Ezekiel 40:9 - Prayer Tents

A New City, a New Temple

40In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the LORD was upon me; and He took me there.H2568H6242H8141H1546H7218H8141H6218H2320H702H6240H8141H310H5892H5221H6106H3117H3027H3068H935

2In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city.H4759H430H935H776H3478H5117H3966H1364H2022H4011H5892H5045

3He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.H935H376H4758H4758H5178H6616H6593H3027H4060H7070H5975H8179

4And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see."H376H1696H1121H120H7200H5869H8085H241H7760H3820H7200H4616H7200H935H5046H7200H1004H3478

5Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.H2346H2351H1004H5439H376H3027H4060H7070H8337H520H520H2948H4058H7341H1146H259H7070H6967H259H7070

The Eastern Gateway of the Temple

6Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide.H935H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H4609H4058H5592H8179H259H7070H7341H259H5592H259H7070H7341

7Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod.H8372H259H7070H753H259H7070H7341H8372H2568H520H5592H8179H681H197H8179H1004H259H7070

8He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod.H4058H197H8179H1004H259H7070

9Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside.H4058H197H8179H8083H520H352H8147H520H197H8179H1004

10In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side.H8372H8179H1870H6921H7969H6311H7969H6311H7969H259H4060H352H259H4060

11He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.H4058H7341H6607H8179H6235H520H753H8179H7969H6240H520

12There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.H1366H6440H8372H259H520H1366H520H8372H8337H520H8337H520

13Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door.H4058H8179H1406H8372H1406H7341H2568H6242H520H6607H6607

14He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.H6213H352H8346H520H352H2691H5439H8179

15From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.H6440H8179H2978H6440H197H6442H8179H2572H520

16There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees.H331H2474H8372H352H6441H8179H5439H361H2474H5439H6441H352H8561

The Outer Court

17Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.H935H2435H2691H3957H7531H6213H2691H5439H7970H3957H7531

18The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement.H7531H3802H8179H5980H753H8179H8481H7531

19Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.H4058H7341H6440H8481H8179H6440H6442H2691H2351H3967H520H6921H6828

The Northern Gateway

20On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.H8179H2435H2691H6440H1870H6828H4058H753H7341

21Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.H8372H7969H7969H352H361H4060H7223H8179H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520

22Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it.H2474H361H8561H4060H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H7651H4609H361H6440

23A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.H8179H6442H2691H8179H6828H6921H4058H8179H8179H3967H520

The Southern Gateway

24After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements.H3212H1870H1864H8179H1870H1864H4058H352H361H4060

25There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.H2474H361H5439H2474H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520

26Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side.H7651H4609H5930H361H6440H8561H259H259H352

27There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.H8179H6442H2691H1870H1864H4058H8179H8179H1870H1864H3967H520

Gateways of the Inner Court

28Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements.H935H6442H2691H1864H8179H4058H1864H8179H4060

29Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341

30There were archways all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.H361H5439H2568H6242H520H753H2568H520H7341

31Its archways faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts, and going up to it were eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

32And he brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these same measurements.H935H6442H2691H1870H6921H4058H8179H4060

33Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H7341

34Its archways faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side; and going up to it were eight steps.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

35Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements—H935H6828H8179H4058H4060

36also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.H8372H352H361H2474H5439H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H520

37Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.H352H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H4609

Where Sacrifices Were Prepared

38There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering.H3957H6607H352H8179H1740H5930

39In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering.H197H8179H8147H7979H7979H7819H5930H2403H817

40At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables.H3802H2351H5927H6607H6828H8179H8147H7979H312H3802H197H8179H8147H7979

41Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices.H702H7979H702H7979H3802H8179H8083H7979H7819

42There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice.H702H7979H1496H68H5930H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H259H520H1363H3240H3627H7819H5930H2077

43Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.H1004H8240H259H2948H3559H5439H7979H1320H7133

Chambers for Singers and Priests

44Outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the southern gateway.H2351H6442H8179H3957H7891H6442H2691H3802H6828H8179H6440H1870H1864H259H3802H6921H8179H6440H1870H6828

45Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple.H1696H2090H3957H6440H1870H1864H3548H8104H4931H1004

46"The chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, from the sons of Levi, who come near the LORD to minister to Him."H3957H6440H1870H6828H3548H8104H4931H4196H1121H6659H1121H3878H7131H3068H8334

Dimensions of the Inner Court and Vestibule

47And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple.H4058H2691H3967H520H753H3967H520H7341H7251H4196H6440H1004

48Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.H935H197H1004H4058H352H197H2568H520H2568H520H7341H8179H7969H520H7969H520

49The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.H753H197H6242H520H7341H6249H6240H520H4609H5927H5982H352H259H259