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Ezekiel 40:1-43:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible

The New Temple

40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been captured,(A) on that very day the Lord’s hand was on me,(B) and He brought me there. 2 In visions of God(C) He took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain.(D) On its southern slope was a structure resembling a city. 3 He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze,(E) with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.(F) He was standing by the gate. 4 He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears,(G) and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.”(H)

The Wall and Outer Gates

5 Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple.(I) The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of 21 inches;[a] each unit was the standard length plus three inches.[b] He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was about 10 feet,[c] and its height was the same.[d] 6 Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps.(J) He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 feet deep—the first threshold was 10 feet deep. 7 Each recess was about 10 feet[e] long and 10 feet[f] deep, and there was a space of 8¾ feet[g] between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate’s portico was about 10 feet.[h] 8 Next he measured the portico of the gate; 9 it[i] was 14 feet,[j] and its pilasters were 3½ feet.[k] The portico of the gate was on the temple side.

10 There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the pilasters on either side also had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17½ feet,[l] while the width[m] of the gateway was 22¾ feet.[n] 12 There was a barrier of 21 inches[o] in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10½ feet[p] square. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43¾ feet.[q] The openings of the recesses faced each other. 14 Next, he measured the pilasters—105 feet.[r] The gate extended around to the pilaster of the court.[s] 15 The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate’s portico on the inside was 87½ feet.[t] 16 The recesses and their pilasters had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway.(K) The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each pilaster was decorated with palm trees.(L)

17 Then he brought me into the outer court,(M) and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court.(N) Thirty chambers faced the pavement, 18 which flanked the gates and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet.[u] This was the east; next the north is described.

20 He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width. 21 Its three recesses on each side, its pilasters, and its portico had the same measurements as the first gate: 87½ feet[v] long and 43¾ feet[w] wide. 22 Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them. 23 The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.[x]

24 He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its pilasters and portico; they had the same measurements as the others. 25 Both the gate and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was 87½ feet[y] long and 43¾ feet[z] wide. 26 Its stairway had seven steps, and its portico was ahead of them. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on each side. 27 The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.[aa]

The Inner Gates

28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others. 29 Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87½ feet[ab] long and 43¾ feet[ac] wide. 30 (There were porticoes all around, 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet[ad] wide.[ae]) 31 Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others. 33 Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87½ feet[af] long and 43¾ feet[ag] wide. 34 Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

35 Then he brought me to the north gate.(O) When he measured it, it had the same measurements as the others, 36 as did its recesses, pilasters, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87½ feet[ah] long and 43¾ feet[ai] wide. 37 Its portico[aj] faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices

38 There was a chamber whose door opened into the portico of the gate.[ak] The burnt offering was to be washed there.(P) 39 Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering,(Q) and restitution offering.(R) 40 Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico. 41 So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done. 42 There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering,(S) each 31½ inches[al] long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches[am] high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them. 43 There were three-inch[an] hooks[ao] fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.

Rooms for Singers and Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers:[ap](T) one[aq] beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south[ar] gate, facing north. 45 Then the man said to me: “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.(U) 46 The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok,(V) the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the Lord to serve Him.”(W) 47 Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet[as] long and 175 feet wide. The altar(X) was in front of the temple.

48 Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the pilasters of the portico; they were 8¾ feet[at] thick on each side. The width of the gateway was 24½ feet,[au] and the side walls of the gate were[av] 5¼ feet[aw] wide on each side. 49 The portico was 35 feet[ax] across and 21[ay] feet[az] deep, and 10 steps led[ba] up to it.(Y) There were pillars by the pilasters, one on each side.(Z)

Inside the Temple

41 Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters;(AA) on each side the width of the pilaster was 10½ feet.[bb][bc] 2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet,[bd] and the side walls of the entrance were 8¾ feet[be] wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet,[bf] and the width, 35 feet.[bg](AB) 3 He went inside the next room and measured the pilasters at the entrance;(AC) they were 3½ feet[bh] wide. The entrance was 10½ feet[bi] wide, and the width of the entrance’s side walls on each side[bj] was 12¼ feet.[bk] 4 He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 35 feet,[bl] and the width, 35 feet.(AD) And he said to me, “This is the most holy place.”(AE)

