Ezekiel 42

1 Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way towards the north. Then he brought me into the room that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building towards the north.

Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way towards the north: and he brought me into the chamber that [was] over against the separate place, and which [was] before the building towards the north.

2 Facing the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits.

Before the length of a hundred cubits [was] the north door, and the breadth [was] fifty cubits.

3 Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the three storeys.

Over against the twenty [cubits] which [were] for the inner court, and over against the pavement which [was] for the outer court, [was] gallery against gallery in three [stories].

4 Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were towards the north.

And before the chambers [was] a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors towards the north.

5 Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building.

Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

6 For they were in three storeys, and they didn’t have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.

For they [were] in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the building] was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

7 The wall that was outside by the side of the rooms, towards the outer court before the rooms, was fifty cubits long.

And the wall that [was] without over against the chambers, towards the outer court on the forepart of the chambers, the length of it [was] fifty cubits.

8 For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. Behold, those facing the temple were one hundred cubits.

For the length of the chambers that [were] in the outer court [was] fifty cubits: and lo, before the temple [were] a hundred cubits.

9 From under these rooms was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

And from under these chambers [was] the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

10 In the thickness of the wall of the court towards the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were rooms.

The chambers [were] in the thickness of the wall of the court towards the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.

11 The way before them was like the appearance of the rooms which were towards the north. Their length and width were the same. All their exits had the same arrangement and doors.

And the way before them [was] like the appearance of the chambers which [were] towards the north, as long as they, [and] as broad as they: and all their goings out [were] both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

12 Like the doors of the rooms that were towards the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall towards the east, as one enters into them.

And according to the doors of the chambers that [were] towards the south [was] a door in the head of the way, [even] the way directly before the wall towards the east, as one entereth into them.

13 Then he said to me, “The north rooms and the south rooms, which are opposite the separate place, are the holy rooms, where the priests who are near to the LORD shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, with the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

Then said he to me, The north chambers [and] the south chambers which [are] before the separate place, they [are] holy chambers, where the priests that approach to the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place [is] holy.

14 When the priests enter in, then they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court until they lay their garments in which they minister there; for they are holy. Then they shall put on other garments, and shall approach that which is for the people.”

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy [place] into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they [are] holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to [those things] which [are] for the people.

15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faces towards the east, and measured it all around.

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth towards the gate whose prospect [is] towards the east, and measured it around.

16 He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed around.

17 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed all around.

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed around.

18 He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

He turned about to the west side, [and] measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

20 He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, the length five hundred cubits, and the width five hundred cubits, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall around, five hundred [reeds] long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.