Ezekiel 42

1 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;

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

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

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

3 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.

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 storeys.

4 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.

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

5 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.

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 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.

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

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

8 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.

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

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

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

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

11 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.

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

12 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.

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

13 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 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.

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.