Outside the Temple

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10½ feet[bm] thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was seven feet.[bn](AF) 6 The side rooms were arranged one above another in three stories of 30 rooms each.[bo] There were ledges on the wall of the temple all around to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be in the temple wall itself.(AG) 7 The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.[bp](AH)

8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.[bq](AI) 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was 8¾ feet.[br] The free space between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the outer chambers was 35 feet[bs] wide all around the temple.(AJ) 11 The side rooms opened into the free space, one entrance toward the north and another to the south. The area of free space was 8¾ feet[bt] wide all around.

12 Now the building that faced the temple yard toward the west was 122½ feet[bu] wide. The wall of the building was 8¾ feet[bv] thick on all sides, and the building’s length was 157½ feet.[bw]

13 Then the man measured the temple; it was 175 feet[bx] long.(AK) In addition, the temple yard and the building, including its walls, were 175 feet long. 14 The width of the front of the temple along with the temple yard to the east was 175 feet. 15 Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple yard to the west, with its galleries[by] on each side;(AL) it was 175 feet.

Interior Wooden Structures

The interior of the great hall and the porticoes of the court— 16 the thresholds, the beveled windows,(AM) and the balconies all around with their three levels opposite the threshold—were overlaid with wood on all sides.(AN) They were paneled from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), 17 reaching to the top of the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and on the outside. On every wall all around, on the inside and outside, was a pattern 18 carved with cherubim and palm trees.(AO) There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim.(AP) Each cherub had two faces: 19 a human face turned toward the palm tree on one side,(AQ) and a lion’s face turned toward it on the other. They were carved throughout the temple on all sides. 20 Cherubim and palm trees were carved from the ground to the top of the entrance and on the wall of the great hall.

21 The doorposts of the great hall were square,(AR) and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance. 22 The altar was[bz] made of wood, 5¼ feet[ca] high and 3½ feet[cb] long.[cc] It had corners, and its length[cd] and sides were of wood.(AS) The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”(AT)

23 The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,(AU) 24 and each of the doors had two swinging panels.(AV) There were two panels for one door and two for the other. 25 Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the great hall like those carved on the walls. There was a wooden canopy[ce](AW) outside, in front of the portico. 26 There were beveled windows and palm trees on both sides,(AX) on the side walls of the portico, the side rooms of the temple, and the canopies.[cf]

The Priests’ Chambers

42 Then the man led me out by way of the north gate into the outer court.(AY) He brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple yard and opposite the building(AZ) to the north. 2 Along the length of the chambers, which was 175 feet,[cg](BA) there was an entrance on the north; the width was 87½ feet.[ch] 3 Opposite the 35 foot space[ci] belonging to the inner court and opposite the paved surface(BB) belonging to the outer court, the structure rose gallery by gallery(BC) in three tiers. 4 In front of the chambers was a walkway toward the inside,(BD) 17½ feet[cj] wide and 175 feet[ck] long,[cl] and their entrances were on the north. 5 The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building. 6 For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts;(BE) therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories. 7 A wall on the outside ran in front of the chambers, parallel to them, toward the outer court; it was 87½ feet[cm] long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet long, while those facing the great hall were 175 feet[cn] long.(BF) 9 At the base of these chambers there was an entryway on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.(BG)

10 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the south,[co] there were chambers facing the temple yard(BH) and the western building, 11 with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that faced north.(BI) Their length and width, as well as all their exits, measurements, and entrances, were identical. 12 The entrance at the beginning of the passageway, the way in front of the corresponding[cp] wall as one enters on the east side, was similar to the entrances of the chambers that were on the south side.

