Ezekiel 42

1 Then he^a brought me forth into the ^bouter court, the way toward the north, and he brought me into the ¹chamber² that was over against the ^cseparate place, and which was before the building toward the north.

2 Before the length of an hundred cubits[≈ 46 m · 150 ft] was the north door, and the breadth was ^dfifty cubits[≈ 23 m · 75 ft].

3 Over against the twenty cubits[≈ 9.1 m · 30 ft] which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the outer court, was ^egallery against gallery in three stories.

4 And before the chambers³ was ^ga walk of ten cubits[≈ 4.6 m · 15 ft] breadth inward, ^ha way of one cubit[≈ 46 cm · 1 ft 6 in]: and their doors toward the north.

5 Now, the upper chambers were shorter:⁴ for the galleries were ⁱhigher than these,⁵ than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.⁶

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

7 And the ^kwall that was without over against the chambers, toward the outer court, on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits[≈ 23 m · 75 ft].

8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits[≈ 23 m · 75 ft]: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits[≈ 46 m · 150 ft].

9 And from under⁷ these chambers was the entry⁸ on the east side, as one goeth⁹ into them from the outer court.

10 The chambers were in the thickness¹ of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.

11 And the ^lway before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward 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 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

13 ¶ Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that ⁿapproach unto the LORD shall ^oeat the most holy things: there shall they lay^p the most holy things, and the ^qmeat-offering, and the ^rsin-offering, and the ^strespass-offering; for the place is holy.

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

15 ¶ Now, when he had made an end of ^vmeasuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

16 He measured the east side² with the ^xmeasuring reed, ^yfive hundred reeds[≈ 1.4 km · 4,500 ft],³ with the measuring reed round about.

17 He measured the north side five hundred reeds[≈ 1.4 km · 4,500 ft], with the measuring reed round about.

18 He measured the south side five hundred reeds[≈ 1.4 km · 4,500 ft], with the measuring reed.

19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds[≈ 1.4 km · 4,500 ft], with the measuring reed.

20 He measured it by the ^zfour sides: it had a ^awall round about, five hundred reeds[≈ 1.4 km · 4,500 ft] long, and five hundred broad, to make a ^bseparation between the sanctuary and the profane place.