Beginning

40 In the twenty-fifth year of our being in captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was stricken, on the same day, the Hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there.

² Into the land of Israel He brought me, by a divine vision, and set me upon a very high mountain, upon which was something like the building of a city toward the South.

³ And He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a linen thread in his hand and a reed with which to measure. And he stood at the gate.

⁴ And the man said to me, “Son of man, behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you. For you have been brought here with the intention that they might be shown to you. Declare all that you see to the House of Israel.”

⁵ And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house, all around. And in the man’s hand was a reed with which to measure, of six cubits long by one cubit and a handbreadth. So, he measured the breadth of the building with one reed, and the height with one reed.

⁶ Then he came to the gate which looked toward the East, and went up its stairs and measured the post of the gate (one reed wide) and the other post of the gate (one reed wide).

⁷ And every chamber was one reed long and one reed wide; and between the chambers were five cubits. And the post of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

⁸ He also measured the porch of the gate within with one reed.

⁹ Then he measured the porch of the gate (eight cubits) and its posts (two cubits); and the porch of the gate was inside.

¹⁰ And Eastward, the chambers of the gate were three on this side and three on that side. There were three of the same measure; and the posts had one measure on this side and one on that side.

¹¹ And he measured the width of the entry of the gate (ten cubits) and the height of the gate (thirteen cubits).

¹² Also, the space before the chambers was one cubit on this side and the space was one cubit on that side; and the chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

¹³ Then he measured the gate from the roof of a chamber to the top of the gate. The width was twenty-five cubits, door to door.

¹⁴ He also made posts of threescore cubits, and the posts of the court, and of the gate, all around.

¹⁵ And from the front of the entry gate to the front of the porch of the inside gate were fifty cubits.

¹⁶ And there were narrow windows in the chambers, and in their posts, inside the gate, all around, and likewise to the arches. And the windows went all around inside. And the posts were upon palm trees.

¹⁷ Then, he brought me into the outer court. And lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court, all around, thirty chambers upon the pavement.

¹⁸ And the pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. And the pavement was beneath.

¹⁹ Then he measured the width from the front of the outer lower gate to the front of the inner court: a hundred cubits, eastward and northward.

²⁰ And he measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court that looked toward the North.

²¹ And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side. And its posts and its arches were the same as the measure of the first gate. It’s length was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

²² And their windows and their arches, with their palm trees, were the same size as the gate that looks toward the East. And its stairway had had seven steps; and its arches were before them.

²³ And the gate of the inner court stood opposite the gate toward the North, and toward the East. And he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate.

²⁴ After that, he brought me toward the South. And lo, there was a gate toward the South. And he measured its posts and its arches, according to these measures.

²⁵ And there were windows in it, and in its arches, all around, like those windows. The height was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

²⁶ And there were seven steps that go up to it; and its arches were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side and another on that side, upon its post.

²⁷ And there was a gate in the inner court toward the South. And from gate to gate, toward the South, he measured a hundred cubits.

²⁸ And he brought me into the inner court, by the South gate. And he measured the South gate according to these measurements,

²⁹ and its chambers and its posts and its arches according to these measurements. And there were windows in it and in its arches, all around, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

³⁰ And the arches all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.

³¹ And its arches were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts. And its stairway had eight steps.

³² Again, he brought me into the inner court, toward the East. And he measured the gate according to these measures.

³³ And its chambers and its posts and its arches were according to these measures. And there were windows inside. And in its arches, all around, it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

³⁴ And its arches were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side. And its stairway had eight steps.

³⁵ Afterward, he brought me to the North gate, and measured it according to these measures,

³⁶ its chambers, its posts, and its arches, and its windows, all around. The height was fifty cubits, and the width was twenty-five cubits.

³⁷ And its posts were toward the outer court. And palm trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side. And its stairway had eight steps.

³⁸ And every chamber and its entry was under the posts of the gates. There they washed the Burnt Offering.

³⁹ And in the porch of the gate stood two tables on this side and two tables on that side, upon which they killed the Burnt Offering and the Sin Offering, and the Trespass Offering.

⁴⁰ And at the side, beyond the steps, at the entry of the North gate, stood 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), upon which they killed.

⁴² And the four tables for the Burnt Offering were of hewn stone, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. They also laid the instruments with which they killed the Burnt Offering and the Sacrifice upon it.

⁴³ And inside were borders, a hand wide, fastened all around. And upon the tables lay the flesh of the Offering.

⁴⁴ And outside the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the North gate, facing toward the South. And one was at the side of the East gate, facing toward the North.

