40IN THE twenty-fifth year of our captivity [by Babylon], in the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city [of Jerusalem] was taken, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me to that place.H2568H6242H8141H1546H7218H8141H6218H2320H702H6240H8141H310H5892H5221H6106H3117H3027H3068H9352In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me down upon a very high mountain, on the south side of which there was what seemed to be the structure of a city.H4759H430H935H776H3478H5117H3966H1364H2022H4011H5892H50453He brought me there, and behold, there was a man [an angel] whose appearance was like bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring reed in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.H935H376H4758H4758H5178H6616H6593H3027H4060H7070H5975H81794And the man said to me, Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears and set your heart {and} mind on all that I will show you, for you are brought here that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.H376H1696H1121H120H7200H5869H8085H241H7760H3820H7200H4616H7200H935H5046H7200H1004H34785And behold, there was a wall all around the outside area of the house [of the Lord], and in the man's hand a measuring reed six long cubits in length, each cubit being longer [than the usual one] by a handbreadth; so he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed, and the height, one reed.H2346H2351H1004H5439H376H3027H4060H7070H8337H520H520H2948H4058H7341H1146H259H7070H6967H259H70706Then he came to the gate which faced the east and went up its [seven] steps and measured the threshold of the gateway, one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gateway [inside the thick wall], one reed broad.H935H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H4609H4058H5592H8179H259H7070H7341H259H5592H259H7070H73417And every room for the guards was one reed long and one reed broad, and the space between the guardrooms {or} lodges was five cubits. And the threshold of the gate by the porch {or} vestibule of the gateway within was one reed.H8372H259H7070H753H259H7070H7341H8372H2568H520H5592H8179H681H197H8179H1004H259H70708He measured also the porch {or} vestibule of the gate toward the house [of the Lord], one reed.H4058H197H8179H1004H259H70709Then he measured the porch {or} vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits, and its posts {or} jambs, two cubits. And the porch {or} vestibule of the gate was inside [toward the house of the Lord].H4058H197H8179H8083H520H352H8147H520H197H8179H100410And the guardrooms {or} lodges of the east gateway were three on this side and three on that side; the three were the same size, and the posts {or} jambs were the same size on either side.H8372H8179H1870H6921H7969H6311H7969H6311H7969H259H4060H352H259H406011And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.H4058H7341H6607H8179H6235H520H753H8179H7969H6240H52012And a border {or} barrier before the guardrooms was one cubit on this side, and a border {or} barrier, one cubit on that side. And the guardrooms {or} lodges were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.H1366H6440H8372H259H520H1366H520H8372H8337H520H8337H52013And {the man} [an angel] measured the gate from the outer wall of one chamber {or} guardroom to the outer wall of another--a breadth of twenty-five cubits from door to door.H4058H8179H1406H8372H1406H7341H2568H6242H520H6607H660714And the open part of the porch {or} vestibule of the gateway on the outside was twenty cubits, the chambers {or} guardrooms of the gate being round about.H6213H352H8346H520H352H2691H5439H817915And including this porch {or} vestibule of the gate on the outside and the porch {or} vestibule on the inside, the extent was fifty cubits.H6440H8179H2978H6440H197H6442H8179H2572H52016And there were closed windows to the guardrooms {or} chambers and to their posts {or} pillars within the gate round about, and likewise to the archway {or} vestibule; and windows were round about facing into the court, and upon each post {or} pillar were palm tree [decorations].H331H2474H8372H352H6441H8179H5439H361H2474H5439H6441H352H856117Then he brought me into the outward court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement round about the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.H935H2435H2691H3957H7531H6213H2691H5439H7970H3957H753118And the pavement was along by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement.H7531H3802H8179H5980H753H8179H8481H753119Then {the man} measured the distance from the inner front before the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.H4058H7341H6440H8481H8179H6440H6442H2691H2351H3967H520H6921H682820And the gate of the outward court which faced the north, of it he measured both the length and the breadth.H8179H2435H2691H6440H1870H6828H4058H753H734121And its guardrooms {or} lodges, three on this side and three on that side, and its posts {or} pillars and archway {or} vestibule were the same size as those of the first gate; the length was fifty cubits and the breadth twenty-five cubits.H8372H7969H7969H352H361H4060H7223H8179H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H52022And its windows and its archway {or} vestibule and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faces toward the east. It was reached by going up seven steps, and the archway of its vestibule was on the inner side.H2474H361H8561H4060H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H7651H4609H361H644023Opposite the gate on the north and on the east was a gate to the inner court, and he [the man with the measuring rod of reed] measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.H8179H6442H2691H8179H6828H6921H4058H8179H8179H3967H52024After that {the man} brought me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south, and he measured