Ezekiel 42

1 Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north. Then he brought me into the room that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building toward the north.

Then he led me forth to the outer court, in the direction toward the north, and he brought me to the rooms which were before the separate place, and before the building toward the north.

2 Facing the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits.

The length was a hundred cubits before the gate toward the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits;

3 Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the three stories.

over against the twenty cubits in the inner court, and over against the pavement in the outer court, was gallery before gallery, in three rows.

4 Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

5 Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building.

And the upper rooms were narrower (for the galleries took away room from them) than the lower and middle chambers of the building.

6 For they were in three stories, and they did not have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.

For they were in three stories; but had not pillars, as the pillars of the courts; therefore they were narrower than the lowest, and than the middlemost from the ground.

7 The wall that was outside by the side of the rooms, toward the outer court before the rooms, was fifty cubits long.

And as to the wall that was without, over against the chambers, toward the outer court, before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

8 For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. Behold, those facing the temple were one hundred cubits.

For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits; but before the temple it was a hundred cubits.

9 From under these rooms was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

And under these rooms was an entry from the east, as one came to them from the outer court.

10 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were rooms.

In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place and before the building, were rooms.

11 The way before them was like the appearance of the rooms which were toward the north. Their length and width were the same. All their exits had the same arrangement and doors.

And there was a way before them similar to that before the rooms toward the north. Both their length and their breadth were the same, and all their goings out and their fashions and their doors were the same.

12 Like the doors of the rooms that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.

And so also were the doors of the rooms toward the south; there was a door at the head of the way, before the well-built wall in the way toward the east, as one entered into them.

13 Then he said to me, “The north rooms and the south rooms, which are opposite the separate place, are the holy rooms, where the priests who are near to the LORD shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, with the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

Then he said to me, The north rooms and the south rooms, which are before the separate place, are holy rooms, where the priests, when they come near to Jehovah, eat the most holy things. There shall they lay the most holy things, both the flour-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.

14 When the priests enter in, then they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court until they lay their garments in which they minister there; for they are holy. Then they shall put on other garments, and shall approach that which is for the people.”

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but shall leave there the garments in which they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and approach to the place which belongeth to the people.

15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faces toward the east, and measured it all around.

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth to the gate, whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

16 He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.

He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed round about.

17 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed all around.

He measured the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed round about.

18 He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

He measured the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.

19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

He turned himself also to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.

20 He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, the length five hundred cubits, and the width five hundred cubits, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

On all the four sides measured he the wall round about five hundred reeds in length, and five hundred in breadth, to make a separation between the holy and the unholy place.