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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) 47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits deep and one hundred cubits wide, a square, and the altar was in front of the temple.(D)

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  1. 40.44 Gk: Heb chambers for the singers
  2. 40.44 Heb lacks one
  3. 40.44 Gk: Heb east