Ezechiele 42
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Adiacenze del tempio
42 Allora mi fece uscire nell'atrio esterno dal lato settentrionale e mi condusse all'appartamento che sta di fronte allo spazio libero prospicente l'edificio verso settentrione. 2 Nella facciata aveva una lunghezza di cento cubiti, verso settentrione, e cinquanta cubiti di larghezza. 3 Di fronte ai venti cubiti dell'atrio interno e di fronte al lastricato esterno, vi era un porticato davanti a un altro porticato a tre piani; 4 davanti alle stanze c'era un corridoio di dieci cubiti di larghezza per cento di lunghezza: le porte delle stanze guardavano a settentrione. 5 Le stanze superiori erano più strette delle inferiori e intermedie, perché i porticati occupavano parte dello spazio. 6 Erano a tre piani, ma non avevano colonne come quelle degli altri, e perciò le stanze superiori erano più strette rispetto a quelle intermedie e a quelle inferiori. 7 Il muro esterno parallelo alle stanze, dal lato del corridoio esterno, aveva, davanti alle stanze, una lunghezza di cinquanta cubiti. 8 Infatti la lunghezza delle stanze dell'atrio esterno era di cinquanta cubiti, mentre dal lato del tempio era di cento cubiti. 9 In basso le stanze avevano l'ingresso rivolto verso oriente, entrando dall'atrio esterno, sulla larghezza del muro dell'atrio.
10 A mezzogiorno, di fronte allo spazio libero e alla muraglia di cinta, c'erano stanze 11 e, davanti ad esse, un passaggio simile a quello delle stanze poste a settentrione: la lunghezza e la larghezza erano uguali a quelle, come anche le varie uscite e le loro disposizioni; come le porte di quelle, 12 così erano le porte delle stanze che davano a mezzogiorno; una porta era al principio dell'ambulacro, lungo il muro corrispondente, a oriente di chi entra. 13 Egli mi disse: «Le stanze a settentrione e quelle a mezzogiorno, di fronte allo spazio libero, sono le stanze sacre, dove i sacerdoti che si accostano al Signore mangeranno le cose santissime: ivi riporranno le cose santissime, le oblazioni e le vittime di espiazione e di riparazione, perché santo è questo luogo. 14 Quando i sacerdoti vi saranno entrati, non usciranno dal luogo santo verso l'atrio esterno, ma deporranno là le loro vesti con le quali hanno prestato servizio, perché esse sono sante: indosseranno altre vesti e così si avvicineranno al luogo destinato al popolo».
Dimensioni dell'atrio
15 Terminato ch'egli ebbe di misurare l'interno del tempio mi condusse fuori per la porta che guarda a oriente, e misurò la cinta intorno. 16 Misurò il lato orientale con la canna per misurare: era cinquecento canne, in canne da misura, all'intorno. 17 Misurò il lato settentrionale: era cinquecento canne, in canne da misura, all'intorno. 18 Misurò il lato meridionale: era cinquecento canne, con la canna da misura. 19 Si volse al lato occidentale: misurò cinquecento canne con la canna da misura. 20 Da quattro lati egli misurò il tempio; aveva intorno un muro lungo cinquecento canne e largo cinquecento, per separare il luogo sacro da quello profano.
Ezekiel 42
New King James Version
The Chambers for the Priests
42 Then he (A)brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the (B)north; and he brought me into (C)the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north. 2 Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. 3 Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the (D)pavement of the outer court, was (E)gallery against gallery in three stories. 4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building. 6 For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was [a]shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up. 7 And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits. 8 The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one (F)hundred cubits. 9 At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.
10 Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. 11 (G)There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan. 12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east.
13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord (H)shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings—(I)the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—for the place is holy. 14 (J)When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.”
Outer Dimensions of the Temple
15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner [b]temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the (K)east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured the east side with the [c]measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 17 He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. 18 He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 19 He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 20 He measured it on the four sides; (L)it had a wall all around, (M)five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the [d]common.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or narrowed
- Ezekiel 42:15 Lit. house
- Ezekiel 42:16 About 10.5 feet, Ezek. 40:5
- Ezekiel 42:20 Or profane
Ezekiel 42
English Standard Version
The Temple's Chambers
42 Then he led me out into (A)the outer court, (B)toward the north, and he brought me to (C)the chambers that were opposite (D)the separate yard and opposite (E)the building on the north. 2 The length of the building whose door faced north was (F)a hundred cubits,[a] and (G)the breadth fifty cubits. 3 Facing (H)the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing (I)the pavement that belonged to the outer court, was (J)gallery[b] against gallery in three stories. 4 And (K)before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and (L)a hundred cubits long,[c] and (M)their doors were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 6 For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the courts. Thus the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones. 7 And (N)there was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, (O)fifty cubits long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite (P)the nave[d] were (Q)a hundred cubits long. 9 Below these chambers was (R)an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.
10 In the thickness of (S)the wall of the court, on the south[e] also, opposite (T)the yard and opposite (U)the building, there were (V)chambers 11 with (W)a passage in front of them. They were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits[f] and arrangements and (X)doors, 12 as were the entrances of the chambers on the south. There was an entrance at the beginning of the passage, the passage before (Y)the corresponding wall on the east as one enters them.[g]
13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite (Z)the yard are the holy chambers, (AA)where the priests who approach the Lord (AB)shall eat the (AC)most holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings—(AD)the grain offering, (AE)the sin offering, and (AF)the guilt offering—for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court (AG)without laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. (AH)They shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people.”
15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by (AI)the gate that faced east, and measured the temple area all around. 16 He measured the east side with (AJ)the measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 17 He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 18 He measured the south side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 20 He measured it on the four sides. It had (AK)a wall around it, (AL)500 cubits long and (AM)500 cubits broad, (AN)to make a separation between the holy and the common.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 42:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a long cubit (see 40:5) was about 21 inches or 53 centimeters
- Ezekiel 42:3 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 5
- Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew and a way of one cubit
- Ezekiel 42:8 Or temple
- Ezekiel 42:10 Septuagint; Hebrew east
- Ezekiel 42:11 Hebrew and all their exits
- Ezekiel 42:12 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
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