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.

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.

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

Facing the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width 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 belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery 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.

Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; 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 rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in 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, and they didn’t have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.

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

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

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

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

From under these rooms was the entry on the east side, as one goes 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 reeds with the measuring reed.

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.

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.