Ezekiel 40-48
King James Version
40 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither.
2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.
47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
41 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.
23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
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.
43 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
4 And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.
6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.
9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering.
20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
24 And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the Lord.
25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.
44 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
2 Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.
5 And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.
13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:
16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God.
28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
45 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9 Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.
16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
18 Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
46 Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
9 But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.
14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the Lord.
15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
16 Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.
17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.
24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
47 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
13 Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.
48 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof.
11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.
15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.
Ezekiel 40-48
New American Standard Bible
Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod
40 In the (A)twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the (B)city was [a]taken, on this very day the (C)hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there. 2 In the (D)visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very (E)high mountain, and on it (F)to the south there was something like a (G)structure of a city. 3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of (H)bronze, with a (I)thread of flax and a (J)measuring [b]rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, “(K)Son of man, (L)see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and [c]pay attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. (M)Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”
Measurements Relating to the Temple
5 And behold, there was a (N)wall on the outside of the [d]temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six [e]cubits, [f]each of which was a [g]cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the [h]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. 6 Then he went to the gate which faced (O)east, went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod [i]in width; and the other threshold was one rod [j]in width. 7 The (P)guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate [k]facing inward was one rod. 8 Then he measured the porch of the gate [l]facing inward, one rod. 9 And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was [m]faced inward. 10 The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side. 11 And he measured the width of the [n]gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a [o]barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side. 13 And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from one door to the door opposite. 14 He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the (Q)courtyard. 15 And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And there were [p](R)shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were (S)palm tree decorations.
17 Then he brought me into the (T)outer courtyard, and behold, there were (U)chambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers [q]faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was by the [r]side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the (V)lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner courtyard, a (W)hundred cubits on the east and on the north.
20 And as for the (X)gate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width. 21 [s]It had three (Y)guardrooms on each side; and its (Z)side pillars and its porches [t]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was (AA)fifty cubits, and the width (AB)twenty-five cubits. 22 Its (AC)windows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the (AD)gate which faced east; and [u]it was reached by seven (AE)steps, and its [v]porch was in front of them. 23 The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a (AF)hundred cubits from gate to gate.
24 Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a (AG)gate toward the south; and he measured its (AH)side pillars and its porches according to [w]those same measurements. 25 [x]The gate and its porches had (AI)windows all around like [y]those other windows; the length was (AJ)fifty cubits and the width, twenty-five cubits. 26 There were seven (AK)steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had (AL)palm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side. 27 The inner courtyard had a gate toward the (AM)south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a (AN)hundred cubits.
28 Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate (AO)according to those same measurements. 29 Its (AP)guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its (AQ)porches were according to those same measurements. And [z]the gate and its porches had (AR)windows all around; it was (AS)fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 There were (AT)porches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31 And its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and (AU)palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight (AV)steps.
32 Then he brought me into the (AW)inner courtyard toward the east. And he measured the gate (AX)according to those same measurements. 33 Its (AY)guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And [aa]the gate and its porches had (AZ)windows all around; it was (BA)fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its (BB)porches were toward the outer courtyard; and (BC)palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight (BD)steps.
35 Then he brought me to the (BE)north gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements, 36 with its (BF)guardrooms, its side pillars, and its (BG)porches. And [ab]the gate had (BH)windows all around; the length was (BI)fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. 37 And its side pillars were toward the outer courtyard; and (BJ)palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight (BK)steps.
38 A (BL)chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they (BM)rinse the burnt offering. 39 And in the porch of the gate were two (BN)tables on each side, on which to slaughter the (BO)burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. 40 On the outer [ac]side, [ad]as one went up to the [ae]gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other [af]side of the porch of the gate were two tables. 41 Four (BP)tables were on each side [ag]next to the gate; eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. 42 For the burnt offering there were four (BQ)tables of (BR)cut stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which they set the utensils with which they slaughter the (BS)burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 And the double [ah]hooks, [ai]one hand width in length, were installed [aj]in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
44 From the outside to the (BT)inner gate were [ak](BU)chambers for the (BV)singers in the inner courtyard, one of which was at the [al]side of the north gate, with [am]its front toward the south, and one at the [an]side of the [ao]south gate facing north. 45 Then he said to me, “This is the (BW)chamber which faces south, intended for the priests who [ap]are (BX)responsible for the [aq]temple; 46 but the (BY)chamber which faces north is for the priests who [ar]are (BZ)responsible for the altar. They are the (CA)sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi (CB)come near to the Lord to serve Him.” 47 He measured the courtyard, a perfect square, a (CC)hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the [as]temple.
48 Then he brought me to the (CD)porch of the [at]temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and at the (CE)stairway by which it was ascended were (CF)columns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.
The Inner Temple
41 Then he (CG)brought me to the (CH)sanctuary, and he measured the (CI)side pillars: six [au]cubits wide on each side was the width of the [av]side pillar. 2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the [aw]sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured [ax]the length of the sanctuary, (CJ)forty cubits, and the width, (CK)twenty cubits. 3 Then he went [ay](CL)inside and measured each (CM)side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits. 4 And he measured its length, (CN)twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the (CO)sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the (CP)Most Holy Place.”
5 Then he measured the wall of the [az]temple, six cubits; and the width of the (CQ)side chambers, four cubits, all around the house on every side. 6 (CR)The side chambers were in three stories, [ba]one above another, and [bb]thirty in each story; and [bc]the side chambers (CS)extended to the wall which stood on [bd]their inward side all around, so that they could be attached, but not be attached to the wall of the temple itself. 7 And the side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the (CT)structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, for that reason the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and so one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the [be]second story. 8 I saw also that the house had a raised [bf]platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full [bg]rod of (CU)six [bh]long cubits in height. 9 The [bi]thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the (CV)free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple 10 and the outer (CW)chambers was twenty cubits in width around the temple on every side. 11 The [bj]doorways of the side [bk]chambers toward the (CX)free space consisted of one doorway toward the north, and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the (CY)free space was five cubits all around.
12 The (CZ)building that was in front of the (DA)separate area at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits [bl]thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.
13 Then he measured the temple, a (DB)hundred cubits long; the (DC)separate area with the (DD)building and its walls were also a (DE)hundred cubits long. 14 Also the width of the front of the temple and that of the separate [bm]areas along the east side totaled a hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the (DF)building [bn]along the front of the (DG)separate area behind it, with a [bo](DH)gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches of the courtyard. 16 The (DI)thresholds, the [bp](DJ)latticed windows, and the [bq](DK)galleries all around their (DL)three stories, opposite the threshold, were (DM)paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), 17 over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement. 18 It was [br]carved with (DN)cherubim and (DO)palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces: 19 a (DP)human face toward the palm tree on one side and a young (DQ)lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were [bs]carved on all the house all around. 20 From the ground to above the entrance (DR)cherubim and (DS)palm trees were [bt]carved, as well as on the wall of the sanctuary.
21 The (DT)doorposts of the (DU)sanctuary were square; as for the front of the inner [bu]sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. 22 The (DV)altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; its corners, its [bv]base, and its [bw]sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the (DW)table that is before the Lord.” 23 The (DX)sanctuary and the inner [bx](DY)sanctuary each had a double (DZ)door. 24 Each of the doors had two leaves, two [by](EA)swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. 25 Also there were [bz]carved on them, on the doors of the main room, (EB)cherubim and (EC)palm trees like those [ca]carved on the walls; and there was a [cb](ED)threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. 26 And there were [cc](EE)latticed windows and (EF)palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the (EG)porch; the same were on the (EH)side chambers of the house and the [cd]thresholds.
Chambers of the Temple
42 Then he (EI)brought me out into the (EJ)outer courtyard, the way (EK)toward the north; and he brought me to the (EL)chamber which was opposite the (EM)separate area and opposite the (EN)building toward the north. 2 Along the length, which was a (EO)hundred [ce]cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. 3 Opposite the (EP)twenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the (EQ)stone pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was [cf](ER)gallery corresponding to [cg]gallery in three stories. 4 In front of the (ES)chambers was an inner passage ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were [ch]smaller because the [ci](ET)galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. 6 For they were in (EU)three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courtyards; for that reason the upper chambers were [cj]set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. 7 As for the (EV)outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers which were in the outer courtyard was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the main room was a (EW)hundred cubits. 9 And below these chambers was the (EX)entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer courtyard.
10 In the [ck]thickness of the (EY)wall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the (EZ)separate area and facing the building, there were (FA)chambers. 11 And the (FB)way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north; according to their length, so was their width, and all their exits were according to their building plans and openings. 12 Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the (FC)wall toward the east, as one enters them.
13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the (FD)separate area, they are the (FE)holy chambers where the priests who are (FF)near to the Lord shall eat the (FG)most holy things. There they shall set the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter, they shall not go out into the outer courtyard from the sanctuary [cl]without (FH)laying their (FI)garments there in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people.”
15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by way of the (FJ)gate which faced east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured on the east side with the measuring [cm]rod: five hundred rods by the (FK)measuring rod. 17 He measured on the north side: five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 18 On the south side he measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod. 19 He turned to the west side and measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod. 20 He measured it [cn]on the four sides; it had a (FL)wall all around, the (FM)length five hundred rods and the (FN)width five hundred, to (FO)divide between the holy and the [co]common.
Vision of the Glory of God Filling the Temple
43 Then he led me to the (FP)gate, the gate facing east; 2 and behold, the (FQ)glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the (FR)east. And His (FS)voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth (FT)shone from His glory. 3 And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the (FU)vision which I saw when [cp]He came to (FV)destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the (FW)river Chebar; and I (FX)fell on my face. 4 And the glory of the Lord entered the house by way of the gate facing (FY)east. 5 And the (FZ)Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the (GA)glory of the Lord filled the house.
6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a (GB)man was standing beside me. 7 And He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My (GC)throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will (GD)dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution and by the [cq](GE)corpses of their kings [cr]when they die, 8 by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have (GF)defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. 9 Now let them (GG)remove their prostitution and the [cs]corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will (GH)dwell among them forever.
10 “As for you, son of man, (GI)inform the house of Israel of the [ct]temple, so that they will be (GJ)ashamed of their wrongdoings; and have them measure the [cu](GK)plan. 11 And if they are ashamed of everything that they have done, make known to them the plan of the house, its layout, its (GL)exits, its entrances, all its plans, all its [cv]statutes, and all its laws. And write it (GM)in their sight, so that they may observe its entire plan and all its statutes and (GN)execute them. 12 This is the [cw]law of the house: its entire [cx]area on the top of the (GO)mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the [cy]law of the house.
The Altar of Sacrifice
13 “And these are the measurements of the (GP)altar by cubits (the (GQ)cubit being a [cz]cubit and a hand width): the [da]base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge all around one span; and this shall be the height of the [db]base of the altar. 14 And from the base on the ground to the lower (GR)ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the width [dc]one cubit. 15 The [dd]altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the [de]altar hearth shall extend upward four (GS)horns. 16 Now the [df]altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, (GT)square in its four sides. 17 And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it shall be half a cubit, and its base shall be a cubit all around; and its (GU)steps shall [dg](GV)face east.”
The Offerings
18 And He said to me, “(GW)Son of man, this is what the Lord [dh]God says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer (GX)burnt offerings on it and to (GY)sprinkle blood on it. 19 You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the descendants of (GZ)Zadok, who come (HA)near to Me to serve Me,’ declares the Lord God, ‘a [di](HB)bull as a (HC)sin offering. 20 And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four (HD)horns and on the four corners of the (HE)ledge, and on the border all around; so you shall (HF)cleanse it and make atonement for it. 21 You shall also take the bull as the sin offering, and it shall be (HG)burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
22 ‘And on the second day you shall offer a (HH)male goat without blemish as a sin offering, and they shall (HI)cleanse the altar from sin as they cleansed it with the bull. 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a [dj](HJ)bull without blemish and a (HK)ram without blemish from the flock. 24 You shall offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall throw (HL)salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. 25 (HM)For seven days you shall prepare a goat as a sin offering daily; also a [dk]bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, shall be prepared. 26 For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they [dl]consecrate it. 27 When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the (HN)eighth day and onward, the priests shall [dm]offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your (HO)peace offerings; and I will (HP)accept you,’ declares the Lord God.”
