Ezekiel 42
King James Version
42 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.
2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
4 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Ezekiel 42
Lexham English Bible
Description of Rooms for the Priests
42 And he brought me out to the outer courtyard to the north,[a] and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and which is opposite the building to the north. 2 As to[b] the face of the length of the building with the doorway to the north, it was a hundred cubits,[c] and its[d] width was fifty cubits.[e] 3 Opposite the twenty cubits of the inner courtyard,[f] and opposite the pavement that was to the outer courtyard was a gallery facing[g] a gallery in the three stories. 4 And in front of[h] the chambers was a passageway ten cubits[i] in width toward the inside, a walkway of one cubit,[j] and their doorways were to the north. 5 And the upper chambers narrowed, for the galleries took away space from them more than they took from the lower levels and more than they took from the middle level in the building. 6 For they[k] were three stories and they had no pillars[l] like[m] the pillars of[n] the courtyards; therefore they were smaller than the lower stories and than the middle stories from the ground up. 7 And there was a wall that was to the outside alongside[o] the chambers on the walkway to[p] the outer courtyard[q] in front of[r] the chambers; its length was fifty[s] cubits.[t] 8 For[u] the length of the chambers which were to the outer courtyard was fifty[v] cubits,[w] and look![x] The chambers on the front of the temple were a hundred[y] cubits.[z] 9 And from under these chambers was the entrance[aa] from the east for them when one enters[ab] from the outer courtyard.
10 All along the width of the wall of the courtyard eastward[ac] in front of the courtyard to the front of the building were chambers. 11 And a walkway was before them[ad] like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north,[ae] just like them in their length, and so was their width and all their exits, and they were built like their arrangements and like their doorways, 12 and like the doorways of the chambers which were on the way of the south was a doorway at the head of the way[af] before the stone wall, projecting[ag] on[ah] the way of the east at their coming.[ai]
13 And he said to me, “The chambers of the north and the chambers of the south which are before[aj] the courtyard, they are the holy chambers[ak] in which the priests, who are near to Yahweh, will eat the most holy objects.[al] There they shall put the most holy objects,[am] and the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter,[an] then they shall not go out from the sanctuary to the outer courtyard; and there they must put[ao] their garments in which they serve because they are holy. They must put on other garments and then they may approach the area that is for the people.
15 And he completed the measurements of the inner temple, and he brought me to the walkway of the gate that faces toward the east[ap] and he measured it all the way around.[aq] 16 He measured the east side with the reed[ar] for[as] measuring, five hundred cubits,[at] with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement, he measured it all around. 17 He measured the north side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement all around. 18 Then he measured the south side as five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement. 19 He went around the west side[au] and he measured five hundred cubits, with respect to reeds with the reed for measurement. 20 Toward the four sides[av] he measured it; there was a wall for it all the way around.[aw] Its length was five hundred cubits[ax] and its width was five hundred cubits, in order to make a separation between what is holy and what is common.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 42:1 Literally “to the way of the north”
- Ezekiel 42:2 Or “along the face of”
- Ezekiel 42:2 That is, 175 feet
- Ezekiel 42:2 Or “the”
- Ezekiel 42:2 That is, 87.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:3 Literally “which were to the courtyard the inner”
- Ezekiel 42:3 Literally “toward in the face/front of”
- Ezekiel 42:4 Literally “to the face of”
- Ezekiel 42:4 That is, 17.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:4 One cubit of 18–21 inches is problematic; LXX and Syriac read 100 cubits (175 feet) running the length of the building
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or “there”
- Ezekiel 42:6 Literally “there were not for them pillars”
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or “as”
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or “for”
- Ezekiel 42:7 Literally “to the outside to corresponding”
- Ezekiel 42:7 Or “of”
- Ezekiel 42:7 That is, “to the north”
- Ezekiel 42:7 Literally “to in face of”
- Ezekiel 42:7 That is, 87.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:7 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 42:8 Or “while”
- Ezekiel 42:8 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 42:8 That is, 87.5 feet
- Ezekiel 42:8 Or “yet!”
- Ezekiel 42:8 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 42:8 That is, 175 feet
- Ezekiel 42:9 Reading the Ketiv
- Ezekiel 42:9 Literally “at/in his/its coming”
- Ezekiel 42:10 Literally “on the way of the east”
- Ezekiel 42:11 Literally “was to the face of them”
- Ezekiel 42:11 Literally “were on the way of the north”
- Ezekiel 42:12 Dropping one “way”
- Ezekiel 42:12 Or “protecting wall”
- Ezekiel 42:12 Or “toward”
- Ezekiel 42:12 That is, when people entered the complex
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “to the front of”
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “are the chambers of the holiness”
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “holy objects of the holy objects”
- Ezekiel 42:13 Literally “holy objects of the holy objects”
- Ezekiel 42:14 Literally “at coming their”
- Ezekiel 42:14 Or “deposit/leave/remove”
- Ezekiel 42:15 Literally “which its face is to the way of the east”
- Ezekiel 42:15 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 42:16 Or “rod”
- Ezekiel 42:16 Literally “of measuring”
- Ezekiel 42:16 Hebrew has “reeds” here (= 5,250 feet), which is not correct; 500 cubits = 875 feet.
- Ezekiel 42:19 Or “side toward/to the sea”
- Ezekiel 42:20 Literally “toward the four winds”
- Ezekiel 42:20 Literally “all around, all around”
- Ezekiel 42:20 That is, 875 feet
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