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19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests, and there I saw a place at the extreme western end of them.(A)

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At the foot of these chambers ran a passage that one entered from the east in order to enter them from the terrace space outside.(A)

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Admission to the Temple

Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord, and I fell upon my face.(A) The Lord said to me: “Mortal, mark well, look closely, and listen attentively to all that I shall tell you concerning all the ordinances of the temple of the Lord and all its laws, and mark well the entrances[a] to the temple and all the exits of the sanctuary.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 44.5 Syr Tg Vg: Heb entrance

44 On the outside of the inner gateway there were two chambers[a] in the inner court, one[b] at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south[c] gate facing north.(A) 45 He said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,(B) 46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the descendants of Zadok, who alone among the descendants of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 40.44 Gk: Heb chambers for the singers
  2. 40.44 Heb lacks one
  3. 40.44 Gk: Heb east