Gate for the Prince
44 Then He brought me back by way of the (HQ)outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut. 2 And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the (HR)Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. 3 As for the (HS)prince, he shall sit in it as prince to (HT)eat bread before the Lord; he shall (HU)enter by way of the (HV)porch of the gate and shall go out [dn]by the same way.”
4 Then He brought me by way of the (HW)north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the (HX)glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I (HY)fell on my face. 5 And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, [do](HZ)pay attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears everything that I say to you concerning all the (IA)statutes of the house of the Lord and all its laws; and [dp]pay attention to the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary. 6 You shall say to the [dq](IB)rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord [dr]God says: “(IC)Enough of all your abominations, house of Israel, 7 when you brought in (ID)foreigners, (IE)uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, My house, when you (IF)offered My food, the fat, and the blood and they (IG)broke My covenant—this in addition to all your abominations. 8 And you have not [ds](IH)taken responsibility for My holy things yourselves, but you have appointed foreigners [dt]to take responsibility for My sanctuary.”
9 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “(II)No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary. 10 But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who (IJ)went astray from Me [du]following their idols, shall (IK)suffer the punishment for their wrongdoing. 11 Yet they shall be (IL)ministers in My sanctuary, having (IM)oversight at the gates of the house and (IN)ministering in the house; they shall (IO)slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall (IP)stand before them to minister to them. 12 Since they ministered to them (IQ)before their idols and became a (IR)stumbling block of wrongdoing to the house of Israel, for that reason I have [dv](IS)sworn against them,” declares the Lord God, “that they shall (IT)suffer the punishment for their wrongdoing. 13 And they shall (IU)not approach Me to serve as priests for Me, nor approach any of My holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will (IV)bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed. 14 Nevertheless I will [dw]appoint them [dx]to (IW)take responsibility for the house, of all its service and of everything that shall be done in it.
Ordinances for the Levites
15 “But the (IX)Levitical priests, the sons of (IY)Zadok, who [dy](IZ)took responsibility for My sanctuary when the sons of Israel (JA)went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to serve Me; and they shall (JB)stand before Me to offer Me the (JC)fat and the blood,” declares the Lord God. 16 “They shall (JD)enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My (JE)table to serve Me and [dz]assume the responsibility I give them. 17 And it shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner courtyard, they shall be clothed with (JF)linen garments; and wool shall not [ea]be worn by them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner courtyard or in the house. 18 Linen (JG)turbans shall be on their heads and (JH)linen undergarments shall be around their waists; they shall not put on anything that makes them sweat. 19 And when they go out into the outer courtyard, into the outer courtyard to the people, they shall (JI)take off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments, so that they will (JJ)not transfer holiness to the people with their garments. 20 Also they shall (JK)not shave their heads, yet they shall not (JL)let their locks [eb]grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. 21 (JM)Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner courtyard. 22 And they shall not [ec]marry a widow or a (JN)divorced woman, but shall (JO)take virgins from the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 23 Moreover, they shall teach My people the (JP)difference between the holy and the [ed]common, and teach them to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 In a dispute (JQ)they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My (JR)appointed feasts, and (JS)sanctify My Sabbaths. 25 [ee](JT)They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves. 26 And after he is (JU)cleansed, seven days [ef]shall elapse for him. 27 On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, to the (JV)inner courtyard to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his (JW)sin offering,” declares the Lord God.
28 “And it shall be regarding an inheritance for them, that (JX)I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no property in Israel—I am their property. 29 They shall (JY)eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and everything (JZ)banned from secular use in Israel shall be theirs. 30 And the first of all the (KA)first fruits of every kind and every [eg]contribution of every kind, from all your [eh]contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the (KB)first of your [ei]dough, to make a (KC)blessing rest on your house. 31 The priests shall not eat any bird or animal that has (KD)died a natural death or has been torn to pieces by animals.
The Lord’s Portion of the Land
45 “Now when you (KE)divide the land by lot for inheritance, you shall offer [ej]an (KF)allotment to the Lord, a (KG)holy portion of the land; the length shall be a length of twenty-five thousand [ek](KH)cubits, and the width shall be [el]twenty thousand. It shall be holy within its entire surrounding boundary. 2 Out of this there shall be for the sanctuary a square encompassing (KI)five hundred by five hundred cubits, and fifty cubits for its [em](KJ)open space round about. 3 From this [en]area you shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand cubits and a width of ten thousand cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the (KK)priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who (KL)come near to serve the Lord, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 An area (KM)twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, and for their possession [eo]cities in which to live.
6 “And you shall give the (KN)city possession of an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand cubits long, alongside the [ep]allotment of the holy portion; it shall be for the entire house of Israel.
Portion for the Prince
7 “And the (KO)prince shall have land on either side of the holy [eq]allotment and the [er]property of the city, adjacent to the holy [es]allotment and the [et]property of the city, on the west side toward the west and on the east side toward the east, and in length comparable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border. 8 This shall be his land as a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer (KP)oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel (KQ)according to their tribes.”
9 ‘This is what the Lord [eu]God says: “(KR)Enough, you princes of Israel; get rid of (KS)violence and destruction, and (KT)practice justice and righteousness. Revoke your (KU)evictions of My people,” declares the Lord God.
10 “You shall have (KV)accurate balances, an accurate [ev](KW)ephah, and an accurate [ew](KX)bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be [ex]the same quantity, so that the bath will contain a tenth of a (KY)homer, and the ephah a tenth of a [ey]homer; [ez]their standard shall be according to the homer. 12 And the (KZ)shekel shall be twenty (LA)gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
13 “This is the offering that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley; 14 and the prescribed portion of oil (namely, the bath of oil), a tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths are a homer); 15 and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a (LB)grain offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to (LC)make atonement for them,” declares the Lord God. 16 “(LD)All the people of the land shall [fa]give to this offering for the (LE)prince in Israel. 17 And it shall be the (LF)prince’s part to provide the (LG)burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the drink offerings, at the (LH)feasts, on the (LI)new moons, and on the Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the (LJ)peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.”
