40In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me there.H2568H6242H8141H1546H7218H8141H6218H2320H702H6240H8141H310H5892H5221H6106H3117H3027H3068H935 2He brought me, in visions of God, to the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.H4759H430H935H776H3478H5117H3966H1364H2022H4011H5892H5045 3When he brought me there, a man was there, whose appearance shone like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.H935H376H4758H4758H5178H6616H6593H3027H4060H7070H5975H8179 4The man said to me, "Mortal, look closely and listen attentively, and set your mind upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you; declare all that you see to the house of Israel."H376H1696H1121H120H7200H5869H8085H241H7760H3820H7200H4616H7200H935H5046H7200H1004H3478 5Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area. The length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length; so he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.H2346H2351H1004H5439H376H3027H4060H7070H8337H520H520H2948H4058H7341H1146H259H7070H6967H259H7070 6Then he went into the gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep. There wereH935H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H4609H4058H5592H8179H259H7070H7341H259H5592H259H7070H7341 7recesses, and each recess was one reed wide and one reed deep; and the space between the recesses, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end was one reed deep.H8372H259H7070H753H259H7070H7341H8372H2568H520H5592H8179H681H197H8179H1004H259H7070 8Then he measured the inner vestibule of the gateway, one cubit.H4058H197H8179H1004H259H7070 9Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its pilasters, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.H4058H197H8179H8083H520H352H8147H520H197H8179H1004 10There were three recesses on either side of the east gate; the three were of the same size; and the pilasters on either side were of the same size.H8372H8179H1870H6921H7969H6311H7969H6311H7969H259H4060H352H259H4060 11Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the width of the gateway, thirteen cubits.H4058H7341H6607H8179H6235H520H753H8179H7969H6240H520 12There was a barrier before the recesses, one cubit on either side; and the recesses were six cubits on either side.H1366H6440H8372H259H520H1366H520H8372H8337H520H8337H520 13Then he measured the gate from the back of the one recess to the back of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from wall to wall.H4058H8179H1406H8372H1406H7341H2568H6242H520H6607H6607 14He measured also the vestibule, twenty cubits; and the gate next to the pilaster on every side of the court.H6213H352H8346H520H352H2691H5439H8179 15From the front of the gate at the entrance to the end of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.H6440H8179H2978H6440H197H6442H8179H2572H520 16The recesses and their pilasters had windows, with shutters on the inside of the gateway all around, and the vestibules also had windows on the inside all around; and on the pilasters were palm trees.H331H2474H8372H352H6441H8179H5439H361H2474H5439H6441H352H8561 17Then he brought me into the outer court; there were chambers there, and a pavement, all around the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.H935H2435H2691H3957H7531H6213H2691H5439H7970H3957H7531 18The pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.H7531H3802H8179H5980H753H8179H8481H7531 19Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, one hundred cubits.H4058H7341H6440H8481H8179H6440H6442H2691H2351H3967H520H6921H6828 20Then he measured the gate of the outer court that faced north—its depth and width.H8179H2435H2691H6440H1870H6828H4058H753H7341 21Its recesses, three on either side, and its pilasters and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate; its depth was fifty cubits, and its width twenty-five cubits.H8372H7969H7969H352H361H4060H7223H8179H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520 22Its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. Seven steps led up to it; and its vestibule was on the inside.H2474H361H8561H4060H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H7651H4609H361H6440 23Opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court; he measured from gate to gate, one hundred cubits.H8179H6442H2691H8179H6828H6921H4058H8179H8179H3967H520 24Then he led me toward the south, and there was a gate on the south; and he measured its pilasters and its vestibule; they had the same dimensions as the others.H3212H1870H1864H8179H1870H1864H4058H352H361H4060 25There were windows all around in it and in its vestibule, like the windows of the others; its depth was fifty cubits, and its width twenty-five cubits.H2474H361H5439H2474H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520 26There were seven steps leading up to it; its vestibule was on the inside. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on either side.H7651H4609H5930H361H6440H8561H259H259H352 27There was a gate on the south of the inner court; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, one hundred cubits.H8179H6442H2691H1870H1864H4058H8179H8179H1870H1864H3967H520 28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it was of the same dimensions as the others.H935H6442H2691H1864H8179H4058H1864H8179H4060 29Its recesses, its pilasters, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others; and there were windows all around in it and in its vestibule; its depth was fifty cubits, and its width twenty-five cubits.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341 30There were vestibules all around, twenty-five cubits deep and five cubits wide.H361H5439H2568H6242H520H753H2568H520H7341 31Its vestibule faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its pilasters, and its stairway had eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609 32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gate; it was of the same size as the others.H935H6442H2691H1870H6921H4058H8179H4060 33Its recesses, its pilasters, and its vestibule were of the same dimensions as the others; and there were windows all around in it and in its vestibule; its depth was fifty cubits, and its width twenty-five cubits.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341 34Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its pilasters, on either side; and its stairway had eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609 35Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others.H935H6828H8179H4058H4060 36Its recesses, its pilasters, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others; and it had windows all around. Its depth was fifty cubits, and its width twenty-five cubits.H8372H352H361H2474H5439H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520 37Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its pilasters, on either side; and its stairway had eight steps.H352H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609 38There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed.H3957H6607H352H8179H1740H5930 39And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side, on which the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered.H197H8179H8147H7979H7979H7819H5930H2403H817 40On the outside of the vestibule at the entrance of the north gate were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables.H3802H2351H5927H6607H6828H8179H8147H7979H312H3802H197H8179H8147H7979 41Four tables were on the inside, and four tables on the outside of the side of the gate, eight tables, on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.H702H7979H702H7979H3802H8179H8083H7979H7819 42There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered.H702H7979H1496H68H5930H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H259H520H1363H3240H3627H7819H5930H2077 43There were pegs, one handbreadth long, fastened all around the inside. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.H1004H8240H259H2948H3559H5439H7979H1320H7133 44On the outside of the inner gateway there were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the east gate facing north.H2351H6442H8179H3957H7891H6442H2691H3802H6828H8179H6440H1870H1864H259H3802H6921H8179H6440H1870H6828 45He said to me, "This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,H1696H2090H3957H6440H1870H1864H3548H8104H4931H1004 46and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the descendants of Zadok, who alone among the descendants of Levi may come near to the LORD to minister to him."H3957H6440H1870H6828H3548H8104H4931H4196H1121H6659H1121H3878H7131H3068H8334 47He measured the court, one hundred cubits deep, and one hundred cubits wide, a square; and the altar was in front of the temple.H4058H2691H3967H520H753H3967H520H7341H7251H4196H6440H1004 48Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the pilasters of the vestibule, five cubits on either side; and the width of the gate was fourteen cubits; and the sidewalls of the gate were three cubits on either side.H935H197H1004H4058H352H197H2568H520H2568H520H7341H8179H7969H520H7969H520 49The depth of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width twelve cubits; ten steps led up to it; and there were pillars beside the pilasters on either side.H753H197H6242H520H7341H6249H6240H520H4609H5927H5982H352H259H259
