Ezekiel 40:28-47

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.

29Its recesses, jambs, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

30(There were porticoes all around, 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet wide.)

31Its portico faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.

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.

33Its recesses, jambs, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

34Its portico faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

35Then he brought me to the north gate. When he measured it, it had the same measurements as the others,

36as did its recesses, jambs, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

37Its portico faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

38There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate’s portico. The burnt offering was to be washed there.

39Inside the gate’s portico there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and guilt offering.

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.

41So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done.

42There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31½ inches long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.

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.

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.

45Then the man said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.

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.”

47Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.