18 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “In the (LK)first month, on the first of the month, you shall take a [fb]bull (LL)without blemish and (LM)cleanse the sanctuary from sin. 19 And the priest shall take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the door posts of the house, on the (LN)four corners of the (LO)ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner courtyard. 20 And you shall do this on the seventh day of the month for everyone who does (LP)wrong inadvertently or is naive; so you shall make (LQ)atonement for the house.
21 “In the (LR)first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the (LS)Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a (LT)bull as a sin offering. 23 And during the (LU)seven days of the feast he shall provide as a (LV)burnt offering to the Lord (LW)seven bulls and seven rams without blemish on every day of the seven days, and a male goat daily as a sin offering. 24 And he shall provide as a (LX)grain offering an [fc]ephah [fd]with a bull, an [fe]ephah [ff]with a ram, and a [fg]hin of oil [fh]with an ephah. 25 In the (LY)seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like these, seven days [fi]for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil.”
The Prince’s Offerings
46 ‘This is what the Lord [fj]God says: “The (LZ)gate of the (MA)inner courtyard facing east shall be (MB)shut for the six (MC)working days; but it shall be opened on the (MD)Sabbath day and opened on the day of the (ME)new moon. 2 The (MF)prince shall enter by way of the porch of the gate from outside and stand by the (MG)post of the gate. Then the priests shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be (MH)shut until the evening. 3 The (MI)people of the land shall also worship at the doorway of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the (MJ)new moons. 4 The (MK)burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day shall be (ML)six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; 5 and the (MM)grain offering shall be an [fk]ephah [fl]with the ram, and the grain offering [fm]with the lambs [fn]as much as he is (MN)able to give, and a [fo]hin of oil [fp]with an ephah. 6 On the day of the (MO)new moon he shall offer a [fq]bull without blemish, and six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish. 7 And he shall provide a (MP)grain offering, an ephah [fr]with the bull and an ephah [fs]with the ram, and [ft]with the lambs as [fu]much as he is (MQ)able, and a hin of oil [fv]with an ephah. 8 When the (MR)prince enters, he shall go in by way of the porch of the gate, and go out by [fw]the same way. 9 But when the people of the land come (MS)before the Lord at the appointed feasts, one who enters by way of the north gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate. And one who enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. [fx]No one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but shall go straight out. 10 And when they go in, the prince shall go in (MT)among them; and when they go out, [fy]he shall go out.
11 “At the (MU)festivals and the appointed feasts, the (MV)grain offering shall be an ephah [fz]with a bull and an ephah [ga]with a ram, and [gb]with the lambs as [gc]much as one is able to give, and a hin of oil [gd]with an ephah. 12 And when the prince provides a (MW)[ge]voluntary offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a [gf]voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east shall be (MX)opened for him. And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the (MY)Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he goes out.
13 “And you shall provide a (MZ)lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord daily; (NA)morning by morning you shall provide it. 14 You shall also provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a (NB)sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to the Lord continually by [gg]a permanent ordinance. 15 So they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, morning by morning, as a (NC)continual burnt offering.”
16 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “If the prince gives a (ND)gift from his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the (NE)year of [gh]release; then it shall return to the prince. His inheritance shall be only his sons’; it shall belong to them. 18 And the prince shall (NF)not take from the people’s inheritance, [gi](NG)depriving them of their property; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own property, so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his property.”’”
The Boiling Places
19 Then he brought me through the (NH)entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced north; and behold, a place was there at the extreme rear toward the west. 20 And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the (NI)guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall (NJ)bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer courtyard [gj]and transfer holiness to the people.”
21 Then he brought me out into the outer courtyard and led me across to the four corners of the courtyard; and behold, in every corner of the courtyard there was a small courtyard. 22 In the four corners of the courtyard there were enclosed courtyards, forty [gk]cubits long and thirty wide; these four in the corners were [gl]the same size. 23 And there was a row of masonry all around in them, around the four of them, and cooking hearths were made under the rows all around. 24 Then he said to me, “These are the cooking [gm]places where the ministers of the house shall cook the sacrifices of the people.”
Water from the Temple
47 Then he brought me back to the (NK)door of the house; and behold, (NL)water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar. 2 And he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around [gn]on the outside to the outer gate, by the way facing east. And behold, water was spurting out from the south side.
3 When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand [go]cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles. 4 Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the [gp]hips. 5 Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not [gq]wade across, because the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a (NM)river that could not be crossed by wading. 6 And he said to me, “Son of man, have you (NN)seen this?” Then he brought me [gr]back to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many (NO)trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the (NP)Arabah; then they go toward the [gs]sea, being made to flow into the (NQ)sea, and the waters of the sea become [gt]fresh. 9 And it will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the [gu]river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others [gv]become fresh; so (NR)everything will live where the river goes. 10 And it will come about that (NS)fishermen will stand beside it; from (NT)Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the (NU)spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the (NV)Great Sea, (NW)very many. 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become [gw]fresh; they will be [gx]left for (NX)salt. 12 And (NY)by the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of (NZ)trees for food. Their (OA)leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their (OB)leaves for healing.”
Boundaries and Division of the Land
13 This is what the Lord [gy]God says: “This shall be the (OC)boundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two (OD)portions. 14 And you shall divide it for an inheritance, each one [gz]equally with the other; for I [ha](OE)swore to give it to your forefathers, and this land shall fall to you [hb]as an inheritance.
15 “And this shall be the boundary of the land: on the (OF)north side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of [hc](OG)Zedad; 16 [hd](OH)Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of (OI)Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. 17 The boundary shall [he]extend from the sea to (OJ)Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
18 “The (OK)east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, (OL)Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the (OM)Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.
19 “The (ON)south side toward the south shall extend from (OO)Tamar as far as the waters of (OP)Meribath-kadesh, to the (OQ)brook of Egypt and to the (OR)Great Sea. This is the south side toward the south.
20 “And the (OS)west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite [hf](OT)Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.
21 “So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 You shall divide it by (OU)lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the (OV)strangers who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an (OW)inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 And in the tribe with which the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares the Lord God.
