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Ezekiel

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The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
The thickness breadth Noun H7341 רֹ֣חַב ro·chav
without abroad Noun H2351 הַח֖וּץ ha·chutz
of the wall mason Noun H7023 הַקִּ֧יר hak·kir
which [was] for the side chamber beam Noun H6763 לַצֵּלָ֛ע la·tze·la
of the side chambers beam Noun H6763 צְלָעֹ֖ות tze·la·'o·vt
[was] five fif Noun H2568 חָמֵ֣שׁ cha·mesh
Analysis:

Five: Incompletion or lacking

For a person to understand the meaning of the number “five”, one must first realize that the meaning of the number ten is completion or wholeness. Since five is half of ten, the idea is that the number five represents incompletion or that which is lacking. A Scripture that expresses this idea is found in the book of John. At a place called Beit Chesed (Bethesda), there was a pool whose waters healed the sick. The reader is told that around the pool there were five porches. It is stated that on these five porches laid individuals who were not whole. Some were paralyzed and the rest of them had a variety of health problems. It is not a chance happening that these people who were lacking their health were on five porches. Another well-known passage that contains the number five is found in I Samuel 17. In the account of David and Goliath, David picks up five stones (see I Samuel 17:40). Why is the reader told the specific number and not simply that David had gathered a few stones? The answer is to assist the reader in understanding that the stone, which David hurled at Goliath, was not the source of victory. Rather, this was only the means that God used to accomplish His victory. In other words, the stone and even David, who hurled this stone at Goliath, were insufficient to bring about this victory.

One of the first places where the idea of "lacking" or "incompleteness" is seen regarding the number five is in the book of Genesis. In chapter 18, two angels are sent to Sodom to destroy the city. God tells Abraham that if 50 righteous people are found in the city, then the city will be free of this punishment (We will learn that the number 50 is related to freedom when this number is studied). This is revealed to Abraham and he responds saying, perhaps the city will lack 50 righteous people by five. It is significant that Abraham uses the number five when referring to the city lacking enough righteous people. 

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cubits cubit Noun H520 אַמֹּ֑ות am·mo·vt;
[was] the place court Noun H1004 בֵּ֥ית beit

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King James Bible The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
Hebrew Greek English The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place outer wall of the side chambers that were within.was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple
New American Standard Bible 1995 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place outer wall of the side chambers that were within.was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple