What Does Ezekiel 46:21 Mean in the King James?

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

Ezekiel 46:21 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

Every corner contains another court, so the boundary that seems to end the space already holds space within it.

THE MEANING

You are brought into the outer court and led along its four corners; none is empty, because each contains a court within the court. The edge keeps opening into further space as you move through it.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A corner is only a dead end or leftover space outside the meaningful whole.

THE ROOT

וַיּוֹצִאֵנִי

wayyotsi'eni

GROWS FROM

יצא

To go out or come out; in this form, to bring someone out.

“brought me forth” in this verse is wayyotsi'eni. The verb is causative: someone brings you out, rather than you simply arriving. The same root names going out and Israel being brought out of Egypt, so the outer court is reached through an act of opening movement.

ALSO GROWS

yatsa: Go out, come out.

יָצָא

This is the base motion behind the verse’s causative form: the speaker is brought out.

yetsi'ah: Going out, exit.

יְצִיאָה

This noun preserves the same root as a movement from one space into another, fitting the passage into the outer court.

THE PATTERN

Sacred space gains meaning through ordered enclosures, with each boundary opening into a distinct space.

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

Exodus 27:9 · KJVThe tabernacle’s court is a defined enclosure that gives the sacred space an ordered boundary.

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 · KJVThe outer court leads into a further chamber, showing space unfolding through successive boundaries.

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 tabernacle’s first enclosure holds a distinct space with its own contents and name.

THE THREAD

And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Exodus 12:51 · KJV

“Brought me forth” and “did bring … out” carry the same root, ⁨יצא⁩ (yatsa, to go out). The root links the vision’s movement into an outer space with the recurring scriptural movement of being brought out.

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