its posts {or} pillars and its archway {or} vestibule; they measured as the others did.H3212H1870H1864H8179H1870H1864H4058H352H361H406025And there were windows round about in it and in its archway {or} vestibule, like those windows in the other gateways; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty-five cubits.H2474H361H5439H2474H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H52026And there were seven steps going up to the gate, and its archway {or} vestibule was on the inside. And it had palm trees, one on this side and another on that side, carved on its posts {or} pillars.H7651H4609H5930H361H6440H8561H259H259H35227And there was a gate to the inner court on the south, and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.H8179H6442H2691H1870H1864H4058H8179H8179H1870H1864H3967H52028And {the man} [an angel] brought me into the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate; its measurements were the same as those of the other gateways.H935H6442H2691H1864H8179H4058H1864H8179H406029And its guardrooms {or} chambers and its posts {or} pillars and its archway {or} vestibule measured as did the others. And there were windows in the gateway and in its archway {or} vestibule round about; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty-five cubits.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H734130And there was an archway {or} a vestibule round about, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.H361H5439H2568H6242H520H753H2568H520H734131And its [arched] vestibule faced the outer court; and palm trees were carved upon its posts {or} pillars, and the steps going up to it were eight.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H460932And he brought me into the inner court toward the east and he measured the gate; it measured the same as the others.H935H6442H2691H1870H6921H4058H8179H406033And its guardrooms {or} chambers and its posts {or} pillars and its archway {or} vestibule measured as did the others. And there were windows in it and in its [arched] vestibule round about; the gateway was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H734134And its [arched] vestibule faced the outer court; and palm trees were carved upon its posts {or} pillars on either side, and the steps leading to it were eight.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H460935And {the man} [an angel] brought me to the north gate and measured it; the measurements were the same as those of the other gates.H935H6828H8179H4058H406036Its guardrooms {or} chambers, its posts {or} pillars, its [arched] vestibule, and the windows to it round about [were of the same size as the others]. The length of the gateway was fifty cubits and the width was twenty-five cubits.H8372H352H361H2474H5439H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H52037And its posts {or} pillars were toward the outer court, and palm trees were carved upon them on either side. And the approach to it had eight steps.H352H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H460938There was an attached chamber with its door beside the posts {or} pillars of the gates where the burnt offering was to be washed.H3957H6607H352H8179H1740H593039And in the porch {or} vestibule of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass {or} guilt offering.H197H8179H8147H7979H7979H7819H5930H2403H81740And on the one side without, as one goes up to the entrance of the gate to the north, were two tables; and on the other side at the vestibule of the gate were two tables.H3802H2351H5927H6607H6828H8179H8147H7979H312H3802H197H8179H8147H797941Four tables were on the inside and four tables on the outside of the side of the gate, eight tables upon which the sacrifices were to be slain.H702H7979H702H7979H3802H8179H8083H7979H781942Moreover, there were four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high. Upon them were to be laid the instruments with which were slain the burnt offering and the sacrifice.H702H7979H1496H68H5930H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H259H520H1363H3240H3627H7819H5930H207743And slabs {or} hooks a handbreadth long were fastened within [the room] round about. Upon the tables was to be placed the flesh of the offering.H1004H8240H259H2948H3559H5439H7979H1320H713344Then {the man} [an angel] led me [from without] into the inner court, and behold, there were two chambers in the inner court: one beside the north gate but facing the south, and one beside the south gate but looking toward the north.H2351H6442H8179H3957H7891H6442H2691H3802H6828H8179H6440H1870H1864H259H3802H6921H8179H6440H1870H682845And {the man} [an angel who was guiding me] said, This chamber with its view to the south is for the priests who have charge of the house [of the Lord],H1696H2090H3957H6440H1870H1864H3548H8104H4931H100446And the chamber with its view to the north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to Him.H3957H6440H1870H6828H3548H8104H4931H4196H1121H6659H1121H3878H7131H3068H833447And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was in front of the house [of the Lord].H4058H2691H3967H520H753H3967H520H7341H7251H4196H6440H100448Then he brought me to the porch {or} vestibule of the temple proper, and he measured each post {or} pillar of the porch, five cubits on either side. And the width of the gate was three cubits for this [leaf] and three cubits for that one.H935H197H1004H4058H352H197H2568H520H2568H520H7341H8179H7969H520H7969H52049And the length of the porch {or} vestibule was twenty cubits and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps by which it was reached, and there were two pillars standing on the posts [as bases] {or} beside them, one on either side of the entrance.H753H197H6242H520H7341H6249H6240H520H4609H5927H5982H352H259H259
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