13 Then the man said to me, “The northern and southern chambers that face the temple yard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat(BJ) the most holy offerings.(BK) There they will deposit the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, sin offerings, and restitution offerings—for the place is holy.(BL) 14 Once the priests have entered, they must not go out from the holy area to the outer court until they have removed the clothes they minister in, for these are holy.(BM) They are to put on other clothes before they approach the public area.”(BN)

Outside Dimensions of the Temple Complex

15 When he finished measuring inside the temple complex, he led me out by way of the gate that faced east and measured all around the complex.(BO)

16 He measured the east side with a measuring rod;
it was 875 feet[cq] by the measuring rod.[cr]
17 He[cs] measured the north side;
it was 875 feet[ct] by the measuring rod.[cu]
18 He[cv] measured the south side;
it was 875 feet[cw] by the measuring rod.[cx]
19 Then he turned to the west side
and measured 875 feet[cy] by the measuring rod.[cz]

20 He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all around it,(BP) 875 feet long and 875 feet(BQ) wide, to separate the holy from the common.(BR)

Return of the Lord’s Glory

43 He led me to the gate,(BS) the one that faces east, 2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel(BT) coming from the east.(BU) His voice sounded like the roar of mighty waters,(BV) and the earth shone with His glory.(BW) 3 The vision I saw(BX) was like the one I had seen when He[da] came to destroy the city,(BY) and like the ones I had seen by the Chebar Canal.(BZ) I fell facedown.(CA) 4 The glory of the Lord entered the temple by way of the gate that faced east.(CB) 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up(CC) and brought me to the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.(CD)

6 While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from the temple.(CE) 7 He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet,(CF) where I will dwell among the Israelites forever.(CG) The house of Israel and their kings will no longer defile My holy name by their religious prostitution and by the corpses[db](CH) of their kings at their high places.[dc](CI) 8 Whenever they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they were defiling My holy name by the detestable acts they committed.(CJ) So I destroyed them in My anger. 9 Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses[dd](CK) of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell among them forever.(CL)

10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel,(CM) so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities.(CN) Let them measure its pattern,(CO) 11 and they will be ashamed of all that they have done. Reveal[de] the design of the temple to them—its layout with its exits and entrances(CP)—its complete design along with all its statutes, design specifications, and laws. Write it down in their sight(CQ) so that they may observe its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.(CR) 12 This is the law of the temple: all its surrounding territory on top of the mountain(CS) will be especially holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

