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Ezekiel 40
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The Vision of Jerusalem

40At the beginning of year 25 of our captivity, on the tenth day of the fourteenth year after the destruction of Jerusalem-on that very day-the Lord grabbed me in his hand and took me there.H2568H6242H8141H1546H7218H8141H6218H2320H702H6240H8141H310H5892H5221H6106H3117H3027H3068H935
2God brought me in a series of visions to the land of Israel and placed me on top of a very high mountin, where to the south there was something that looked like the outline of a city.H4759H430H935H776H3478H5117H3966H1364H2022H4011H5892H5045
3That's where he took me. All of a sudden, there was a man whose appearance resembled glowing bronze. He had a measuring rod and line in his hand as he stood in the city gate.H935H376H4758H4758H5178H6616H6593H3027H4060H7070H5975H8179
4This is what the man told me: "Son of Man, watch carefully, listen closely, and remember everything I'm going to be showing you, because you've been brought here to be shown what you're about to see. Be sure that you tell the house of Israel everything that you observe."H376H1696H1121H120H7200H5869H8085H241H7760H3820H7200H4616H7200H935H5046H7200H1004H3478

Measuring the Temple Grounds

5All of a sudden, we were at the exterior wall that completely surrounded the temple. The man whom I had observed held a measuring rod that was ten and a half feet long as measured in cubits that were a cubit and a handbredth long. As he measured the thickness of the wall, he measured out one rod. Its height was also one rod.H2346H2351H1004H5439H376H3027H4060H7070H8337H520H520H2948H4058H7341H1146H259H7070H6967H259H7070
6Then he went over to the gate that faced toward the east, ascended its steps, and measured its thresholds. One threshold measured one rod and the other one measured one rod.H935H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H4609H4058H5592H8179H259H7070H7341H259H5592H259H7070H7341
7Each guardhouse measured one rod long and one rod wide, and the distance between each guardhouse was five cubits. The threshold of the gate near the vestibule facing away from the temple entrance measured one rod.H8372H259H7070H753H259H7070H7341H8372H2568H520H5592H8179H681H197H8179H1004H259H7070
8Next he measured the vestibule of the gate facing away from the temple entrance at one rod.H4058H197H8179H1004H259H7070
9He measured the vestibule of the gate inside at eight cubits and the doorjambs at two cubits. (The vestibule at the gate faced away from the temple.)H4058H197H8179H8083H520H352H8147H520H197H8179H1004
10Gate guardhouses stood facing east, numbereding three on each side, each of them of equal size to the door jamb; that is, having the same measurement on each side.H8372H8179H1870H6921H7969H6311H7969H6311H7969H259H4060H352H259H4060
11He measured the width of the gateway at ten cubits, and the length of the gate at thirteen cubits.H4058H7341H6607H8179H6235H520H753H8179H7969H6240H520
12The retaining wall in front of the guardhouses measured one cubit wide. It stood one cubit from the wall to the guardhouses, which were six cubits square.H1366H6440H8372H259H520H1366H520H8372H8337H520H8337H520
13He measured the gate from the roof of the guardhouses to the roof of another at 25 cubits from doorway to opposite doorway.H4058H8179H1406H8372H1406H7341H2568H6242H520H6607H6607
14Then he measured the open air porch at 60 cubits from the doorjamb of the courtyard the encompassed the gate.H6213H352H8346H520H352H2691H5439H8179
15The distance from the front entrance gate to the vestibule of the inner gate measured 50 cubits.H6440H8179H2978H6440H197H6442H8179H2572H520
16Latticed windows faced the guardhouses, their side pillars within the gate all around, and also for the porches. Windows were placed all around inside, and the side pillars were engraved with palm trees.H331H2474H8372H352H6441H8179H5439H361H2474H5439H6441H352H8561

The Outer Court

17Next, he brought me into the outer court, where chambers and a paved area had been constructed all around the courtyard, with 30 chambers facing the pavement.H935H2435H2691H3957H7531H6213H2691H5439H7970H3957H7531
18The pavement to the side of the gates corresponded to the length of the gates.H7531H3802H8179H5980H753H8179H8481H7531
19He also measured the width from the front lower gate to the front of the exterior inner court at 100 cubits to the east and to the north.H4058H7341H6440H8481H8179H6440H6442H2691H2351H3967H520H6921H6828

The North Facing Outer Court

20Next, he measured the length and width of the outer north-facing gate to the courtyard.H8179H2435H2691H6440H1870H6828H4058H753H7341
21It was equipped with three guardhouses on each side. Its side pillars and porches had measurements identical to the first gate: 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide.H8372H7969H7969H352H361H4060H7223H8179H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520
22Its windows, porches, and palm tree ornaments had measurements identical to the east-facing gate. Reached by seven ascending steps, its porch lay to the front of the steps.H2474H361H8561H4060H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H7651H4609H361H6440
23From a gate that stood opposite the northern gate he measured 100 cubits, as well as from the eastern gate.H8179H6442H2691H8179H6828H6921H4058H8179H8179H3967H520

