The Rooms for the Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one[a] at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south[b] gate and facing north. 45 He said to me, “The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple,(A) 46 and the room facing north(B) is for the priests who guard the altar.(C) These are the sons of Zadok,(D) who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.(E)

47 Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.(F)

The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(G) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[c] and its projecting walls were[d] three cubits[e] wide on either side. 49 The portico(H) was twenty cubits[f] wide, and twelve[g] cubits[h] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[i] and there were pillars(I) on each side of the jambs.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were
  2. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east
  3. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  4. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  5. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters
  6. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  7. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
  8. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
  9. Ezekiel 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it

44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.

47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth 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 breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

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