Ezekiel 42

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Literal

Chambers for the Priests

¹Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.

¹And he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber that was opposite the separating courtyard, and that opposite the building toward the north.

²The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.^a

²Toward the face of its length was a hundred cubits, with the door to the north, and the width was fifty cubits.

³Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits^a that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

³Opposite the twenty cubits that were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement for the outer court, was a gallery to the face of a gallery in three parts.

⁴In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long.^a Their doors were on the north.

⁴And before the face of the chambers was a walkway, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long; and their doors were to the north.

⁵Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

⁵And the upper chambers were shorter, for the galleries took away from them, on the lower and middle of the building.

⁶For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

⁶For they were in three parts, and there was not unto them pillars like the pillars of the courts; upon thus it was shortened from the ground more than the lower and middle.

⁷An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.

⁷And a wall that was on the outside was over against the chambers, toward the outer court, toward the face of the chambers; its length was fifty cubits.

⁸For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.

⁸For the length of the chambers that were toward the outer court was fifty cubits, and, behold, upon those facing the temple was a hundred cubits.

⁹And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

⁹And below these chambers was the entry on the east, as one enters them from the outer court.

¹⁰On the south side^a along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,

¹⁰Along the length of the wall of the court toward the south, toward the face of the separating courtyard, and toward the face of the building, were chambers

¹¹with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.

¹¹and a pathway before them, the appearance of the chambers that were toward the north, like their length so their width, and all their exits and according to their doors and according to their fashions,

¹²And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.

¹²and according to their doors of the chambers that were toward the south. A door was at the head of the walkway, directly at the face of the wall toward the east in entering them.

¹³Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.

¹³And he said to me: “The chambers to the north and the chambers to the south, which are toward the face of the separating courtyard, they are the holy chambers in which the priests, those who nearest to YHWH, will eat there the holy of holies; they will lay the holy of holies there—the grain offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering—for the place is holy.

¹⁴Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”

¹⁴With the entering of the priests, they will not go out the holy area into the outer court, and there they will leave their garments in which they minister—for they are holy—and they will put on other garments, they may come near to that which is for the people.”

The Outer Measurements

¹⁵Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:

¹⁵And he had completed the measurements of the inner temple, and he brought me out through the gateway that has its face toward the east, and he measured it round about.

¹⁶With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.^a

¹⁶He measured the side to the east with a measuring rod, five hundred cubits, by the measuring rod, all around.

¹⁷He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

¹⁷He measured the side to the north, five hundred cubits, by the measuring rod, all around.

¹⁸He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.

¹⁸The side to the south he measured, five hundred cubits, by the measuring rod.

¹⁹And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.

¹⁹He came around to the side to the west; he measured five hundred cubits, by the measuring rod.

²⁰So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

²⁰At the four sides he measured it. A wall was unto it round about, a length of five hundred cubits, and a width of five hundred, to separate between the holy and the common.