Ezekiel 42

Chambers of the Temple

1Then he 1brought me out into the 2outer court, the way 3toward the north; and he brought me to the 4chamber which was opposite the 5separate area and opposite the 6building toward the north. 2Along the length, which was a 7hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. 3Opposite the 8twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the 9pavement which belonged to the outer court, was 1011gallery corresponding to 12gallery in three stories. 4Before the 13chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. 5Now the upper chambers were 14smaller because the 1516galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. 6For they were in 17three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were 18set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. 7As for the 19outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. 8For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was a 20hundred cubits. 9Below these chambers was the 21entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

10In the 22thickness of the 23wall of the court toward the east, facing the 24separate area and facing the building, there were 25chambers. 11The 26way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north, according to their length so was their width, and all their exits were both according to their arrangements and openings. 12Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the 27wall toward the east, as one enters them.

13Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the 28separate area, they are the 29holy chambers where the priests who are 30near to the Lord shall eat the 31most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. 14When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary 32without 33laying there their 34garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people.”

15Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the 35gate which faced toward the east and measured it all around. 16He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the 36measuring reed. 17He measured on the north side five hundred reeds by the measuring reed. 18On the south side he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 19He turned to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 20He measured it 37on the four sides; it had a 38wall all around, the 39length five hundred and the 40width five hundred, to 41divide between the holy and the profane.