Ezekiel 42:1-13

1Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

2Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87½ feet.

3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

4In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, and their entrances were on the north.

5Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

6For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet long.

8For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet long.

9Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

10At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

11with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances

12were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

13Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are 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 offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.