EZEKIEL 42

EZEKIEL’S VISION OF THE TEMPLE CHAMBERS

Continuing Ezekiel’s vision, he now sees into the temple chambers. These chambers, intended for the priests, highlight the importance of ritual purity and order in the temple. One of the purification practices involves the priests leaving their holy garments inside the temple before entering the outer court.

From size descriptions listed, this temple will be far larger than the original temple that was destroyed in Jerusalem. Some theologians believe that Ezekiel’s vision was a literal depiction or blueprint of the temple for the new kingdom, while others believe that it is a symbolic message of hope that God’s presence will dwell among the people once again in an even greater way.