Division of the Land
48 “Now (OX)these are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, [hg]beside the way of Hethlon to [hh]Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north [hi]beside Hamath, [hj]running from east to west, (OY)Dan, one portion. 2 Beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, (OZ)Asher, one portion. 3 Beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, (PA)Naphtali, one portion. 4 Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, (PB)Manasseh, one portion. 5 Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, (PC)Ephraim, one portion. 6 Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, (PD)Reuben, one portion. 7 Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, (PE)Judah, one portion.
8 “And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [hk]allotment which you shall [hl]set apart, twenty-five thousand [hm]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the (PF)sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. 9 The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.
Portion for the Priests
10 The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the (PG)priests, toward the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst. 11 It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the (PH)sons of Zadok, who have [hn]taken the responsibility I gave them, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the (PI)Levites went astray. 12 It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy reserve, by the border of the Levites. 13 And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width ten thousand. 14 Moreover, they (PJ)shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this [ho]choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the Lord.
15 “The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand [hp]in length, shall be for (PK)common use for the city, for homes and for [hq]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. 16 And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 cubits, the south side (PL)4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 cubits. 17 The city shall have [hr]open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits. 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be ten thousand cubits toward the east and ten thousand toward the west; and it shall be [hs]alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19 And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20 The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; you shall [ht]set apart the holy allotment, a [hu]square, with the [hv]property of the city.
Portion for the Prince
21 “The (PM)remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the [hw]property of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it. 22 And exclusive of the [hx]property of the Levites and the [hy]property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.
Portion for Other Tribes
23 “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, (PN)Benjamin, one portion. 24 Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, (PO)Simeon, one portion. 25 Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, (PP)Issachar, one portion. 26 Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, (PQ)Zebulun, one portion. 27 Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, (PR)Gad, one portion. 28 And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from (PS)Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the (PT)Great Sea. 29 This is the (PU)land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares the Lord [hz]God.
The City Gates
30 “Now these are the exits of the city: on the (PV)north side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, 31 [ia]shall be the gates of the city, [ib](PW)named for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; and the gate of Levi, one. 32 On the east side, 4,500 cubits, [ic]shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one. 33 On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, [id]shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one. 34 On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one. 35 The city shall be eighteen thousand cubits all around; and the (PX)name of the city from that day shall be, ‘[ie]The (PY)Lord is there.’”
Notas al pie
- Ezekiel 40:1 Lit struck
- Ezekiel 40:3 Lit reed, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 40:4 Lit set your heart
- Ezekiel 40:5 Lit house
- Ezekiel 40:5 I.e., “long” cubits, see note 4
- Ezekiel 40:5 Lit by the cubit and
- Ezekiel 40:5 A cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 40:5 Lit building
- Ezekiel 40:6 Or in depth
- Ezekiel 40:6 Or in depth
- Ezekiel 40:7 Lit from the house
- Ezekiel 40:8 Lit from the house
- Ezekiel 40:9 Lit from the house
- Ezekiel 40:11 Lit entrance of the gate
- Ezekiel 40:12 Lit border
- Ezekiel 40:16 Or beveled inwards
- Ezekiel 40:17 Lit to
- Ezekiel 40:18 Lit shoulder
- Ezekiel 40:21 Lit Its guardrooms were three
- Ezekiel 40:21 Lit were
- Ezekiel 40:22 Lit they were going up into it
- Ezekiel 40:22 Another reading is porches
- Ezekiel 40:24 Lit these measurements, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 40:25 Lit It
- Ezekiel 40:25 Lit these windows
- Ezekiel 40:29 Lit it
- Ezekiel 40:33 Lit it
- Ezekiel 40:36 Lit it
- Ezekiel 40:40 Lit shoulder
- Ezekiel 40:40 Lit to the one going up
- Ezekiel 40:40 Lit entrance of the gate
- Ezekiel 40:40 Lit shoulder
- Ezekiel 40:41 Lit to the shoulder of
- Ezekiel 40:43 Or ledges
- Ezekiel 40:43 About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
- Ezekiel 40:43 Or inside
- Ezekiel 40:44 LXX two chambers
- Ezekiel 40:44 Lit shoulder
- Ezekiel 40:44 Lit their
- Ezekiel 40:44 Lit shoulder
- Ezekiel 40:44 As in LXX; MT east
- Ezekiel 40:45 Lit keep the duty of
- Ezekiel 40:45 Lit house
- Ezekiel 40:46 Lit keep the duty of
- Ezekiel 40:47 Lit house
- Ezekiel 40:48 Lit house
- Ezekiel 41:1 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 41:1 As in LXX; MT tent
- Ezekiel 41:2 Lit shoulders
- Ezekiel 41:2 Lit its length,
- Ezekiel 41:3 I.e., of the inner sanctuary
- Ezekiel 41:5 Lit house, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit chamber upon chamber
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit thirty times
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit they were coming
- Ezekiel 41:6 Lit the inside of the side chambers
- Ezekiel 41:7 Lit middle
- Ezekiel 41:8 Lit height
- Ezekiel 41:8 Lit reed
- Ezekiel 41:8 Or to the joint
- Ezekiel 41:9 Lit width
- Ezekiel 41:11 Lit doorway
- Ezekiel 41:11 Lit chamber
- Ezekiel 41:12 Lit wide
- Ezekiel 41:14 Lit area
- Ezekiel 41:15 Lit to
- Ezekiel 41:15 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 41:16 Or framed
- Ezekiel 41:16 Or passageways
- Ezekiel 41:18 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:19 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:20 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:21 Lit holy place
- Ezekiel 41:22 Lit length
- Ezekiel 41:22 Lit walls
- Ezekiel 41:23 Lit holy place
- Ezekiel 41:24 Or turning
- Ezekiel 41:25 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:25 Lit made
- Ezekiel 41:25 Or canopy of wood over
- Ezekiel 41:26 Or framed
- Ezekiel 41:26 Or canopies
- Ezekiel 42:2 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 42:3 Or passageway
- Ezekiel 42:5 Lit shorter
- Ezekiel 42:5 Or passageways
- Ezekiel 42:6 Or reduced
- Ezekiel 42:10 Lit width
