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Lexicon :: Strong's H2691 - ḥāṣēr

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חָצֵר
Transliteration
ḥāṣēr
Pronunciation
khaw-tsare'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָצַר (H2690) in its original sense
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 722a,723a

Strong’s Definitions

חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x

The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x
The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

  1. court, enclosure

    1. enclosures

    2. court

  2. settled abode, settlement, village, town

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.
STRONGS H2691: Abbreviations
I. חָצֵר 145 noun masculine Ezekiel 40:23 and (oftener) feminine 1 Kings 6:36 enclosure, court — absolute ח׳ 1 Kings 7:8 +, חָצֵרָה Jeremiah 36:20; construct חֲצַר Exodus 27:9 +; suffix חֲצֵרוֺ 2 Samuel 17:18; חֲצֵרוֺת Exodus 8:9 + 4 times; construct חַצְרֵי Nehemiah 13:7, הַצְרוֺת 2 Kings 21:5 + 10 times; suffix חֲצֵרָ֑י Isaiah 1:12; Zechariah 3:7; חֲצֵרֶיךָ Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:11; חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י 1 Chronicles 28:6; חֲצֵרֹתָיו Psalm 100:4, לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו Psalm 96:8, וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם Nehemiah 8:16; —
1. enclosures (in Egypt), perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Exodus 8:9 (J).
2. court of private house 2 Samuel 17:18 (containing well), compare Nehemiah 8:16; of a palace, חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from הַגְּדוֺלָה (הֶ)ח׳ 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:12 the great court, including הא׳ ח׳ and הַמְּנִימִית הֶח׳ of temple (see 3b) in one great enclosure (see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883. 152 f.); 2 Kings 20:4 (Qr Vrss The Kmp Klo and others; Kt Ke and others הָעִיר), Jeremiah 36:20; Esther 1:5; Esther 2:11; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1, 2; Esther 6:4 (twice in verse); Esther 6:5; מַטָּרָה ח׳ court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jeremiah 32:2 (in king's house), Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 38:6, 13, 28; Jeremiah 39:14, 15. Especially
3. a. court of tabernacle חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:9, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 27:12; Exodus 27:13 + 24 times Exodus (all P; שַׁעַר הֶח׳ gate of the court Exodus 35:17; Exodus 38:15, 18, 31; Exodus 39:40; Exodus 40:8, 33); Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Numbers 3:26 (twice in verse) (פֶּתַח הֶח׳), Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:26 (twice in verse) (הֶח׳ שַׁעַר פֶּתַח), Numbers 4:32; courts of house of י׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28.
b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with הַפְּנִימִית הֶח׳ 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 7:12 (but on text see Stal.c.) Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 10:3 compare Ezekiel 10:4;＝upper with הָעֶלְיוֺן הֶח׳ Jeremiah 36:10 (see Gf), and הַכֹּהֲנִים ח׳ 2 Chronicles 4:9 (where also הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֺלָה, as often Ezek., also דְּלָתוֺת לָעֲזָרָה); outer court הֶח׳ הַחִיצֹנָה Ezekiel 10:5＝הַחֲדָשָׁה הֶח׳ 2 Chronicles 20:5; see further 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; 24:21; 29:16; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 8:7; two courts 2 Kings 21:5 2 Chronicles 33:5; 2 Kings 23:12; courts Ezekiel 9:7; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 23:5; Nehemiah 8:1, 6; Nehemiah 13:7; often in poetry, courts of י׳ Isaiah 1:12; Isaiah 62:9 (קדשׁי ח׳), Zechariah 3:7; Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:3; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 96:8; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:2
c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:14 + 38 times Ezekiel 40-46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר Ezekiel 40:19, 32 with Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co; and החיצון for החצר Ezekiel 41:15 with Greek Version of the LXX Ew Co). **Ezekiel 42:6 הַחִיצֹנוֺת for הַחֲצֵרוֺת.

II. [חָצֵר] 46 noun masculineNehemiah 11:25 settled abode, settlement, village (Lagl.c.) — always plural, absolute חֲצֵרִים Joshua 19:8 + 5 times; construct חַצְרֵי 1 Chronicles 9:16; Nehemiah 12:28; suffix חֲצֵרֶיהָ Joshua 21:12 + 4 times; חַצְרֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:33 + 6 times; חַצְרֵיהֶן Joshua 13:23 + 24 times Joshua; —
a. settlements of Ishmaelites Genesis 25:16 (P; || טִירוֺת circles of tents); of עַוִּים [H2699 Deuteronomy 2:23]; of Kedar Isaiah 42:11 (|| עָרִים); בָּתֵּי הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵיןלָֿהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב Leviticus 25:31 (H), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים Psalm 10:8 lurking-place(s) of villages (i.e. where oppressor, as a wild beast, watches his opportunity to attack the defenceless). Usually...
b. as dependencies of cities Joshua 15:46, with בְּנֹתֶיהָ (see above בַּת 4.) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (all J E ?); אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֺת הֶעָרִים וְכָלהַֿח׳ Joshua 19:8 (P), also Joshua 21:12 (P),＝1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 12:29; also Joshua 13:23, 28; Joshua 15:32 + 23 times Joshua (all P), Nehemiah 11:25, 30 (|| בָּנוֺת Nehemiah 11:25; Nehemiah 11:27 etc.), Nehemiah 12:28.
c. villages, not contrasted with cities (compare Isaiah 42:11 above) 1 Chronicles 9:16, 22, 25 (all of Levites).
d. ח׳ apparently including all settlements outside of Jerusalem הַח׳ בִּשְׂדֹתָם Nehemiah 11:25. — ח׳ in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Joshua 15:20-32).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:16

Exodus

8:9; 8:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 35:17; 38:15; 38:18; 38:31; 39:40; 40:8; 40:33

Leviticus

6:9; 6:19; 25:31

Numbers

3:26; 3:37; 4:26; 4:32

Joshua

13:23; 13:23; 13:28; 15:32; 15:45; 15:46; 15:47; 19:8; 19:8; 21:12; 21:12

2 Samuel

17:18; 17:18

1 Kings

6:36; 6:36; 7:8; 7:8; 7:9; 7:12; 7:12; 8:64

2 Kings

20:4; 21:5; 21:5; 23:12

1 Chronicles

4:33; 6:41; 9:16; 9:16; 9:22; 9:25; 23:28; 28:6; 28:12

2 Chronicles

4:9; 7:7; 20:5; 23:5; 24:21; 29:16; 33:5

Nehemiah

8:1; 8:6; 8:16; 8:16; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:27; 11:30; 12:28; 12:28; 12:29; 13:7; 13:7

Esther

1:5; 2:11; 4:11; 5:1; 5:2; 6:4; 6:5

Psalms

10:8; 65:5; 65:5; 84:3; 84:11; 84:11; 96:8; 96:8; 100:4; 100:4; 116:19; 135:2

Isaiah

1:12; 1:12; 42:11; 42:11; 62:9

Jeremiah

19:14; 26:2; 32:2; 32:8; 32:12; 33:1; 36:10; 36:20; 36:20; 37:21; 38:6; 38:13; 38:28; 39:14; 39:15

Ezekiel

8:7; 8:16; 9:7; 10:3; 10:4; 10:5; 40:14; 40:19; 40:23; 40:32; 41:15; 42:6

Zechariah

3:7; 3:7

H2691

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Strong's Number H2691 matches the Hebrew חָצֵר (ḥāṣēr),
which occurs 190 times in 163 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 84:2–Eze 42:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:2 - My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts H2691 of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day in thy courts H2691 is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:13 - Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts H2691 of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:8 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. H2691

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:4 - Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts H2691 with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:19 - In the courts H2691 of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:2 - Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts H2691 of the house of our God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:12 - When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? H2691

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages H2691 that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9 - But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts H2691 of my holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court H2691 of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court H2691 of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court H2691 of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court H2691 of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court H2691 of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:1 - Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court H2691 of the prison, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, H2691 at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:20 - And they went in to the king into the court, H2691 but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court H2691 of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court H2691 of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court H2691 of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court H2691 of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah abode in the court H2691 of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court H2691 of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court H2691 of the prison, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:7 - And he brought me to the door of the court; H2691 and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - And he brought me into the inner court H2691 of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts H2691 with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:3 - Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. H2691

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court H2691 was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, H2691 as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court H2691 round about the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:17 - Then brought he me into the outward court, H2691 and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court H2691 round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court H2691 without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 - And the gate of the outward court H2691 that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And the gate of the inner court H2691 was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And there was a gate in the inner court H2691 toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 - And he brought me to the inner court H2691 by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; H2691 and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 - And he brought me into the inner court H2691 toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; H2691 and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; H2691 and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44 - And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, H2691 which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - So he measured the court, H2691 an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; H2691

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - Then he brought me forth into the utter court, H2691 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3 - Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, H2691 and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, H2691 was gallery against gallery in three stories.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6 - For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: H2691 therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court H2691 on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court H2691 was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. H2691

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