Ezekiel Chapter 40 Vs. 17

 

The Outer Court

Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. Eze 40:17

thirty chambers were... The size of a chamber, according to Eze. 40:7, was a reed long and a reed broad, or 10 feet 6 inches square.

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.

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. 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).