Vision of the New Temple

40 ^(A)In the twenty-fifth year ^(B)of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, ^(C)in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, ^(D)the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.^{[a] 2} In ^(E)visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on ^(F)a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. ³ When he brought me there, behold, there was ^(G)a man whose appearance was ^(H)like bronze, with ^(I)a linen cord and ^(J)a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. ⁴ And the man said to me, ^(K)“Son of man, ^(L)look with your eyes, and ^(M)hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. ^(N)Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

⁵ And behold, there was ^(O)a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, ^(P)each being a cubit and a handbreadth^[b] in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.

The Outer Court

¹⁷ Then he brought me into ^(A)the outer court. And behold, there were ^(B)chambers and a ^(C)pavement, all around the court. ^(D)Thirty chambers faced the pavement. ¹⁸ And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. ¹⁹ Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court,^[a] a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.^[b]

³⁵ Then he brought me to ^(A)the north gate, and ^(B)he measured it. It had the same size as the others. ³⁶ Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others,^[a] and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. ³⁷ Its vestibule^[b] faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

³⁸ There was ^(C)a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate,^{[c] (D)}where the burnt offering was to be washed. ³⁹ And in the vestibule of the gate were two ^(E)tables on either side, on which the ^(F)burnt offering and the ^(G)sin offering and the ^(H)guilt offering were to be slaughtered. ⁴⁰ And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. ^41 (I)Four tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, ^(J)on which to slaughter. ⁴² And there were four tables ^(K)of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the ^(L)burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. ⁴³ And hooks,^[d] a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

Chambers for the Priests

⁴⁴ On the outside of the inner gateway there were two ^(M)chambers^[e] in the ^(N)inner court, one^[f] at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south^[g] gate facing north. ⁴⁵ And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^(O)who have charge of the temple, ⁴⁶ and the chamber that faces north is for the priests ^(P)who have charge of the altar. These are ^(Q)the sons of Zadok, who alone^[h] among the sons of Levi may come ^(R)near to the Lord to minister to him.” ⁴⁷ And he measured the court, ^(S)a hundred cubits long and ^(T)a hundred cubits broad, a square. And ^(U)the altar was in front of the temple.

The Vestibule of the Temple

⁴⁸ Then he brought me to ^(V)the vestibule of the temple and measured the ^(W)jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate^[i] were three cubits on either side. ^49 (X)The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve^[j] cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps.^[k] And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.