Ezekiel 41-42
New American Standard Bible
The Inner Temple
41 Then he (A)brought me to the (B)sanctuary, and he measured the (C)side pillars: six [a]cubits wide on each side was the width of the [b]side pillar. 2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the [c]sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured [d]the length of the sanctuary, (D)forty cubits, and the width, (E)twenty cubits. 3 Then he went [e](F)inside and measured each (G)side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits. 4 And he measured its length, (H)twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the (I)sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the (J)Most Holy Place.”
5 Then he measured the wall of the [f]temple, six cubits; and the width of the (K)side chambers, four cubits, all around the house on every side. 6 (L)The side chambers were in three stories, [g]one above another, and [h]thirty in each story; and [i]the side chambers (M)extended to the wall which stood on [j]their inward side all around, so that they could be attached, but not be attached to the wall of the temple itself. 7 And the side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the (N)structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, for that reason the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and so one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the [k]second story. 8 I saw also that the house had a raised [l]platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full [m]rod of (O)six [n]long cubits in height. 9 The [o]thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the (P)free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple 10 and the outer (Q)chambers was twenty cubits in width around the temple on every side. 11 The [p]doorways of the side [q]chambers toward the (R)free space consisted of one doorway toward the north, and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the (S)free space was five cubits all around.
12 The (T)building that was in front of the (U)separate area at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits [r]thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
13 Then he measured the temple, a (V)hundred cubits long; the (W)separate area with the (X)building and its walls were also a (Y)hundred cubits long. 14 Also the width of the front of the temple and that of the separate [s]areas along the east side totaled a hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the (Z)building [t]along the front of the (AA)separate area behind it, with a [u](AB)gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches of the courtyard. 16 The (AC)thresholds, the [v](AD)latticed windows, and the [w](AE)galleries all around their (AF)three stories, opposite the threshold, were (AG)paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), 17 over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement. 18 It was [x]carved with (AH)cherubim and (AI)palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces: 19 a (AJ)human face toward the palm tree on one side and a young (AK)lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were [y]carved on all the house all around. 20 From the ground to above the entrance (AL)cherubim and (AM)palm trees were [z]carved, as well as on the wall of the sanctuary.
21 The (AN)doorposts of the (AO)sanctuary were square; as for the front of the inner [aa]sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. 22 The (AP)altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; its corners, its [ab]base, and its [ac]sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the (AQ)table that is before the Lord.” 23 The (AR)sanctuary and the inner [ad](AS)sanctuary each had a double (AT)door. 24 Each of the doors had two leaves, two [ae](AU)swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. 25 Also there were [af]carved on them, on the doors of the main room, (AV)cherubim and (AW)palm trees like those [ag]carved on the walls; and there was a [ah](AX)threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. 26 And there were [ai](AY)latticed windows and (AZ)palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the (BA)porch; the same were on the (BB)side chambers of the house and the [aj]thresholds.
Chambers of the Temple
42 Then he (BC)brought me out into the (BD)outer courtyard, the way (BE)toward the north; and he brought me to the (BF)chamber which was opposite the (BG)separate area and opposite the (BH)building toward the north. 2 Along the length, which was a (BI)hundred [ak]cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. 3 Opposite the (BJ)twenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the (BK)stone pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was [al](BL)gallery corresponding to [am]gallery in three stories. 4 In front of the (BM)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 [an]smaller because the [ao](BN)galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. 6 For they were in (BO)three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courtyards; for that reason the upper chambers were [ap]set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. 7 As for the (BP)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 (BQ)hundred cubits. 9 And below these chambers was the (BR)entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer courtyard.
10 In the [aq]thickness of the (BS)wall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the (BT)separate area and facing the building, there were (BU)chambers. 11 And the (BV)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 (BW)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 (BX)separate area, they are the (BY)holy chambers where the priests who are (BZ)near to the Lord shall eat the (CA)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 [ar]without (CB)laying their (CC)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 (CD)gate which faced east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured on the east side with the measuring [as]rod: five hundred rods by the (CE)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 [at]on the four sides; it had a (CF)wall all around, the (CG)length five hundred rods and the (CH)width five hundred, to (CI)divide between the holy and the [au]common.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 41:1 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 41:1 As in LXX; MT tent
- Ezekiel 41:2 Lit shoulders
- Ezekiel 41:2 Lit its length,
- Ezekiel 41:3 I.e., of the inner sanctuary
- Ezekiel 41:5 Lit house, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit chamber upon chamber
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit thirty times
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit they were coming
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit the inside of the side chambers
- Ezekiel 41:7 Lit middle
- Ezekiel 41:8 Lit height
- Ezekiel 41:8 Lit reed
- Ezekiel 41:8 Or to the joint
- Ezekiel 41:9 Lit width
- Ezekiel 41:11 Lit doorway
- Ezekiel 41:11 Lit chamber
- Ezekiel 41:12 Lit wide
- Ezekiel 41:14 Lit area
- Ezekiel 41:15 Lit to
- Ezekiel 41:15 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 41:16 Or framed
- Ezekiel 41:16 Or passageways
- Ezekiel 41:18 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:19 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:20 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:21 Lit holy place
- Ezekiel 41:22 Lit length
- Ezekiel 41:22 Lit walls
- Ezekiel 41:23 Lit holy place
- Ezekiel 41:24 Or turning
- Ezekiel 41:25 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:25 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:25 Or canopy of wood over
- Ezekiel 41:26 Or framed
- Ezekiel 41:26 Or canopies
- Ezekiel 42:2 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 42:5 Lit shorter
- Ezekiel 42:5 Or passageways
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or reduced
- Ezekiel 42:10 Lit width
- Ezekiel 42:14 Lit but there they shall lay
- Ezekiel 42:16 Lit reed, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 42:20 Lit toward the four winds
- Ezekiel 42:20 Lit profane
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