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Ezekiel 42
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Chambers for the Temple

42 Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber that was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north. 2 Its length was 175 feet[a] on the north side,[b] and its width 87½ feet.[c] 3 Opposite the 35 feet[d] that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. 4 In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet[e] wide at a distance of 1¾ feet,[f] and their entrances were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space[g] from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore, the upper chambers[h] were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle ones. 7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet[i] long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet[j] long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet[k] long. 9 Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

10 At the beginning[l] of the wall of the court toward the south,[m] facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers 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[n] 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. 14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate that faces east and measured all around. 16 He measured the east side with the measuring stick[o] as 875 feet[p] by the measuring stick. 17 He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. 18 He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. 19 He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick. 20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 42:2 tn Heb “100 cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
  2. Ezekiel 42:2 tn Heb “the door of the north.”
  3. Ezekiel 42:2 tn Heb “50 cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
  4. Ezekiel 42:3 tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
  5. Ezekiel 42:4 tn Heb “10 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).
  6. Ezekiel 42:4 tc Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm). The LXX and the Syriac read: “100 cubits” (= 175 feet or about 53m).
  7. Ezekiel 42:5 tn The verb יוֹכְלוּ (yokhelu) “took space” is listed by BDB 37 as אָכַל (’akhal, “eat, consume”), though it prefers to emend the text. HALOT also lists this verb as אכל (1:46) while also listing it under יכל,“prevail” (2:410-11). If אָכַל is correct, then the א (’alef) has dropped out. See the note at Ezek 21:28. BHS refers to a few medieval manuscripts and a Qumran manuscript including the א, יֹאכְלוּ instead of יוֹכְלוּ; both are pronounced the same.
  8. Ezekiel 42:6 tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.
  9. Ezekiel 42:7 tn Heb “50 cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
  10. Ezekiel 42:8 tn Heb “50 cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
  11. Ezekiel 42:8 tn Heb “100 cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
  12. Ezekiel 42:10 tc The reading is supported by the LXX.
  13. Ezekiel 42:10 tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads: “east.”
  14. Ezekiel 42:13 sn The priests are from the Zadokite family (Ezek 40:6; 44:15).
  15. Ezekiel 42:16 tn Heb “reed” (also in the following verses).
  16. Ezekiel 42:16 tn Heb “500 cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters).
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Ezekiel 42
New Catholic Bible

Chapter 42

Other Structures. 1 Then he led me toward the north into the outer court and brought me to the rooms that were opposite the temple courtyard and facing the building on the north. 2 The length of the building on the north side was one hundred cubits, and its width was fifty cubits.

3 Facing the twenty cubits of the inner court and the pavement of the outer court, there were three parallel rows of chambers on each level facing each other. 4 In front of the chambers, there was a passageway, ten cubits wide and one hundred cubits long, and the entrances to the rooms faced north.

5 The chambers on the upper level were narrower than those on the two levels below because the galleries took up more of the width on the upper level. 6 For they were divided into three stories and they had no pillars as the courts had. Thus, the upper chambers were more narrow than those on the lower and middle levels.

7 There was an outer wall parallel to the chambers that extended out toward the outer court; it was fifty cubits long. 8 The chambers facing the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were one hundred cubits long.

9 Below these chambers there was a passage that one entered from the east so that one could enter them from the outer court. 10 On the south side that faced the open area and the building, there were chambers.

11 There was a passage that ran in front of these chambers. They were identical in design to those on the north, with the same length and width, and with the same exits and entrances and doorways. 12 Before the chambers on the south side, there was an entrance from the east at the end of each passage, by means of which one could enter from the east.

13 Then he said to me, “The north and the south chambers which open out onto the courtyard are the chambers of the sanctuary. It is there that the priests approach the Lord and eat the most sacred offerings. There they deposit these most sacred offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for this is a holy place. 14 When the priests have entered the holy place, they must not depart from the holy place and enter the outer court without first leaving there the vestments they have worn while performing their duties, since these vestments are holy. They shall first clothe themselves in other garments before they go near the area designated for the people.”

15 Measurements of the Outer Court. When he had completed his measurements of the interior of the temple area, he brought me out through the gateway that faces east, and he measured the temple area all around.

16 He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it was five hundred cubits. 17 He then turned and measured the north side, and it was five hundred cubits. 18 He next turned and measured the south side, and it was five hundred cubits. 19 Then he turned and measured the west side, and it was five hundred cubits.

20 Thus, he measured the area on all four sides. The wall around it was five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the sacred from the profane.

