Ezekiel 40:14 - Prayer Tents

Ezekiel Is Taken to Jerusalem

40It was the tenth day of the new year, which was the twenty-fifth year after we had been taken into exile and the fourteenth year after Jerusalem was captured. On that day I felt the powerful presence of the LORD, and he carried me away.H2568H6242H8141H1546H7218H8141H6218H2320H702H6240H8141H310H5892H5221H6106H3117H3027H3068H935

2In a vision God took me to the land of Israel and put me on a high mountain. I saw in front of me a group of buildings that looked like a city.H4759H430H935H776H3478H5117H3966H1364H2022H4011H5892H5045

3He took me closer, and I saw a man who shone like bronze. He was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring rod and was standing by a gateway.H935H376H4758H4758H5178H6616H6593H3027H4060H7070H5975H8179

4He said to me, "Watch, mortal man. Listen carefully and pay close attention to everything I show you, because this is why you were brought here. You are to tell the people of Israel everything you see."H376H1696H1121H120H7200H5869H8085H241H7760H3820H7200H4616H7200H935H5046H7200H1004H3478

The East Gate

5What I saw was the Temple, and there was a wall around it. The man took his measuring rod, which was 10 feet long, and measured the wall. It was 10 feet high and 10 feet thick.H2346H2351H1004H5439H376H3027H4060H7070H8337H520H520H2948H4058H7341H1146H259H7070H6967H259H7070

6Then he went to the gateway that faced east. He went up the steps, and at the top he measured the entrance; it was 10 feet deep.H935H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H4609H4058H5592H8179H259H7070H7341H259H5592H259H7070H7341

7Beyond it there was a passageway, which had three guardrooms on each side. Each of the rooms was square, 10 feet on each side, and the walls between them were 8 feet thick. Beyond the guardrooms there was a passageway 10 feet long that led to an entrance room which faced the Temple.H8372H259H7070H753H259H7070H7341H8372H2568H520H5592H8179H681H197H8179H1004H259H7070

8He measured this room and found it was 14 feet deep.H4058H197H8179H1004H259H7070

9It formed that end of the gateway which was nearest the Temple, and at its far end the walls were 4 feet thick.H4058H197H8179H8083H520H352H8147H520H197H8179H1004

10(These guardrooms on each side of the passageway were all the same size, and the walls between them were all of the same thickness.)H8372H8179H1870H6921H7969H6311H7969H6311H7969H259H4060H352H259H4060

11Next, the man measured the width of the passageway in the gateway. It was 22 feet altogether, and the space between the open gates was 16 feet.H4058H7341H6607H8179H6235H520H753H8179H7969H6240H520

12In front of each of the guardrooms there was a low wall 20 inches high and 20 inches thick. (The rooms were 10 feet square.)H1366H6440H8372H259H520H1366H520H8372H8337H520H8337H520

13Then he measured the distance from the back wall of one room to the back wall of the room across the passageway from it, and it was 42 feet.H4058H8179H1406H8372H1406H7341H2568H6242H520H6607H6607

14The room at the far end led out to a courtyard. He measured that room and found it was 34 feet wide.H6213H352H8346H520H352H2691H5439H8179

15The total length of the gateway from the outside wall of the gate to the far side of the last room was 84 feet.H6440H8179H2978H6440H197H6442H8179H2572H520

16There were small openings in the outside walls of all the rooms and also in the inner walls between the rooms. There were palm trees carved on the inner walls that faced the passageway.H331H2474H8372H352H6441H8179H5439H361H2474H5439H6441H352H8561

The Outer Courtyard

17The man took me through the gateway into the courtyard. There were thirty rooms built against the outer wall, and in front of them there was an area paved with stones,H935H2435H2691H3957H7531H6213H2691H5439H7970H3957H7531

18which extended around the courtyard. This outer courtyard was at a lower level than the inner courtyard.H7531H3802H8179H5980H753H8179H8481H7531

19There was a gateway at a higher level that led to the inner courtyard. The man measured the distance between the two gateways, and it was 168 feet.H4058H7341H6440H8481H8179H6440H6442H2691H2351H3967H520H6921H6828

The North Gate

20Then the man measured the gateway on the north side that led into the outer courtyard.H8179H2435H2691H6440H1870H6828H4058H753H7341

21The three guardrooms on each side of the passageway, the walls between them, and the entrance room all had the same measurements as those in the east gateway. The total length of the gateway was 84 feet and the width 42 feet.H8372H7969H7969H352H361H4060H7223H8179H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520

22The entrance room, the windows, and the carved palm trees were like those in the east gate. Here seven steps led up to the gate, and the entrance room was at the end facing the courtyard.H2474H361H8561H4060H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H7651H4609H361H6440

23Across the courtyard from this north gateway was another gateway leading to the inner courtyard, just as there was on the east side. The man measured the distance between these two gateways, and it was 168 feet.H8179H6442H2691H8179H6828H6921H4058H8179H8179H3967H520

