Ezekiel 40:44-47
Christian Standard Bible
Rooms for Singers and Priests
44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers:[a](A) one[b] beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south[c] gate, facing north. 45 Then the man said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.(B) 46 The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok,(C) the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the Lord to serve him.”(D) 47 Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar(E) was in front of the temple.
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Ezekiel 40:44-47
New Living Translation
Rooms for the Priests
44 Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms,[a] one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south[b] gateway, facing north. 45 And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance. 46 The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar—the descendants of Zadok—for they alone of all the Levites may approach the Lord to minister to him.”
The Inner Courtyard and Temple
47 Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.
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