Ezekiel Chapter 40 Vs. 17-19

The East Gate to the Outer Court

Ezekiel 40:17-19

Entering the outer court, Ezekiel saw… a pavement… all around the court with 30 rooms along the pavement. These rooms were probably spaced in even numbers along the north, east, and south walls of the temple. These 30 chambers were in another area in the outer court, not close to the other 6, which were in the inner court. This court is farthest out from the temple proper and enclosed by the outer walls. The use of these rooms is not stated, but they may have been storage rooms or meeting rooms for the people when they celebrated their feasts (cf. Jer. 35:2).

The pavement seemed to go to these thirty rooms. Possibly on the outside and would have been on the floor level.



The distance from the inside of the lower gateway (i.e., the east gate) to the outside of the inner court (i.e., to the threshold of the gate leading to the inner court) was (100 cubits). This area was 150 feet each direction.