- Ezekiel 42:14 Lit but there they shall lay
- Ezekiel 42:16 Lit reed, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 42:20 Lit toward the four winds
- Ezekiel 42:20 Lit profane
- Ezekiel 43:3 As in some mss and some ancient versions; MT I
- Ezekiel 43:7 Or monuments as in Ugaritic
- Ezekiel 43:7 Lit in their death; MT on their high places
- Ezekiel 43:9 Or monuments as in Ugaritic
- Ezekiel 43:10 Lit house
- Ezekiel 43:10 Or perfection; or pattern
- Ezekiel 43:11 MT repeats and all its plans after statutes
- Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
- Ezekiel 43:12 Lit border
- Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
- Ezekiel 43:13 A cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 43:13 Lit lap
- Ezekiel 43:13 Or back
- Ezekiel 43:14 Lit the
- Ezekiel 43:15 Or ariel shall
- Ezekiel 43:15 Or ariel shall
- Ezekiel 43:16 Heb ariel
- Ezekiel 43:17 Or be on the east side
- Ezekiel 43:18 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 43:19 Or young bull
- Ezekiel 43:23 Or young bull
- Ezekiel 43:25 Or young bull
- Ezekiel 43:26 Lit fill its hands
- Ezekiel 43:27 Lit make
- Ezekiel 44:3 Lit its way
- Ezekiel 44:5 Lit set your heart
- Ezekiel 44:5 Lit set your heart
- Ezekiel 44:6 Lit rebellion
- Ezekiel 44:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 44:8 Lit kept charge of
- Ezekiel 44:8 Lit as keepers of duty to Me in My
- Ezekiel 44:10 Lit after
- Ezekiel 44:12 Lit lifted up My hand
- Ezekiel 44:14 Lit give
- Ezekiel 44:14 Lit keepers of the charge of
- Ezekiel 44:15 Lit kept charge of
- Ezekiel 44:16 Lit keep the duty to Me
- Ezekiel 44:17 Lit go up on
- Ezekiel 44:20 Or hang loose
- Ezekiel 44:22 Lit take as wives for themselves
- Ezekiel 44:23 Lit profane
- Ezekiel 44:25 Lit He
- Ezekiel 44:26 Lit they shall count
- Ezekiel 44:30 Or uplifted offering(s)
- Ezekiel 44:30 Or uplifted offering(s)
- Ezekiel 44:30 Or coarse meal
- Ezekiel 45:1 Or a contribution
- Ezekiel 45:1 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 45:1 As in LXX; MT 10,000
- Ezekiel 45:2 Or pasture land
- Ezekiel 45:3 Lit measure
- Ezekiel 45:5 As in LXX; MT twenty chambers
- Ezekiel 45:6 Or contribution
- Ezekiel 45:7 Or contribution
- Ezekiel 45:7 Lit possession
- Ezekiel 45:7 Or contribution
- Ezekiel 45:7 Lit possession
- Ezekiel 45:9 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a dry measure, about 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
- Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a liquid measure, about 6 gallons or 23 liters
- Ezekiel 45:11 Lit one
- Ezekiel 45:11 About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters
- Ezekiel 45:11 Lit its measure
- Ezekiel 45:16 Lit be
- Ezekiel 45:18 Or young bull
- Ezekiel 45:24 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
- Ezekiel 45:24 Lit for
- Ezekiel 45:24 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
- Ezekiel 45:24 Lit for
- Ezekiel 45:24 About 1 gallon or 3.8 liters
- Ezekiel 45:24 Lit for
- Ezekiel 45:25 Lit according to
- Ezekiel 46:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 46:5 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 46:5 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:5 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:5 Lit a gift of his hand
- Ezekiel 46:5 About 1 gallon or 3.8 liters, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 46:5 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:6 Or young bull
- Ezekiel 46:7 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:7 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:7 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:7 Lit his hand can reach
- Ezekiel 46:7 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:8 Lit its way
- Ezekiel 46:9 Lit He shall not
- Ezekiel 46:10 As in many mss and ancient versions; MT they
- Ezekiel 46:11 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:11 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:11 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:11 Lit a gift of his hand
- Ezekiel 46:11 Lit for
- Ezekiel 46:12 Or freewill offering
- Ezekiel 46:12 Or freewill offering
- Ezekiel 46:14 Lit perpetual statutes
- Ezekiel 46:17 Or liberty
- Ezekiel 46:18 Lit oppressing
- Ezekiel 46:20 Lit to
- Ezekiel 46:22 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 46:22 Lit one measure
- Ezekiel 46:24 Lit houses
- Ezekiel 47:2 Lit by way of
- Ezekiel 47:3 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 47:4 Lit loins
- Ezekiel 47:5 Lit cross
- Ezekiel 47:6 Lit and caused me to return
- Ezekiel 47:8 I.e., Dead Sea
- Ezekiel 47:8 Lit healed
- Ezekiel 47:9 Lit two rivers
- Ezekiel 47:9 Lit are healed
- Ezekiel 47:11 Lit healed
- Ezekiel 47:11 Lit given
- Ezekiel 47:13 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 47:14 Lit like his brother
- Ezekiel 47:14 Lit lifted up My hand
- Ezekiel 47:14 Lit in
- Ezekiel 47:15 As in MT; LXX Hamath, Zedad; cf. 48:1
- Ezekiel 47:16 Or LXX Berothah
- Ezekiel 47:17 Lit be
- Ezekiel 47:20 Or the entrance of Hamath
- Ezekiel 48:1 Lit at the hand of
- Ezekiel 48:1 Or the entrance of Hamath
- Ezekiel 48:1 Lit at the hand of
- Ezekiel 48:1 Lit and there shall be to it an east and the west side
- Ezekiel 48:8 Or contribution, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 48:8 Lit raise
- Ezekiel 48:8 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
- Ezekiel 48:11 Lit kept the duty to Me
- Ezekiel 48:14 Lit first; or first fruits
- Ezekiel 48:15 Lit in front
- Ezekiel 48:15 Or pasture land
- Ezekiel 48:17 Or pasture land
- Ezekiel 48:18 Or exactly as
- Ezekiel 48:20 Lit raise
- Ezekiel 48:20 Lit fourth
- Ezekiel 48:20 Or possession
- Ezekiel 48:21 Or possession
- Ezekiel 48:22 Or possession
- Ezekiel 48:22 Or possession
- Ezekiel 48:29 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Ezekiel 48:31 Lit and the gates
- Ezekiel 48:31 Lit according to the names of
- Ezekiel 48:32 Lit and three gates
- Ezekiel 48:33 Lit and three gates
- Ezekiel 48:35 Heb YHWH-shammah
Ezekiel 40-48
American Standard Version
40 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day, the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither. 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south. 3 And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. 4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee; for, to the intent that I may show them unto thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5 And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. 6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; [a]and the other threshold, one reed broad. 7 And every [b]lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed. 8 [c]He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed. 9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the [d]posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house. 10 And the lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. 11 And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits; 12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. 13 And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door. 14 He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court reached unto the posts, round about the gate. 15 And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the [e]inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits. 16 And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the [f]arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.
