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)

⁹ 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)

Admission to the Temple

⁴ 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) 5} 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)

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)