The Altar

13 “These are the measurements of the altar(CT) in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus three inches(CU)):[df] the gutter is 21 inches[dg] deep and 21 inches wide, with a rim of nine inches[dh] around its edge. This is the base[di] of the altar. 14 The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet,[dj] and the width of the ledge is 21 inches.[dk] There are seven feet[dl] from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 21 inches. 15 The altar hearth[dm] is seven feet[dn] high, and four horns(CV) project upward from the hearth. 16 The hearth is square, 21 feet[do] long by 21 feet wide.(CW) 17 The ledge is 24½ feet[dp] long by 24½ feet wide, with four equal sides.(CX) The rim all around it is 10½ inches,[dq] and its gutter is 21 inches[dr] all around it. The altar’s steps face east.”(CY)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 = a long cubit
  2. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit six cubits by the cubit and a handbreadth
  3. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit was one rod
  4. Ezekiel 40:5 Lit was one rod
  5. Ezekiel 40:7 Lit was one rod
  6. Ezekiel 40:7 Lit and one rod
  7. Ezekiel 40:7 Lit five cubits
  8. Ezekiel 40:7 Lit was one rod
  9. Ezekiel 40:9 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read gate facing the temple side; it was one rod. 9 Then he measured the portico of the gate; it
  10. Ezekiel 40:9 Lit eight cubits
  11. Ezekiel 40:9 Lit two cubits
  12. Ezekiel 40:11 Lit 10 cubits
  13. Ezekiel 40:11 Lit length
  14. Ezekiel 40:11 Lit 13 cubits
  15. Ezekiel 40:12 Lit one cubit
  16. Ezekiel 40:12 Lit six cubits
  17. Ezekiel 40:13 Lit 25 cubits
  18. Ezekiel 40:14 Lit 60 cubits
  19. Ezekiel 40:14 Hb obscure
  20. Ezekiel 40:15 Lit 50 cubits
  21. Ezekiel 40:19 Lit 100 cubits
  22. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit 50 cubits
  23. Ezekiel 40:21 Lit 25 cubits
  24. Ezekiel 40:23 Lit 100 cubits
  25. Ezekiel 40:25 Lit 50 cubits
  26. Ezekiel 40:25 Lit 25 cubits
  27. Ezekiel 40:27 Lit 100 cubits
  28. Ezekiel 40:29 Lit 50 cubits
  29. Ezekiel 40:29 Lit 25 cubits
  30. Ezekiel 40:30 Lit five cubits
  31. Ezekiel 40:30 Some Hb mss, LXX omit v. 30
  32. Ezekiel 40:33 Lit 50 cubits
  33. Ezekiel 40:33 Lit 25 cubits
  34. Ezekiel 40:36 Lit 50 cubits
  35. Ezekiel 40:36 Lit 25 cubits
  36. Ezekiel 40:37 LXX; MT reads pilasters
  37. Ezekiel 40:38 Text emended; MT reads door was by the pilasters, at the gates
  38. Ezekiel 40:42 Lit one and a half cubits
  39. Ezekiel 40:42 Lit one cubit
  40. Ezekiel 40:43 Lit one handbreadth
  41. Ezekiel 40:43 Or ledges
  42. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX reads were two chambers
  43. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX; MT reads singers, which was
  44. Ezekiel 40:44 LXX; MT reads east
  45. Ezekiel 40:47 Lit 100 cubits
  46. Ezekiel 40:48 Lit five cubits
  47. Ezekiel 40:48 Lit 14 cubits
  48. Ezekiel 40:48 LXX; MT omits 24½ feet, and the side walls of the gate were
  49. Ezekiel 40:48 Lit three cubits
  50. Ezekiel 40:49 Lit 20 cubits
  51. Ezekiel 40:49 LXX; MT reads 19¼
  52. Ezekiel 40:49 Lit 12 cubits
  53. Ezekiel 40:49 MT reads and it was on steps that they would go
  54. Ezekiel 41:1 LXX; MT reads pilasters; they were 10½ feet wide on each side—the width of the tabernacle
  55. Ezekiel 41:1 Lit six cubits
  56. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit 10 cubits
  57. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit five cubits
  58. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit 40 cubits
  59. Ezekiel 41:2 Lit 20 cubits
  60. Ezekiel 41:3 Lit two cubits
  61. Ezekiel 41:3 Lit six cubits
  62. Ezekiel 41:3 LXX; MT reads width of the entrance
  63. Ezekiel 41:3 Lit seven cubits
  64. Ezekiel 41:4 Lit 20 cubits
  65. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit six cubits
  66. Ezekiel 41:5 Lit four cubits
  67. Ezekiel 41:6 Lit another three and 30 times
  68. Ezekiel 41:7 Hb obscure
  69. Ezekiel 41:8 Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint; Hb obscure
  70. Ezekiel 41:9 Lit five cubits
  71. Ezekiel 41:10 Lit 20 cubits
  72. Ezekiel 41:11 Lit five cubits
  73. Ezekiel 41:12 Lit 70 cubits
  74. Ezekiel 41:12 Lit five cubits
  75. Ezekiel 41:12 Lit 90 cubits
  76. Ezekiel 41:13 Lit 100 cubits
  77. Ezekiel 41:15 Or ledges
  78. Ezekiel 41:22 Or and in front of the sanctuary was something that looked like 22 an altar
  79. Ezekiel 41:22 Lit three cubits
  80. Ezekiel 41:22 Lit two cubits
  81. Ezekiel 41:22 LXX reads long and 3½ feet wide
  82. Ezekiel 41:22 LXX reads base
  83. Ezekiel 41:25 Hb obscure
  84. Ezekiel 41:26 Hb obscure
  85. Ezekiel 42:2 Lit 100 cubits
  86. Ezekiel 42:2 Lit 50 cubits
  87. Ezekiel 42:3 Lit 20 [cubits]
  88. Ezekiel 42:4 Lit 10 cubits
  89. Ezekiel 42:4 Lit 100 cubits
  90. Ezekiel 42:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads wide, a way of one cubit
  91. Ezekiel 42:7 Lit 50 cubits
  92. Ezekiel 42:8 Lit 100 cubits
  93. Ezekiel 42:10 LXX; MT reads east
  94. Ezekiel 42:12 Or protective; Hb obscure
  95. Ezekiel 42:16 Lit 500 in rods
  96. Ezekiel 42:16 Lit rod all around
  97. Ezekiel 42:17 LXX reads Then he turned to the north and
  98. Ezekiel 42:17 Lit 500 in rods
  99. Ezekiel 42:17 Lit rod all around
  100. Ezekiel 42:18 LXX reads Then he turned to the south and
  101. Ezekiel 42:18 Lit 500 in rods
  102. Ezekiel 42:18 Lit rod all around
  103. Ezekiel 42:19 Lit 500 in rods
  104. Ezekiel 42:19 Lit rod all around
  105. Ezekiel 43:3 Some Hb mss, Theod, Vg; other Hb mss, LXX, Syr read I
  106. Ezekiel 43:7 Or monuments
  107. Ezekiel 43:7 Some Hb mss, Theod, Tg read their death
  108. Ezekiel 43:9 Or monuments
  109. Ezekiel 43:11 LXX, Vg; MT reads pattern. 11 And if they are ashamed . . . done, reveal
  110. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit in cubits (a cubit being a cubit plus a handbreadth)
  111. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit one cubit
  112. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit one span
  113. Ezekiel 43:13 LXX reads height
  114. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit two cubits
  115. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit one cubit
  116. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit four cubits
  117. Ezekiel 43:15 Hb obscure
  118. Ezekiel 43:15 Lit four cubits
  119. Ezekiel 43:16 Lit 12 cubits
  120. Ezekiel 43:17 Lit 14 cubits
  121. Ezekiel 43:17 Lit one-half cubit
  122. Ezekiel 43:17 Lit one cubit
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Ezekiel 40:1-43:17
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The Temple Area Restored

