Ezekiel 40

Revised Geneva Translation

40 In the twenty-fifth year of our being in captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was stricken, on the same day, the Hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there.

² Into the land of Israel He brought me, by a divine vision, and set me upon a very high mountain, upon which was something like the building of a city toward the South.

³ And He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a linen thread in his hand and a reed with which to measure. And he stood at the gate.

⁴ And the man said to me, “Son of man, behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you. For you have been brought here with the intention that they might be shown to you. Declare all that you see to the House of Israel.”

⁵ And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house, all around. And in the man’s hand was a reed with which to measure, of six cubits long by one cubit and a handbreadth. So, he measured the breadth of the building with one reed, and the height with one reed.

⁶ Then he came to the gate which looked toward the East, and went up its stairs and measured the post of the gate (one reed wide) and the other post of the gate (one reed wide).

⁷ And every chamber was one reed long and one reed wide; and between the chambers were five cubits. And the post of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

⁸ He also measured the porch of the gate within with one reed.

⁹ Then he measured the porch of the gate (eight cubits) and its posts (two cubits); and the porch of the gate was inside.

¹⁰ And Eastward, the chambers of the gate were three on this side and three on that side. There were three of the same measure; and the posts had one measure on this side and one on that side.

¹¹ And he measured the width of the entry of the gate (ten cubits) and the height of the gate (thirteen cubits).

¹² Also, the space before the chambers was one cubit on this side and the space was one cubit on that side; and the chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

¹³ Then he measured the gate from the roof of a chamber to the top of the gate. The width was twenty-five cubits, door to door.

¹⁴ He also made posts of threescore cubits, and the posts of the court, and of the gate, all around.

¹⁵ And from the front of the entry gate to the front of the porch of the inside gate were fifty cubits.

¹⁶ And there were narrow windows in the chambers, and in their posts, inside the gate, all around, and likewise to the arches. And the windows went all around inside. And the posts were upon palm trees.

¹⁷ Then, he brought me into the outer court. And lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court, all around, thirty chambers upon the pavement.

¹⁸ And the pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. And the pavement was beneath.

¹⁹ Then he measured the width from the front of the outer lower gate to the front of the inner court: a hundred cubits, eastward and northward.

²⁰ And he measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court that looked toward the North.

²¹ And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side. And its posts and its arches were the same as the measure of the first gate. It’s length was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

²² And their windows and their arches, with their palm trees, were the same size as the gate that looks toward the East. And its stairway had had seven steps; and its arches were before them.

²³ And the gate of the inner court stood opposite the gate toward the North, and toward the East. And he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate.

²⁴ After that, he brought me toward the South. And lo, there was a gate toward the South. And he measured its posts and its arches, according to these measures.

²⁵ And there were windows in it, and in its arches, all around, like those windows. The height was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

²⁶ And there were seven steps that go up to it; and its arches were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side and another on that side, upon its post.

²⁷ And there was a gate in the inner court toward the South. And from gate to gate, toward the South, he measured a hundred cubits.

²⁸ And he brought me into the inner court, by the South gate. And he measured the South gate according to these measurements,

²⁹ and its chambers and its posts and its arches according to these measurements. And there were windows in it and in its arches, all around, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

³⁰ And the arches all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.

³¹ And its arches were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts. And its stairway had eight steps.

³² Again, he brought me into the inner court, toward the East. And he measured the gate according to these measures.

³³ And its chambers and its posts and its arches were according to these measures. And there were windows inside. And in its arches, all around, it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

³⁴ And its arches were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side. And its stairway had eight steps.

³⁵ Afterward, he brought me to the North gate, and measured it according to these measures,

³⁶ its chambers, its posts, and its arches, and its windows, all around. The height was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

³⁷ And its posts were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side. And its stairway had eight steps.

³⁸ And every chamber and its entry was under the posts of the gates. There they washed the Burnt Offering.

³⁹ And in the porch of the gate stood two tables on this side and two tables on that side, upon which they killed the Burnt Offering and the Sin Offering, and the Trespass Offering.

⁴⁰ And at the side, beyond the steps, at the entry of the North gate, stood two tables. And on the other side (which was at the porch of the gate) were two tables.

⁴¹ Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate (eight tables), upon which they killed.

⁴² And the four tables for the Burnt Offering were of hewn stone, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. They also laid the instruments with which they killed the Burnt Offering and the Sacrifice upon it.

⁴³ And inside were borders, a hand wide, fastened all around. And upon the tables lay the flesh of the Offering.

⁴⁴ And outside the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the North gate, facing toward the South. And one was at the side of the East gate, facing toward the North.

⁴⁵ And he said to me, “This chamber facing the South is for the priests who have charge to keep the House.

⁴⁶ And the chamber facing toward the North is for the priests who have the charge to keep the Altar. These are the sons of Zadok, among the sons of Levi, who may come near to the LORD to minister to Him.”

⁴⁷ So he measured the court —a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide —foursquare, just as the Altar before the House.

⁴⁸ And he brought me to the porch of the House and measured the posts of the porch: five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side. And the width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.

⁴⁹ The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width was eleven cubits. And there were pillars by the posts, on the way of the steps that went up to it, one on this side and another on that side.