Ezekiel 42

New American Standard Bible

Chambers of the Temple

42 Then he ^(A)brought me out into the ^(B)outer courtyard, the way ^(C)toward the north; and he brought me to the ^(D)chamber which was opposite the ^(E)separate area and opposite the ^(F)building toward the north. ² Along the length, which was a ^(G)hundred ^[a]cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. ³ Opposite the ^(H)twenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the ^(I)stone pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was ^[b](J)gallery corresponding to ^[c]gallery in three stories. ⁴ In front of the ^(K)chambers was an inner passage ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. ⁵ Now the upper chambers were ^[d]smaller because the ^[e](L)galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. ⁶ For they were in ^(M)three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courtyards; for that reason the upper chambers were ^[f]set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. ⁷ As for the ^(N)outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. ⁸ For the length of the chambers which were in the outer courtyard was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the main room was a ^(O)hundred cubits. ⁹ And below these chambers was the ^(P)entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer courtyard.

¹⁰ In the ^[g]thickness of the ^(Q)wall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the ^(R)separate area and facing the building, there were ^(S)chambers. ¹¹ And the ^(T)way 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 according to their building plans and openings. ¹² Corresponding 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 ^(U)wall toward the east, as one enters them.

¹³ Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the ^(V)separate area, they are the ^(W)holy chambers where the priests who are ^(X)near to the Lord shall eat the ^(Y)most holy things. There they shall set the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. ¹⁴ When the priests enter, they shall not go out into the outer courtyard from the sanctuary ^[h]without ^(Z)laying their ^(AA)garments there in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people.”

¹⁵ Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by way of the ^(AB)gate which faced east, and measured it all around. ¹⁶ He measured on the east side with the measuring ^[i]rod: five hundred rods by the ^(AC)measuring rod. ¹⁷ He measured on the north side: five hundred rods by the measuring rod. ¹⁸ On the south side he measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod. ¹⁹ He turned to the west side and measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod. ²⁰ He measured it ^[j]on the four sides; it had a ^(AD)wall all around, the ^(AE)length five hundred rods and the ^(AF)width five hundred, to ^(AG)divide between the holy and the ^[k]common.