the priests
13. The use thereof
15. The measures of the outward court














(12) "So were the doors of the chambers which were toward the south, a door at the head of the way, the way over against the corresponding (?) wall, the way as one enters from the east." The word here translated corresponding occurs only in this place, and is of doubtful signification; but the word for wall is the same as in Ezekiel 42:7, and there can be no doubt that it refers to the screen-wall to the east of the chambers. The way from the porch of the gate to the inner court was directly "over against" the passage between this wall and the chambers, and in fact joined it at right angles.

This closes the somewhat obscure and difficult description of these chambers, where we do not have, as in the other cases, any similar construction in the ancient Temple to guide the interpreter. It would seem altogether probable that there must have been an additional entrance to these chambers from the space at the side of or behind the Temple, for the convenience of the priests in changing their garments. Perhaps there was such an entrance to the second storey, which must have been about on the same level with the Temple court, but is not mentioned because only the plan of the lower storey is described.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And corresponding to the doors
וּכְפִתְחֵ֣י (ū·ḵə·p̄iṯ·ḥê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

of the chambers
הַלְּשָׁכ֗וֹת (hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell

that [were]
אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

facing
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

south,
הַדָּר֔וֹם (had·dā·rō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1864: The south, poet, the south wind

[there] [was] a door
פֶּ֖תַח (pe·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

in front
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of the walkway
דָּ֑רֶךְ (dā·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

that was parallel
בִּפְנֵי֙ (bip̄·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

to the wall
הַגְּדֶ֣רֶת (hag·gə·ḏe·reṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1448: Enclosure

extending
הֲגִינָ֔ה (hă·ḡî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1903: Perhaps appropriate, suitable

eastward.
הַקָּדִ֖ים (haq·qā·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East


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