Ezekiel 42

1 The man took me out through the north gate to the outer courtyard into the rooms on the far side of the Temple courtyard by the northern external wall.

And he led me forth into the outer court, on the way to the north side; and he brought me into the [row of] chambers that was opposite the main wing, and which was opposite the building toward the north;

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

On the front side the length [of which] was a hundred cubits, [up to] the north door, while the breadth was fifty cubits.

3 It had three floors of open halls on both sides, one facing the twenty-cubit area of the inner courtyard and one facing the pavement of the outer courtyard.

Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement which was for the outer court, was corner-pillar before corner-pillar in the three stories.

4 In front of the rooms was an inside walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors opened to the north.

And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits in breadth toward the inner house, a way of one cubit [in width]; and their doors were toward the north.

5 The upper rooms were smaller because of the space taken up by the open halls on the lower and middle levels of the building.

Now the upper chambers were shorter [for the corner-pillar took away part of the space from them] than the lowest and than the middle chambers of the building.

6 Since they didn't have pillars like the courtyards, the upper rooms were set farther back than the lower and middle levels.

For they were in three stories, but had not pillars like the pillars of the courts: therefore was something taken off the lowest and the middle ones [as one ascended] from the ground.

7 An external wall ran in front of the rooms for fifty cubits long parallel to the outer courtyard.

And the wall that was without alongside the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, was in its length fifty cubits.

8 The rooms on the outer courtyard extended for fifty cubits, but those that faced the Temple were a hundred cubits long.

For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and lo, [the whole space] in front of the temple was one hundred cubits.

9 Below these rooms was an entrance on the east side coming from the outer courtyard.

And beneath these chambers was the entrance from the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

10 Along the wall on the south side of the outer courtyard were rooms next to the courtyard and opposite the building.

On the breadth of the wall of the court in an eastern direction before the main wing, and before the building, were chambers.

11 There was a walkway in front of them, just like the rooms on the north side. These rooms had the same length and width, the same doors, floor plan, and exits.

And the way before them was of like appearance as that for the chambers which were on the north side, of the same length and the same breadth; and all their means of egress, and their arrangement, and their doors were of the like manner.

12 Similarly there was an entrance under the rooms on the south side of the building, coming from the east side.

And so also were the doors of the chambers that were on the south side, a door being on the head of the way, of the way directly before the wall on the east side, as one entereth into them.

13 The man told me, “The north and south rooms that face the Temple courtyard are holy rooms where the priests who go before the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. They will place the most holy offerings there because the place is holy, and include the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings.

And he said unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers which are in front of the main wing, —these are the holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, namely, the meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.

14 Once the priests have entered these rooms, they are not to go to the outer courtyard before leaving their priestly clothes, because these are holy. They must change into other clothes before go where the ordinary people are.”

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the sanctuary into the outer court; but there shall they lay down their garments wherein they may have ministered; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall then approach to [the court] which is for the people.

15 After the man finished measuring inside of the Temple area, he took me out through the east gate, and he measured the surrounding area as well.

Now when he had finished the measurings of the inner house, he led me forth by the way of the gate which looked in an eastern direction, and measured it all round about.

16 Using the measuring rod he measured the east side. It was five hundred cubits long.

He measured the east side with the measuring-rod, five hundred rods, with the measuring-rod round about.

17 He measured the north side. It was five hundred cubits long.

He measured the north aide, five hundred rods, with the measuring-rod round about.

18 He measured the south side. It was five hundred cubits long.

The south side he measured, five hundred rods, with the measuring-rod.

19 And he came around and measured the west side. It was five hundred cubits long.

He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred rods with the measuring-rod.

20 So he measured all four sides. There was a wall surrounding it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, separating the holy from the common.

On the four sides did he measure it by the wall that was all round about, five hundred rods in length, and in breadth five hundred, to make a separation between the holy place and the profane.