The South Facing Gate

24Then he led me toward the south, where there was a gate with side pillar and porch measurements identical to the others.H3212H1870H1864H8179H1870H1864H4058H352H361H4060
25The gate and its porches contained windows all around, identical to the other windows. The length of the porch was 50 cubits and its width was 25 cubits.H2474H361H5439H2474H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520
26Seven steps led up to it, with a porch in front of them. Palm tree ornaments were engraved on its side pillars, one on each side.H7651H4609H5930H361H6440H8561H259H259H352
27The inner court contained a south-facing gate measuring 100 cubits from gate to gate toward the south.H8179H6442H2691H1870H1864H4058H8179H8179H1870H1864H3967H520

The Inner Southern Court

28Next, he brought me to the inner courtyard by way of the south-facing gate. He measured the south-facing gate as having measurements identical to the others.H935H6442H2691H1864H8179H4058H1864H8179H4060
29The measurements of its guardhouses, its side pillars, and its porches were identical to the others. The gate and its porches contained windows all around. The length of the porch was 50 cubits and its width was 25 cubits.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341
30Porches lay all around, measuring 25 cubits long and 5 cubits wide,H361H5439H2568H6242H520H753H2568H520H7341
31leading to the outer courtyard. Palm tree ornaments were engraved on its side pillars. The stairway leading to it contained eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

The Inner Eastern Court

32Then he brought me into the inner east-facing courtyard, where he measured the gate, identical to the others.H935H6442H2691H1870H6921H4058H8179H4060
33The measurement of its guardhouses, side pillars, and porches was identical to the others. The gate and its porches contained windows all around. The length of the porch was 50 cubits and its width was 25 cubits,H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341
34leading to the outer courtyard. Palm tree ornaments were engraved on its side pillars. The stairway leading to it contained eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

The North Facing Gate

35Next, he brought me to the north-facing gate, where he measured the gate, identical to the others.H935H6828H8179H4058H4060
36The measurement of its guardhouses, side pillars, and porches was identical to the others. The gate and its porches contained windows all around. The length of the porch was 50 cubits and its width was 25 cubits,H8372H352H361H2474H5439H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520
37leading to the outer courtyard. Palm tree ornaments were engraved on its side pillars. The stairway leading to it contained eight steps.H352H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609
38There was a chamber with a doorway by the side pillars next to the gate where they prepare the burnt offerings.H3957H6607H352H8179H1740H5930
39In the porch leading in front of the gate there were two tables on either side for slaughtering burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings,H197H8179H8147H7979H7979H7819H5930H2403H817
40and on the outer side, approaching the northern gateway, there were two tables, as well two tables as on the opposite side of the porch in front of the gate.H3802H2351H5927H6607H6828H8179H8147H7979H312H3802H197H8179H8147H7979
41Thus there were four tables on each side in front of the gate, for a total of eight tables for use in slaughtering the offerings.H702H7979H702H7979H3802H8179H8083H7979H7819
42There were four tables carved from stone for the burnt offering, each one and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits high, and one cubit high, on which the instruments are laid for slaughtering burnt offerings and sacrifices.H702H7979H1496H68H5930H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H259H520H1363H3240H3627H7819H5930H2077
43Double hooks, a single handbredth in length, were installed all around in this portion of the temple area.H1004H8240H259H2948H3559H5439H7979H1320H7133

The Inner Gate

44From outside leading into the inner gate there were chambers for the choir. One was beside the north gate facing the south, and another was at the south gate facing the north.H2351H6442H8179H3957H7891H6442H2691H3802H6828H8179H6440H1870H1864H259H3802H6921H8179H6440H1870H6828
45The angel told me, "This south-facing chamber is for the priests who maintain the temple,H1696H2090H3957H6440H1870H1864H3548H8104H4931H1004
46and the north-facing chamber is for the priests who maintain the altar. These are Zadok's descendants, who, as descendants of Levi approach the Lord to minister directly to him."H3957H6440H1870H6828H3548H8104H4931H4196H1121H6659H1121H3878H7131H3068H8334
47He measured the court in the form of a square at 100 cubits long and 100 cubits wide. The altar stood in front of the temple.H4058H2691H3967H520H753H3967H520H7341H7251H4196H6440H1004

The Temple Porch

48Next, he brought me to the temple porch and measured the side pillars at five cubits on each side. The width of the gate measured three cubits on each side.H935H197H1004H4058H352H197H2568H520H2568H520H7341H8179H7969H520H7969H520
49The porch was 20 cubits long and eleven cubits wide. The stairway by which it was ascended was equipped with columns attached to its side pillars, one on each side.H753H197H6242H520H7341H6249H6240H520H4609H5927H5982H352H259H259


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