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 Jerusalem had been captured, on that very day the LORD's hand was on me, and He brought me there.H2568H6242H8141H1546H7218H8141H6218H2320H702H6240H8141H310H5892H5221H6106H3117H3027H3068H935 2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On its southern [slope] was a structure resembling a city.H4759H430H935H776H3478H5117H3966H1364H2022H4011H5892H5045 3He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.H935H376H4758H4758H5178H6616H6593H3027H4060H7070H5975H8179 4He spoke to me: "Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show [it] to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel."H376H1696H1121H120H7200H5869H8085H241H7760H3820H7200H4616H7200H935H5046H7200H1004H3478 5Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man's hand was six units of 21 inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the [wall] structure; it was about 10 feet, and its height was the same.H2346H2351H1004H5439H376H3027H4060H7070H8337H520H520H2948H4058H7341H1146H259H7070H6967H259H7070 6Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 feet deep— the first threshold was 10 feet deep.H935H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H4609H4058H5592H8179H259H7070H7341H259H5592H259H7070H7341 7Each recess was about 10 feet long and 10 feet deep, and there was [a space of] eight and three-quarter feet between the recesses. The [inner] threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate's portico was about 10 feet.H8372H259H7070H753H259H7070H7341H8372H2568H520H5592H8179H681H197H8179H1004H259H7070 8Next he measured the portico of the gate;H4058H197H8179H1004H259H7070 9it was 14 feet, and its pilasters were three and a half feet. The portico of the gate was on the temple side.H4058H197H8179H8083H520H352H8147H520H197H8179H1004 10There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the pilasters on either side also had the same measurements.H8372H8179H1870H6921H7969H6311H7969H6311H7969H259H4060H352H259H4060 11Then he measured the width of the gate's entrance; it was 17 and a half feet, while the width of the gateway was 22 and three-quarter feet.H4058H7341H6607H8179H6235H520H753H8179H7969H6240H520 12There was a barrier of 21 inches in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10 and a half feet square.H1366H6440H8372H259H520H1366H520H8372H8337H520H8337H520 13Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one recess to the roof of the [opposite] one; the distance was 43 and three-quarter feet. The openings of the recesses faced each other.H4058H8179H1406H8372H1406H7341H2568H6242H520H6607H6607 14Next, he measured the pilasters— 105 feet. The gate extended around to the pilaster of the court.H6213H352H8346H520H352H2691H5439H8179 15[The distance] from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate's portico on the inside was 87 and a half feet.H6440H8179H2978H6440H197H6442H8179H2572H520 16The recesses and their pilasters had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each pilaster was decorated with palm trees.H331H2474H8372H352H6441H8179H5439H361H2474H5439H6441H352H8561 17Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,H935H2435H2691H3957H7531H6213H2691H5439H7970H3957H7531 18which flanked the gates and corresponded to the length of the gates; [this] was the lower pavement.H7531H3802H8179H5980H753H8179H8481H7531 19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet. [This] was the east; next the north [is described].H4058H7341H6440H8481H8179H6440H6442H2691H2351H3967H520H6921H6828 20He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, [both] its length and width.H8179H2435H2691H6440H1870H6828H4058H753H7341 21Its three recesses on each side, its pilasters, and its portico had the same measurements as the first gate: 87 and a half feet long and 43 and three-quarter feet wide.H8372H7969H7969H352H361H4060H7223H8179H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520 22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them.H2474H361H8561H4060H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H7651H4609H361H6440 23The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.H8179H6442H2691H8179H6828H6921H4058H8179H8179H3967H520 24He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its pilasters and portico; they had the same measurements as the others.H3212H1870H1864H8179H1870H1864H4058H352H361H4060 25Both the gate and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was 87 and a half feet long and 43 and three-quarter feet wide.H2474H361H5439H2474H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520 26Its stairway had seven steps, and its portico was ahead of them. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on each side.H7651H4609H5930H361H6440H8561H259H259H352 27The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.H8179H6442H2691H1870H1864H4058H8179H8179H1870H1864H3967H520 28Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.H935H6442H2691H1864H8179H4058H1864H8179H4060 29Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 and a half feet long and 43 and three-quarter feet wide.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341 30(There were porticoes all around, 43 and three-quarter feet long and eight and three-quarter feet wide.)H361H5439H2568H6242H520H753H2568H520H7341 31Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609 32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others.H935H6442H2691H1870H6921H4058H8179H4060 33Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 and a half feet long and 43 and three-quarter feet wide.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341 34Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609 35Then he brought me to the north gate. When he measured [it], it had the same measurements as the others,H935H6828H8179H4058H4060 36[as did] its recesses, pilasters, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87 and a half feet long and 43 and three-quarter feet wide.H8372H352H361H2474H5439H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520 37Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.H352H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609 38There was a chamber whose door [opened] into the portico of the gate. The burnt offering was to be washed there.H3957H6607H352H8179H1740H5930 39Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and restitution offering.H197H8179H8147H7979H7979H7819H5930H2403H817 40Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two [more] tables on the other side of the gate's portico.H3802H2351H5927H6607H6828H8179H8147H7979H312H3802H197H8179H8147H7979 41So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables [in all] on which the slaughtering was to be done.H702H7979H702H7979H3802H8179H8083H7979H7819 42There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, [each] 31 and a half inches long, 31 and a half inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and [other] sacrifices were placed on them.H702H7979H1496H68H5930H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H259H520H1363H3240H3627H7819H5930H2077 43There were three-inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.H1004H8240H259H2948H3559H5439H7979H1320H7133 44Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north.H2351H6442H8179H3957H7891H6442H2691H3802H6828H8179H6440H1870H1864H259H3802H6921H8179H6440H1870H6828 45Then the man said to me: "This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.H1696H2090H3957H6440H1870H1864H3548H8104H4931H1004 46The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the LORD to serve Him."H3957H6440H1870H6828H3548H8104H4931H4196H1121H6659H1121H3878H7131H3068H8334 47Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.H4058H2691H3967H520H753H3967H520H7341H7251H4196H6440H1004 48Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the pilasters of the portico; they were eight and three-quarter feet [thick] on each side. The width of the gateway was 24 and a half feet, and the sidewalls of the gate were five and a quarter feet [wide] on each side.H935H197H1004H4058H352H197H2568H520H2568H520H7341H8179H7969H520H7969H520 49The portico was 35 feet across and 21 feet deep, and 10 steps led up to it. There were pillars by the pilasters, one on each side.H753H197H6242H520H7341H6249H6240H520H4609H5927H5982H352H259H259
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