The South Gate

24Next, the man took me to the south side, and there we saw another gateway. He measured its inner walls and its entrance room, and they were the same as the others.H3212H1870H1864H8179H1870H1864H4058H352H361H4060

25There were windows in the rooms of this gateway just as in the others. The total length of the gateway was 84 feet and the width 42 feet.H2474H361H5439H2474H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520

26Seven steps led up to it, and its entrance room was also at the end facing the courtyard. There were palm trees carved on the inner walls that faced the passageway.H7651H4609H5930H361H6440H8561H259H259H352

27Here, too, there was a gateway leading to the inner courtyard. The man measured the distance to this second gateway, and it was 168 feet.H8179H6442H2691H1870H1864H4058H8179H8179H1870H1864H3967H520

The Inner Courtyard: The South Gate

28The man took me through the south gateway into the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway, and it was the same size as the gateways in the outer wall.H935H6442H2691H1864H8179H4058H1864H8179H4060

29Its guardrooms, its entrance room, and its inner walls were the same size as those in the other gateways. There were also windows in the rooms of this gateway.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341

30The total length was 84 feet and the width 42 feet.H361H5439H2568H6242H520H753H2568H520H7341

31Its entrance room faced the other courtyard, and palm trees were carved on the walls along the passageway. Eight steps led up to this gate.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

The Inner Courtyard: The East Gate

32The man took me through the east gateway into the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway, and it was the same size as the others.H935H6442H2691H1870H6921H4058H8179H4060

33Its guardrooms, its entrance room, and its inner walls measured the same as those in the other gateways. There were windows all around, and in the entrance room also. The total length was 84 feet and the width 42 feet.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341

34The entrance room faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees were carved on the walls along the passageway. Eight steps led up to this gate.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

The Inner Courtyard: The North Gate

35Then the man took me to the north gateway. He measured it, and it was the same size as the others.H935H6828H8179H4058H4060

36Like them, it also had guardrooms, decorated inner walls, an entrance room, and windows all around. Its total length was 84 feet and its width 42 feet.H8372H352H361H2474H5439H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520

37The entrance room faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees were carved on the walls along the passageway. Eight steps led up to this gate.H352H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

Buildings Near the North Gate

38In the outer courtyard there was an annex attached to the inner gateway on the north side. It opened into the entrance room that faced the courtyard, and there they washed the carcasses of the animals to be burned whole as sacrifices.H3957H6607H352H8179H1740H5930

39In this entrance room there were four tables, two on each side of the room. It was on these tables that they killed the animals to be offered as sacrifices, either to be burned whole or to be sacrifices for sin or as repayment offerings.H197H8179H8147H7979H7979H7819H5930H2403H817

40Outside the room there were four similar tables, two on either side of the entrance of the north gate.H3802H2351H5927H6607H6828H8179H8147H7979H312H3802H197H8179H8147H7979

41Altogether there were eight tables on which the animals to be sacrificed were killed: four inside the room and four out in the courtyard.H702H7979H702H7979H3802H8179H8083H7979H7819

42The four tables in the annex, used to prepare the offerings to be burned whole, were of cut stone. They were 20 inches high, and their tops were 30 inches square. All the equipment used in killing the sacrificial animals was kept on these tables.H702H7979H1496H68H5930H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H259H520H1363H3240H3627H7819H5930H2077

43Ledges 3 inches wide ran around the edge of the tables. All the meat to be offered in sacrifice was placed on the tables.H1004H8240H259H2948H3559H5439H7979H1320H7133

44Then he brought me into the inner court. There were two rooms opening on the inner court, one facing south beside the north gateway and the other facing north beside the south gateway.H2351H6442H8179H3957H7891H6442H2691H3802H6828H8179H6440H1870H1864H259H3802H6921H8179H6440H1870H6828

45The man told me that the room which faced south was for the priests who served in the Temple,H1696H2090H3957H6440H1870H1864H3548H8104H4931H1004

46and the room which faced north was for the priests who served at the altar. All the priests are descended from Zadok; they are the only members of the tribe of Levi who are permitted to go into the LORD's presence to serve him.H3957H6440H1870H6828H3548H8104H4931H4196H1121H6659H1121H3878H7131H3068H8334

The Inner Courtyard and the Temple Building

47The man measured the inner courtyard, and it was 168 feet square. The Temple was on the west side, and in front of it was an altar.H4058H2691H3967H520H753H3967H520H7341H7251H4196H6440H1004

48Then he took me into the entrance room of the Temple. He measured the entranceway: it was 9 feet deep and 24 feet wide, with walls 5 feet thick on either side.H935H197H1004H4058H352H197H2568H520H2568H520H7341H8179H7969H520H7969H520

49Steps led up to the entrance room, which was 34 feet wide and 20 feet deep. There were two columns, one on each side of the entrance.H753H197H6242H520H7341H6249H6240H520H4609H5927H5982H352H259H259