Ezekiel 42

1 Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.

Then he took me forth unto the outer court, the way toward the north, —and brought me unto the chamber which was over against the secluded place and which was over against the enclosing-wall, towards the north.

2 The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

Facing the length of the hundred cubits, was the entrance of the north, —and the breadth was fifty cubits:

3 Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

over against the twenty which pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement which pertained to the outer court, was gallery facing gallery, by the thirties;

4 In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

and before the chambers, was a walk ten cubits in breadth inward, a way of one cubit, —and their entrances were to the north.

5 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

Now, the highest chambers, were shortened, —because the galleries took away therefrom more than from the lowest or from the middle in structure.

6 For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

For three stories, they were; and had not pillars like the pillars of the courts; for this cause, it differed from the lowest and from the middle, from the ground.

7 An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.

And as for the wall that was without. answering to the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.

For the length of the chambers which pertained to the outer court was fifty cubits, —and lo! in front of the temple a hundred cubits,

9 And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

And from under these chambers, was the entry from the east when one goeth in by them from the outer court.

10 On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,

In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east facing the secluded place and facing the enclosing wall, were chambers.

11 with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.

And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as was their length, so, was their breadth, —and all their exits were both according to their regulations, and according to their entrances.

12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.

And according to the entrances of the chambers which were toward the south, was the entrance at the head of the way—the way in the face of the covered wall, the way toward the east in entering them.

13 Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.

Then said he unto me, The chambers of the north the chambers of the south which face the secluded place, they are the holy chambers where the priests who draw near to Yahweh shall eat the most holy things; there, shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal offering and the sin-bearer and the guilt bearer, for the place is holy!

14 Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”

When the priests enter them, then shall they not go forth out of the holy place into the outer court, but there, shall they lay their garments wherein they minister for holy they are, and shall put on other garments, and so draw near unto that which pertaineth to the people.

15 Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:

And when he had ended the measurings of the inner house, then he brought me forth by way of the gate which looked toward the east, — and measured it round about on every side.

16 With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, —five hundred reeds by the measuring reed round about,

17 He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed round about.

18 He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.

The south side, measured he, —five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed.

19 And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.

He turned about to the west side, —he measured five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed.

20 So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

Toward the four winds, measured he it a wall, had it round about on every side, in length, five hundred, and in breadth five hundred, —to make a separation, between the holy and the common.