< Ezekiel 42 >
1 and to come out: send me to(wards) [the] court [the] outer [the] way: direction way: direction [the] north and to come (in): bring me to(wards) [the] chamber which before [the] cutting/separation and which before [the] building to(wards) [the] north
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.
2 to(wards) face: before length cubit [the] hundred entrance [the] north and [the] width fifty cubit
The building with the north-facing door was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
3 before [the] twenty which to/for court [the] inner and before pavement which to/for court [the] outer gallery to(wards) face: before gallery in/on/with third
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.
4 and to/for face: before [the] chamber journey ten cubit width to(wards) [the] inner way: direction cubit one and entrance their to/for north
In front of the rooms was an inside walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors opened to the north.
5 and [the] chamber [the] high be short for to eat gallery from them from [the] lower and from [the] middle building
The upper rooms were smaller because of the space taken up by the open halls on the lower and middle levels of the building.
6 for to do three they(fem.) and nothing to/for them pillar like/as pillar [the] court upon so to reserve from [the] lower and from [the] middle from [the] land: soil
Since they didn't have pillars like the courtyards, the upper rooms were set farther back than the lower and middle levels.
7 and wall which to/for outside to/for close [the] chamber way: direction [the] court [the] outer to(wards) face: before [the] chamber length his fifty cubit
An external wall ran in front of the rooms for fifty cubits long parallel to the outer courtyard.
8 for length [the] chamber which to/for court [the] outer fifty cubit and behold upon face: before [the] temple: nave hundred cubit
The rooms on the outer courtyard extended for fifty cubits, but those that faced the Temple were a hundred cubits long.
9 (and from underneath: under [the] chamber *Q(K)*) [the] these ([the] to come (in): come *Q(K)*) from [the] east in/on/with to come (in): come he to/for them from [the] court [the] outer
Below these rooms was an entrance on the east side coming from the outer courtyard.
10 in/on/with width wall [the] court way: direction [the] east to(wards) face: before [the] cutting/separation and to(wards) face: before [the] building chamber
Along the wall on the south side of the outer courtyard were rooms next to the courtyard and opposite the building.
11 and way: road to/for face: before their like/as appearance [the] chamber which way: direction [the] north like/as length their so width their and all exit their and like/as justice: custom their and like/as entrance their
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.
12 and like/as entrance [the] chamber which way: direction [the] south entrance in/on/with head: first way: road way: road in/on/with face: before [the] wall suitable way: direction [the] east in/on/with to come (in): come them
Similarly there was an entrance under the rooms on the south side of the building, coming from the east side.
13 and to say to(wards) me chamber [the] north chamber [the] south which to(wards) face: before [the] cutting/separation they(fem.) chamber [the] holiness which to eat there [the] priest which near to/for LORD holiness [the] holiness there to rest holiness [the] holiness and [the] offering and [the] sin: sin offering and [the] guilt (offering) for [the] place holy
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.
14 in/on/with to come (in): come they [the] priest and not to come out: come from [the] Holy Place to(wards) [the] court [the] outer and there to rest garment their which to minister in/on/with them for holiness they(fem.) (and to clothe *Q(K)*) garment another and to present: come to(wards) which to/for people
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.”
15 and to end: finish [obj] measure [the] house: home [the] inner and to come out: send me way: journey [the] gate which face: before his way: direction [the] east and to measure him around around
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.
16 to measure spirit: side [the] east in/on/with branch: stem [the] measure five (hundred *Q(K)*) branch: measuring rod in/on/with branch: measuring rod [the] measure around
Using the measuring rod he measured the east side. It was five hundred cubits long.
17 to measure spirit: side [the] north five hundred branch: measuring rod in/on/with branch: stem [the] measure around
He measured the north side. It was five hundred cubits long.
18 [obj] spirit: side [the] south to measure five hundred branch: measuring rod in/on/with branch: stem [the] measure
He measured the south side. It was five hundred cubits long.
19 to turn: turn to(wards) spirit: side [the] sea: west to measure five hundred branch: measuring rod in/on/with branch: stem [the] measure
And he came around and measured the west side. It was five hundred cubits long.
20 to/for four spirit: side to measure him wall to/for him around around length five hundred and width five hundred to/for to separate between [the] holiness to/for common
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.