What Does Ezekiel 42:1 Mean in the King James?

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 42:1 · KJV

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THE KEY

The chamber is located opposite the “separate place,” so this vision reveals sacred space through the boundaries that distinguish one place from another.

THE MEANING

You meet this sacred space by being led through distinct zones: out into the outer court, then toward a chamber positioned across from the area set apart. The path and its boundaries give each place its relation, so what is hidden becomes visible one location at a time.

THE ROOT

וַיּוֹצִאֵנִי

wayyotsi’eni

GROWS FROM

יצא

to go out, come forth, emerge

“brought me forth” in this verse is wayyotsi’eni. The verb keeps the movement open: the seer is brought out and onward, rather than simply placed in a room. Here, the path itself is part of the revelation, as entry unfolds through distinct spaces.

ALSO GROWS

yatsa: to go out, come forth

יָצָא

This is the root verb beneath “brought me forth,” holding the focus on movement between places.

motsa: an exit, outlet, or going out

מוֹצָא

This branch gives the movement a visible passage or opening, echoing the way the verse specifies where the seer is brought.

yetsi’ah: a departure or going out

יְצִיאָה

This branch names the act of going out, showing that the verse’s first movement is part of what the vision reveals.

הַגִּזְרָה

haggizrah

GROWS FROM

גזר

to cut off, divide, or set a boundary; by extension, to decree or determine

“Separate place” carries the image of an area cut off or bounded. The chamber is made legible by its position opposite that distinct area, so division shapes how the whole space is seen.

ALSO GROWS

gazar: to cut off or divide

גָּזַר

The root’s basic image gives the “separate place” a sense of a boundary made by division.

gezerah: a decree or decision

גְּזֵרָה

A decree is something determined or set; this branch echoes how the divided area has a defined place in the vision.

THE PATTERN

Sacred space becomes visible through a guided passage across distinct, bounded places.

And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

Exodus 26:33 · KJVThe veil marks a boundary that distinguishes one sacred space from another.

Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

Ezekiel 41:1 · KJVThe seer is led further into the temple, where measured boundaries define the next space.

For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

Hebrews 9:2 · KJVThe sanctuary is shown as a distinct chamber with its own arrangement and identity.

THE THREAD

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Psalm 18:19 · KJV

“Brought me forth” uses ⁨יָצָא⁩ (yatsa, to go out or come forth) in a causative form, the same root as Ezekiel’s being brought out. The psalm names the destination as a large place; Ezekiel shows that movement unfolding through an ordered threshold into the outer court.

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