11 with a passageway in front of them. These were like the rooms on the north; they had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. Similar to the doorways on the north 12 were the doorways of the rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters the rooms.

13 Then he said to me, “The north(A) and south rooms(B) facing the temple courtyard(C) are the priests’ rooms, where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings—the grain offerings,(D) the sin offerings[a](E) and the guilt offerings(F)—for the place is holy.(G)

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  1. Ezekiel 42:13 Or purification offerings

11 like those on the north with a passage in front of them. The chambers that were toward the south were the same length and width as those on the north, and had matching exits and entrances and arrangements. 12 There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers that face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests[a] who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

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  1. Ezekiel 42:13 sn The priests are from the Zadokite family (Ezek 40:6; 44:15).

11 with (A)a passage in front of them. They were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits[a] and arrangements and (B)doors, 12 as were the entrances of the chambers on the south. There was an entrance at the beginning of the passage, the passage before (C)the corresponding wall on the east as one enters them.[b]

13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite (D)the yard are the holy chambers, (E)where the priests who approach the Lord (F)shall eat the (G)most holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings—(H)the grain offering, (I)the sin offering, and (J)the guilt offering—for the place is holy.

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  1. Ezekiel 42:11 Hebrew and all their exits
  2. Ezekiel 42:12 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain