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Ezekiel 42:4

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In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

This chapter continues and concludes the describing and measuring of this mystical temple, which it is very hard to understand the particular architecture of, and yet more hard to comprehend the mystical meaning of. Here is, I. A description of the chambers that were about the courts, their situation and structure (Eze 42:1-13), and the uses for which they were designed (Eze 42:13, Eze 42:14). II. A survey of the whole compass of ground which was taken up with the house, and the courts belonging to it (Eze 42:15-20).

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

פָּנִים (pânîym, H6440) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and… לִשְׁכָּה (lishkâh, H3957) — a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging) מַהֲלָךְ (mahălâk, H4109) — a walk, i.e. a passage or a distance עֶשֶׂר (ʻeser, H6235) — ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) אַמָּה (ʼammâh, H520) — properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a… רֹחַב (rôchab, H7341) — width (literally or figuratively) פְּנִימִי (pᵉnîymîy, H6442) — interior דֶּרֶךְ (derek, H1870) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb אֶחָד (ʼechâd, H259) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first פֶּתַח (pethach, H6607) — an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way צָפוֹן (tsâphôwn, H6828) — properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)

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Ezekiel 46:19rank 3

Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end

Matthew 7:14rank 2

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Luke 13:24rank 2

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

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