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46 The room beside the south gate is for the priests who serve God at the altar. These priests are descendants of Zadok.[a] They are the only descendants of Levi who may come near to the Lord to serve him.’

47 The man measured the inside yard. It was square, 50 metres long and 50 metres wide. There was an altar in front of the temple.

The temple building

48 The man took me into the entrance room of the temple building. He measured the walls on each side of the entrance. They were 2½ metres thick. The entrance was 7 metres wide. The walls on each side of the entrance were 1½ metres wide.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:46 These priests had to belong to the family of Zadok. See Ezekiel 44.