40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city(A)—on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me(B) and he took me there. 2 In visions(C) of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain,(D) on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. 3 He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze;(E) he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod(F) in his hand. 4 The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,(G) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell(H) the people of Israel everything you see.(I)”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

5 I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured(J) the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

6 Then he went to the east gate.(K) He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. 7 The alcoves(L) for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[b] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway; 9 it[c] was eight cubits[d] deep and its jambs were two cubits[e] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.[f] 12 In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits[g] from one parapet opening to the opposite one. 14 He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits.[h] The measurement was up to the portico[i] facing the courtyard.[j](M) 15 The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.[k] 16 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.(N)

The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into the outer court.(O) There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms(P) along the pavement.(Q) 18 It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court;(R) it was a hundred cubits[l](S) on the east side as well as on the north.

The North Gate

20 Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court. 21 Its alcoves(T)—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico(U) had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22 Its openings, its portico(V) and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.(W) 23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.(X)

The South Gate

24 Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements(Y) as the others. 25 The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.(Z) 26 Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side.(AA) 27 The inner court(AB) also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.(AC)

The Gates to the Inner Court

28 Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements(AD) as the others. 29 Its alcoves,(AE) its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.(AF) 30 (The porticoes(AG) of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.) 31 Its portico(AH) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.(AI)

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements(AJ) as the others. 33 Its alcoves,(AK) its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its portico(AL) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

35 Then he brought me to the north gate(AM) and measured it. It had the same measurements(AN) as the others, 36 as did its alcoves,(AO) its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 37 Its portico[m](AP) faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.(AQ)

The Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices

38 A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings(AR) were washed. 39 In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings,(AS) sin offerings[n](AT) and guilt offerings(AU) were slaughtered.(AV) 40 By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables. 41 So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were slaughtered. 42 There were also four tables of dressed stone(AW) for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high.[o] On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.(AX) 43 And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth[p] long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

The Rooms for the Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one[q] at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south[r] gate and facing north. 45 He said to me, “The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple,(AY) 46 and the room facing north(AZ) is for the priests who guard the altar.(BA) These are the sons of Zadok,(BB) who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.(BC)”

47 Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.(BD)

The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple(BE) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[s] and its projecting walls were[t] three cubits[u] wide on either side. 49 The portico(BF) was twenty cubits[v] wide, and twelve[w] cubits[x] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[y] and there were pillars(BG) on each side of the jambs.

41 Then the man brought me to the main hall(BH) and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits[z] on each side.[aa] 2 The entrance was ten cubits[ab] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits[ac] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.[ad](BI)

3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits[ae] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits[af] wide. 4 And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall.(BJ) He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.(BK)”

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits[ag] wide. 6 The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty(BL) on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple.(BM) 7 The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway(BN) went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor.

8 I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits. 9 The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. 11 There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.

12 The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits[ah] wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.[ai]

13 Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits[aj] long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long. 14 The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.(BO)

15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries(BP) on each side; it was a hundred cubits.

The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court, 16 as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows(BQ) and galleries around the three of them—everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered.(BR) 17 In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary 18 were carved(BS) cherubim(BT) and palm trees.(BU) Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:(BV) 19 the face of a human being toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple.(BW) 20 From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.

21 The main hall(BX) had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar. 22 There was a wooden altar(BY) three cubits[ak] high and two cubits square[al]; its corners, its base[am] and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table(BZ) that is before the Lord.” 23 Both the main hall(CA) and the Most Holy Place had double doors.(CB) 24 Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves(CC) for each door. 25 And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico. 26 On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.(CD)

The Rooms for the Priests

42 Then the man led me northward into the outer court and brought me to the rooms(CE) opposite the temple courtyard(CF) and opposite the outer wall on the north side.(CG) 2 The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.[an] 3 Both in the section twenty cubits[ao] from the inner court and in the section opposite the pavement of the outer court, gallery(CH) faced gallery at the three levels.(CI) 4 In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits[ap] long.[aq] Their doors were on the north.(CJ) 5 Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building. 6 The rooms on the top floor had no pillars, as the courts had; so they were smaller in floor space than those on the lower and middle floors. 7 There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits. 8 While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long. 9 The lower rooms had an entrance(CK) on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

10 On the south side[ar] along the length of the wall of the outer court, adjoining the temple courtyard(CL) and opposite the outer wall, were rooms(CM) 11 with a passageway in front of them. These were like the rooms on the north; they had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. Similar to the doorways on the north 12 were the doorways of the rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters the rooms.

13 Then he said to me, “The north(CN) and south rooms(CO) facing the temple courtyard(CP) are the priests’ rooms, where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings—the grain offerings,(CQ) the sin offerings[as](CR) and the guilt offerings(CS)—for the place is holy.(CT) 14 Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments(CU) in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.(CV)”

15 When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate(CW) and measured the area all around: 16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.[at][au] 17 He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits[av] by the measuring rod. 18 He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 20 So he measured(CX) the area(CY) on all four sides. It had a wall around it,(CZ) five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide,(DA) to separate the holy from the common.(DB)

God’s Glory Returns to the Temple

43 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,(DC) 2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters,(DD) and the land was radiant with his glory.(DE) 3 The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he[aw] came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown. 4 The glory(DF) of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.(DG) 5 Then the Spirit(DH) lifted me up(DI) and brought me into the inner court, and the glory(DJ) of the Lord filled the temple.(DK)

6 While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple. 7 He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne(DL) and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile(DM) my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings[ax] for their kings at their death.[ay](DN) 8 When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger. 9 Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.(DO)

10 “Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed(DP) of their sins. Let them consider its perfection, 11 and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement, its exits and entrances—its whole design and all its regulations[az] and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.(DQ)

12 “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area(DR) on top of the mountain will be most holy.(DS) Such is the law of the temple.