17 Then brought he me into the outer court; and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. 18 And the pavement was by the [g]side of the gates, answerable unto the length of the gates, even the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.
20 And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof. 21 And the lodges thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 22 And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them. 23 And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.
24 And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures. 25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. 27 And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; 29 and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. 30 And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. 31 And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures; 33 and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. 34 And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
35 And he brought me to the north gate: and he measured it according to these measures; 36 the lodges thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof: and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 37 And the posts thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
38 And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering. 39 And [h]in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering. 40 And on the one side without, [i]as one goeth up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew the sacrifices. 42 And there were four tables for the burnt-offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice. 43 And the [j]hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened [k]within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
44 And without the inner gate were [l]chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. 45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house; 46 and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Jehovah to minister unto him. 47 And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
48 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; [m]even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
41 And he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the [n]tabernacle. 2 And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the [o]sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits. 3 Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits. 4 And he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
5 Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. 6 And the side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house. 7 And [p]the side-chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle chamber. 8 I saw also [q]that the house had [r]a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed [s]of six great cubits. 9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side-chambers that belonged to the house. 10 And between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 11 And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
12 And the building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 13 So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long; 14 also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court; 16 the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 17 to the space above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, [t]by measure. 18 And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces; 19 so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side. Thus was it made through all the house round about: 20 from the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made; [u]thus was the wall of the temple.
21 As for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance thereof was [v]as the appearance of the temple. 22 The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and [w]the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before Jehovah. 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves: two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other. 25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm-trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there was a threshold of wood [x]upon the face of the porch without. 26 And there were closed windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side-chambers of the house, and the thresholds.
42 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north. 2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery [y]in the third story. 4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits’ breadth inward, a way of [z]one cubit; and their doors were toward the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building. 6 For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 7 And the [aa]wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits. 9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.
10 In the thickness of the [ab]wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers. 11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the way of the chambers which were toward the north; [ac]according to their length so was their breadth: and all their egresses 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 at the head of the way, even the way directly before the [ad]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 are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people.
15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. 16 He measured on the east [ae]side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 17 He measured on the north [af]side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. 18 He measured on the south [ag]side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 19 He turned about to the west [ah]side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 20 He measured it [ai]on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
43 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east. 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory. 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 4 And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. 5 And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
6 And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man stood by me. 7 And he said unto me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, and by the dead bodies of their kings [aj]in their high places; 8 in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
10 Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the [ak]pattern. 11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the egresses thereof, and the entrances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 12 This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
13 And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the [al]bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the [am]base of the altar. 14 And from the bottom [an]upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. 15 And the [ao]upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the [ap]altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. 16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof. 17 And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.
18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 19 Thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who are near unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord Jehovah, a young bullock for a sin-offering. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse it and make atonement for it. 21 Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. 23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. 24 And thou shalt bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. 26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they [aq]consecrate it. 27 And when they have accomplished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
44 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 2 And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut. 3 As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face. 5 And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, [ar]mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and [as]mark well the entrance of the house, with every egress of the sanctuary. 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, 7 in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [at]to add unto all your abominations. 8 And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel. 10 But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity. 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 14 Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah: 16 they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. 17 And it shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and [au]within. 18 They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth sweat. 19 And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments. 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. 21 Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest. 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 25 And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.
28 And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30 And the first of all the first-fruits of every thing, and every [av]oblation of everything, of all your oblations, shall be for the priest: ye shall also give unto the priests the first of your [aw]dough, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house. 31 The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.
45 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto Jehovah, [ax]a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be [ay]ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border thereof round about. 2 Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred in length by five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits for the [az]suburbs thereof round about. 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure a length of five and twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy. 4 It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 And five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall be unto the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession unto themselves, for [ba]twenty chambers. 6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, side by side with the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. 7 And whatsoever is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy oblation and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable unto one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. 8 [bb]In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your [bc]exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley; 14 and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer (for ten baths are a homer); 15 and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel;—for a meal-offering, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord Jehovah. 16 All the people of the land [bd]shall give unto this oblation for the prince in Israel. 17 And it shall be the prince’s part to give the burnt-offerings, and the meal-offerings, and the drink-offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin-offering, and the meal-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.
18 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish; and thou shalt cleanse the sanctuary. 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it upon the door-posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. 20 And so thou shalt do on the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye make atonement for the house.
21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin-offering. 23 And the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt-offering to Jehovah, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a he-goat daily for a sin-offering. 24 And he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like the seven days; according to the sin-offering, according to the burnt-offering, and according to the meal-offering, and according to the oil.
46 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. 3 And the people of the land shall worship at the door of that gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons. 4 And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto Jehovah shall be on the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; 5 and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
6 And on the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish: 7 and he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as [be]he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.
9 But when the people of the land shall come before Jehovah in the appointed feasts, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him. 10 And the prince, when they go in, shall go in in the midst of them; and when they go forth, they shall go forth together. 11 And in the feasts and in the [bf]solemnities the meal-offering shall be an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 12 And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
13 And thou shalt prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah daily: morning by morning shalt thou prepare it. 14 And thou shalt prepare a meal-offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to [bg]moisten the fine flour; a meal-offering unto Jehovah continually by a perpetual ordinance. 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt-offering.
