Ezekiel 40:17-19--The Outer Court

Ezekiel 40:17-19
English Standard Version

The Outer Court
17 Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.

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This outer court was called "The Court of the Gentiles" in Jesus' day.  It was the place where the nations could come and hear the teachings of the Word of God and it was here, on Solomon's Porch, that Jesus and the Apostles taught the people from all nations at the times of the appointed feasts and festivals.  This is also the place that Jesus cleansed on two different occasions to drive the money-changers out and declared, "My house will be a house of prayer."  (Jesus claimed ownership over the Temple with this statement).

There were thirty additional chambers off of the courtyard for the priests and Levites. that faced the courtyard so the occupants of these chambers could keep an eye on the courtyard.  The courtyard measured 100 cubits (1800 feet or 600 yards) from the gates to the inner pavement.  See images 11 through 17 from the link I posted yesterday that I will repost here again.   FreeBibleimages :: Ezekiel's vision of the Temple: Part 1 :: Ezekiel's vision of a 'man with the appearance of bronze' (Ezekiel 40).  Hopefully you find these images helpful as you try to turn Ezekiel's descriptions into something more concrete like an architectural drawing.