Ezekiel 42:5

“Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.”

"Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building." - Ezekiel 42:5
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What does Ezekiel 42:5 mean?

The book of Ezekiel is one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament of the Bible. It was written by the prophet Ezekiel, who was a contemporary of Jeremiah and Daniel, during the time of the Babylonian exile. The book is traditionally attributed to Ezekiel himself and…

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Ascending to Greater Heights: Lessons from Ezekiel 42:5

In the book of Ezekiel, we find a vivid and detailed vision of the temple described by the prophet as he is shown the splendor and order of God’s divine dwelling place. Specifically, Ezekiel 42:5 states: "Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than…

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A Prayer for Spiritual Insight and Growth: Embracing the Higher Call

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a heart full of gratitude and a spirit yearning for understanding of Your divine Word. As I meditate upon Ezekiel 42:5, which states, "Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and…

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Ezekiel 42:5 - "Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building."
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Ezekiel 42:18 - "He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed."
Ezekiel 42:2 - "Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits."
Ezekiel 42:19 - "¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed."
Ezekiel 42:17 - "He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Ezekiel 42:9 - "And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court."
Ezekiel 42:16 - "He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Ezekiel 42:8 - "For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits."
Ezekiel 42:4 - "And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north."
Ezekiel 42:10 - "The 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 42:7 - "And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits."
John 5:42 - "But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you."
Acts 5:42 - "And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."
Ezekiel 42:6 - "For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground."
Ezekiel 16:42 - "So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry."
Job 42:5 - "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee."
Genesis 42:5 - "And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan."
Ezekiel 42:12 - "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."
Ezekiel 42:3 - "Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories."
Mark 5:42 - "And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment."
Matthew 5:42 - "Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away."
"He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed." - Ezekiel 42:18
"Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits." - Ezekiel 42:2
Ezekiel 42:1 - "Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north."
Ezekiel 42:11 - "And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors."
Ezekiel 42:20 - "He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place."
Ezekiel 23:42 - "And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads."
Ezekiel 42:15 - "Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about."