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Ezekiel 42
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The Rooms for the Priests

42 Then the man led me northward into the outer court and brought me to the rooms(A) opposite the temple courtyard(B) and opposite the outer wall on the north side.(C) 2 The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.[a] 3 Both in the section twenty cubits[b] from the inner court and in the section opposite the pavement of the outer court, gallery(D) faced gallery at the three levels.(E) 4 In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits[c] long.[d] Their doors were on the north.(F) 5 Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building. 6 The rooms on the top floor had no pillars, as the courts had; so they were smaller in floor space than those on the lower and middle floors. 7 There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits. 8 While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long. 9 The lower rooms had an entrance(G) on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

10 On the south side[e] along the length of the wall of the outer court, adjoining the temple courtyard(H) and opposite the outer wall, were rooms(I) 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(J) and south rooms(K) facing the temple courtyard(L) 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,(M) the sin offerings[f](N) and the guilt offerings(O)—for the place is holy.(P) 14 Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments(Q) in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.(R)”

15 When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate(S) and measured the area all around: 16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.[g][h] 17 He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits[i] by the measuring rod. 18 He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 20 So he measured(T) the area(U) on all four sides. It had a wall around it,(V) five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide,(W) to separate the holy from the common.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 42:2 That is, about 175 feet long and 88 feet wide or about 53 meters long and 27 meters wide
  2. Ezekiel 42:3 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
  3. Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew and one cubit
  4. Ezekiel 42:4 That is, about 18 feet wide and 175 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 53 meters long
  5. Ezekiel 42:10 Septuagint; Hebrew Eastward
  6. Ezekiel 42:13 Or purification offerings
  7. Ezekiel 42:16 See Septuagint of verse 17; Hebrew rods; also in verses 18 and 19.
  8. Ezekiel 42:16 Five hundred cubits equal about 875 feet or about 265 meters; also in verses 17, 18 and 19.
  9. Ezekiel 42:17 Septuagint; Hebrew rods
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Ézéchiel 42
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Les appartements des prêtres

42 Le personnage me fit ensuite sortir vers le parvis extérieur par le côté nord et il me fit entrer dans la salle située en face de l’espace libre et vis-à-vis du bâtiment, du côté nord. 2 L’édifice contenant les salles avait cent coudées de long vers l’entrée nord et cinquante coudées de large. 3 En face des vingt coudées du parvis intérieur et vis-à-vis du dallage du parvis extérieur s’étendaient des galeries superposées sur trois étages. 4 Devant les salles, il y avait une allée large de dix coudées et longue de cent coudées[a], pour aller vers l’intérieur. Leurs portes donnaient du côté nord. 5 Les salles de l’étage supérieur étaient plus étroites, car les galeries empiétaient sur elles plus que sur les salles inférieures et sur celles du milieu. 6 Les salles étaient disposées sur trois étages et n’étaient pas soutenues par des colonnes semblables à celles des parvis ; c’est pourquoi les salles de l’étage supérieur étaient plus étroites que celles du premier étage et du rez-de-chaussée. 7 Le mur extérieur longeant le parvis extérieur parallèlement aux salles avait cinquante coudées de long en face des salles, 8 car la longueur totale sur laquelle il y avait des salles donnant sur le parvis extérieur était de cinquante coudées, tandis que sur la façade orientée vers le Temple, la longueur totale sur laquelle il y avait des salles était de cent coudées.

9 En contrebas de ces salles, il y avait, du côté est, une entrée pour y accéder depuis le parvis extérieur. 10 Sur la largeur du mur du parvis, au sud[b], face à l’espace libre et au bâtiment, il y avait encore des salles 11 et, devant elles, un passage. Elles étaient pareilles aux salles qui se trouvaient au nord : leur longueur et leur largeur étaient les mêmes, ainsi que leurs issues, leur disposition et leurs portes. 12 Il en était de même des salles se trouvant du côté sud. Il y avait également une porte à l’entrée du passage situé à l’est, en face du mur de protection, et c’est par là que l’on entrait[c]. 13 Le personnage me dit : Les salles du côté nord et celles du côté sud qui donnent sur l’espace libre, sont des salles saintes où les prêtres qui officient pour l’Eternel mangeront les aliments très saints[d] ; c’est là qu’ils les déposeront ainsi que l’offrande végétale et la viande des sacrifices pour le péché et des sacrifices de réparation. Car ce lieu est saint. 14 Une fois entrés, les prêtres ne sortiront pas du lieu saint pour aller dans le parvis extérieur sans avoir déposé là les vêtements avec lesquels ils auront fait le service, car ces vêtements sont saints. Ils revêtiront d’autres habits avant de s’approcher des parties réservées au peuple.

Dans le parvis extérieur

15 Lorsque le personnage eut ainsi achevé de mesurer l’intérieur du Temple, il me fit sortir par la porte orientale et il mesura l’enceinte tout autour de l’édifice.

16 Il arpenta, avec sa règle, le côté oriental et trouva cinq cents coudées. 17 Il mesura le côté nord : cinq cents coudées. 18 Il mesura le côté sud : cinq cents coudées. 19 Il mesura enfin le côté ouest : cinq cents coudées. 20 Il mesura les quatre côtés. Il y avait là une muraille, dont la longueur et la largeur faisaient cinq cents coudées, pour séparer le sacré du profane.

Footnotes

  1. 42.4 cent coudées: d’après l’ancienne version grecque et la version syriaque. Le texte hébreu traditionnel a : une coudée.
  2. 42.10 D’après l’ancienne version grecque et les v. 11-12. Le texte hébreu traditionnel a : à l’est.
  3. 42.12 C’est par là que l’on entrait: hébreu obscur et traduction incertaine.
  4. 42.13 Les descendants de Tsadoq (40.6) ont le droit, comme tous les prêtres, de manger certaines parts des sacrifices (voir Lv 2.3 ; 5.13 ; 6.9, 19, 22 ; 7.6, 10).
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