The Great Altar Restored

13 “These are the measurements of the altar(DT) in long cubits,[ba] that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span[bb] around the edge. And this is the height of the altar: 14 From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide.[bc] From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.[bd] 15 Above that, the altar hearth(DU) is four cubits high, and four horns(DV) project upward from the hearth. 16 The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits[be] long and twelve cubits wide.(DW) 17 The upper ledge(DX) also is square, fourteen cubits[bf] long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit.[bg] The steps(DY) of the altar face east.(DZ)”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48.
  2. Ezekiel 40:7 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verse 48
  3. Ezekiel 40:9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. 9 Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it
  4. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 14 feet or about 4.2 meters
  5. Ezekiel 40:9 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter
  6. Ezekiel 40:11 That is, about 18 feet wide and 23 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters long
  7. Ezekiel 40:13 That is, about 44 feet or about 13 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 30, 33 and 36
  8. Ezekiel 40:14 That is, about 105 feet or about 32 meters
  9. Ezekiel 40:14 Septuagint; Hebrew projecting wall
  10. Ezekiel 40:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
  11. Ezekiel 40:15 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33 and 36
  12. Ezekiel 40:19 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 23, 27 and 47
  13. Ezekiel 40:37 Septuagint (see also verses 31 and 34); Hebrew jambs
  14. Ezekiel 40:39 Or purification offerings
  15. Ezekiel 40:42 That is, about 2 2/3 feet long and wide and 21 inches high or about 80 centimeters long and wide and 53 centimeters high
  16. Ezekiel 40:43 That is, about 3 1/2 inches or about 9 centimeters
  17. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were
  18. Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east
  19. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  20. Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
  21. Ezekiel 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters
  22. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  23. Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
  24. Ezekiel 40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
  25. Ezekiel 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it
  26. Ezekiel 41:1 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8
  27. Ezekiel 41:1 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts side, the width of the tent
  28. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters
  29. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12
  30. Ezekiel 41:2 That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide
  31. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22
  32. Ezekiel 41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters
  33. Ezekiel 41:5 That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters
  34. Ezekiel 41:12 That is, about 123 feet or about 37 meters
  35. Ezekiel 41:12 That is, about 158 feet or about 48 meters
  36. Ezekiel 41:13 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 14 and 15
  37. Ezekiel 41:22 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters
  38. Ezekiel 41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew long
  39. Ezekiel 41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew length
  40. Ezekiel 42:2 That is, about 175 feet long and 88 feet wide or about 53 meters long and 27 meters wide
  41. Ezekiel 42:3 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  42. Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew and one cubit
  43. Ezekiel 42:4 That is, about 18 feet wide and 175 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 53 meters long
  44. Ezekiel 42:10 Septuagint; Hebrew Eastward
  45. Ezekiel 42:13 Or purification offerings
  46. Ezekiel 42:16 See Septuagint of verse 17; Hebrew rods; also in verses 18 and 19.
  47. Ezekiel 42:16 Five hundred cubits equal about 875 feet or about 265 meters; also in verses 17, 18 and 19.
  48. Ezekiel 42:17 Septuagint; Hebrew rods
  49. Ezekiel 43:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts I
  50. Ezekiel 43:7 Or the memorial monuments; also in verse 9
  51. Ezekiel 43:7 Or their high places
  52. Ezekiel 43:11 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts regulations and its whole design
  53. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters; also in verses 14 and 17. The long cubit is the basic unit for linear measurement throughout Ezekiel 40–48.
  54. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
  55. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 3 1/2 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 105 centimeters high and 53 centimeters wide
  56. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 7 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 2.1 meters high and 53 centimeters wide
  57. Ezekiel 43:16 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
  58. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  59. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
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