16 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons. 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to [bh]thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
19 Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward. 20 And he said unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering and the sin-offering, and where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they bring them not forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people. 21 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. 22 In the four corners of the court there were courts [bi]inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure. 23 And there was a [bj]wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the [bk]walls round about. 24 Then said he unto me, These are the boiling-houses, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
47 And he brought me back unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward (for the forefront of the house was toward the east); and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there [bl]ran out waters on the right side.
3 When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the [bm]rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, [bn]and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be [bo]given up to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth [bp]new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.
13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I [bq]sware to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; [br]Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. 17 And the border from the sea, shall be Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. 18 And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border, unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side. 19 And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea. This is the south side southward. 20 And the west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. 22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord Jehovah.
48 Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion. 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion. 3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali, one portion. 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh, one portion. 5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim, one portion. 6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben, one portion. 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah, one portion.
8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the oblation which ye shall offer, five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. 9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth. 10 And for these, even for the priests, shall be the holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst thereof. 11 [bs]It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, that have kept my charge, that went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 12 And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
13 And answerable unto the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. 14 And they shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first-fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy unto Jehovah.
15 And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the midst thereof. 16 And these shall be the measures thereof: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. 17 And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. 18 And the residue in the length, answerable unto the holy oblation, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable unto the holy oblation; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that labor in the city. 19 And they that labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall till it. 20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city; in front of the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward in front of the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, answerable unto the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy oblation and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. 22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.
23 And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin, one portion. 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon, one portion. 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar, one portion. 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun, one portion. 27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one portion. 28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea. 29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.
30 And these are the egresses of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure; 31 and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. 32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. 33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one. 34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. 35 It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, [bt]Jehovah is there.
Notas al pie
- Ezekiel 40:6 Or, even one threshold
- Ezekiel 40:7 Or, guard chamber
- Ezekiel 40:8 This verse is omitted in several Hebrew manuscripts.
- Ezekiel 40:9 Or, jambs; and so throughout this chapter, and 41:1, 3
- Ezekiel 40:15 Or, porch of the inner gate
- Ezekiel 40:16 Or, colonnade. The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain.
- Ezekiel 40:18 Hebrew shoulder.
- Ezekiel 40:39 Or, by
- Ezekiel 40:40 Or, at the stairs of the entry
- Ezekiel 40:43 According to Vulgate and Syriac, ledges.
- Ezekiel 40:43 Or, in the building
- Ezekiel 40:44 The Septuagint has two chambers in the inner court, one behind the gate that looketh toward the north, having its prospect toward the south, and one at the side of the gate toward the south, but looking toward the north.
- Ezekiel 40:49 The Septuagint has and by ten steps they etc.
- Ezekiel 41:1 Hebrew tent. See Ex. 26:22–25.
- Ezekiel 41:2 Hebrew shoulders.
- Ezekiel 41:7 Or, there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side-chambers; for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house
- Ezekiel 41:8 Or, that the house was high round about
- Ezekiel 41:8 Hebrew height.
- Ezekiel 41:8 Or, of six cubits to the joining
- Ezekiel 41:17 Hebrew measures.
- Ezekiel 41:20 Another reading is, And as for the wall of the temple, the door-posts were squared.
- Ezekiel 41:21 Or, as the former appearance
- Ezekiel 41:22 Or, it had its corners; and etc.
- Ezekiel 41:25 Or, before the porch
- Ezekiel 42:3 Or, in three stories
- Ezekiel 42:4 According to Septuagint and Syriac, a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 42:7 Or, fence
- Ezekiel 42:10 Or, fence
- Ezekiel 42:11 Or, they were as long as they, and as broad as they
- Ezekiel 42:12 Or, fence
- Ezekiel 42:16 Hebrew wind.
- Ezekiel 42:17 Hebrew wind.
- Ezekiel 42:18 Hebrew wind.
- Ezekiel 42:19 Hebrew wind.
- Ezekiel 42:20 Hebrew toward the four winds.
- Ezekiel 43:7 Or, according to another reading, in their death
- Ezekiel 43:10 Or, sum
- Ezekiel 43:13 Or, hollow. Hebrew bosom.
- Ezekiel 43:13 Hebrew back.
- Ezekiel 43:14 Or, at
- Ezekiel 43:15 Hebrew Harel.
- Ezekiel 43:15 Hebrew Ariel. See Isa. 29:1.
- Ezekiel 43:26 Hebrew fill the hands thereof. See Ex. 29:24.
- Ezekiel 44:5 Hebrew set thy heart upon.
- Ezekiel 44:5 Hebrew set thy heart upon.
- Ezekiel 44:7 Or, in all
- Ezekiel 44:17 Or, in the house
- Ezekiel 44:30 Or, heave-offering
- Ezekiel 44:30 Or, coarse meal
- Ezekiel 45:1 Hebrew holiness.
- Ezekiel 45:1 The Septuagint has twenty.
- Ezekiel 45:2 Or, open space
- Ezekiel 45:5 The Septuagint has cities to dwell in.
- Ezekiel 45:8 Or, As touching
- Ezekiel 45:9 Hebrew expulsions.
- Ezekiel 45:16 Hebrew shall be for.
- Ezekiel 46:7 Hebrew his hand shall attain unto.
- Ezekiel 46:11 Or, appointed feasts
- Ezekiel 46:14 Or, mix with
- Ezekiel 46:18 Hebrew oppress.
- Ezekiel 46:22 Or, joined on
- Ezekiel 46:23 Hebrew row.
- Ezekiel 46:23 Hebrew rows.
- Ezekiel 47:2 Or, trickled forth
- Ezekiel 47:9 Hebrew two rivers.
- Ezekiel 47:9 Or, that all things may be healed and live
- Ezekiel 47:11 Or, given for salt
- Ezekiel 47:12 Hebrew first-fruits.
- Ezekiel 47:14 Hebrew lifted up my hand.
- Ezekiel 47:16 Or, the middle Hazer.
- Ezekiel 48:11 Or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests of the sons etc.
- Ezekiel 48:35 Hebrew Jehovah-shammah.
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