⁴⁵ And he said to me, “This chamber facing the South is for the priests who have charge to keep the House.

⁴⁶ And the chamber facing toward the North is for the priests who have the charge to keep the Altar. These are the sons of Zadok, among the sons of Levi, who may come near to the LORD to minister to Him.”

⁴⁷ So he measured the court —a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide —foursquare, just as the Altar before the House.

⁴⁸ And he brought me to the porch of the House and measured the posts of the porch: five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side. And the width 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 width was eleven cubits. And there were pillars by the posts, on the way of the steps that went up to it, one on this side and another on that side.

41 Afterward, he brought me to the Temple and measured the posts, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side (the width of the Tabernacle).

² And the width of the entry was ten cubits. And the sides of the entry were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side. And he measured its length (forty cubits) and width (twenty cubits).

³ Then went he in and measured the posts of the entry (two cubits) and the entry (six cubits) and the width of the entry (seven cubits).

⁴ So he measured its length and the width before the Temple (twenty cubits by twenty cubits), and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

⁵ Afterward, he measured the wall of the House (six cubits) and the width of every chamber (four cubits) all around the House, on every side.

⁶ And the chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story. And they entered into the walls made for the chambers, which was all around the House, so that the posts might be fastened to them and not be fastened to the wall of the House.

⁷ And it was large, and went around, mounting upward to the chambers. For the stairs of the House mounted upward, all around the House. Therefore, the House was larger further up. So, they went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by way of the middle.

⁸ I also saw the House had a height all around as the foundations for the chambers. It had a full reed of six great cubits.

⁹ The thickness of the wall which was for the outer chamber was five cubits. And that which remained was the place of the inner chambers.

¹⁰ And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits, all around the House on every side.

¹¹ And the doors of the chambers were toward the place that remained, one door toward the North and another door toward the South. And the width of the place that remained was five cubits all around.

¹² Now the building that was in front of the separate place, toward the West corner, was seventy cubits wide. And the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around. And the length was ninety cubits.

¹³ So he measured the House: a hundred cubits long. And the separate place and the building, with its walls, were a hundred cubits long.

¹⁴ Also, the width of the front of the House, and of the separate place toward the East, was a hundred cubits.

¹⁵ And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate place which was behind it, and the chambers on one side and on the other side (a hundred cubits), as well as the Temple inside and the arches of the court,

¹⁶ The posts and the narrow windows and the chambers, all around, on three sides opposite the posts, were paneled with cedar wood all around and from the ground up to the windows. And the windows were covered

¹⁷ from above the door to the inner House and outside, and by the entire wall, all around, inside and outside, by measure.

¹⁸ And it was made with Cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a Cherub and a Cherub. And each Cherub had two faces,

¹⁹ so that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this throughout all the House, all around.

²⁰ From the ground to above the door were Cherubim and palm trees, made as in the wall of the Temple.

²¹ The posts of the Temple were squared. Thus, their appearance was similar to the form of the Sanctuary.

²² The Altar of wood was three cubits high, and its length was two cubits. And its corners and its length and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the Table that shall be before the LORD.”

²³ And the Temple and the Sanctuary had two doors.

²⁴ And the doors each had two leaves (two turning leaves), two leaves for one door and two leaves for another door.

²⁵ And upon the doors of the Temple there were made Cherubim and palm trees, like what was made upon the walls. And there were thick planks upon the front of the outside porch.

²⁶ And there were narrow windows and palm trees on one side and on the other side, by the sides of the porch, and upon the sides of the House and thresholds.

42 Then he brought me into the outer court by the way toward the North; and he brought me into the chamber that was opposite the separate place, and which was in front of the building toward the North.

² Along the length (of a hundred cubits) was the North door, fifty cubits wide.

³ Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement which was for the outer court, was gallery after gallery in three stories.

⁴ And in front of the chambers was a gallery of ten cubits wide, with a one-cubit path inside. And their doors were toward the North.

⁵ Now, the chambers above were narrower. For the galleries seemed to eat up these more than the lower and those that were in the midst of the building.

⁶ For they were in three stories but did not have pillars as the pillars of the court. Therefore, there was a difference from the ground between those beneath and in the middle and those above.

⁷ And the wall that was outside, opposite the chambers, toward the outer court, on the front of the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

⁸ For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. And lo, in front of the Temple were a hundred cubits.

⁹ And under these chambers was the entry, on the East side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

¹⁰ The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court, toward the East, opposite the separate place, and opposite the building.

¹¹ And the way in front of them was the same as that of the chambers which were toward the North, as long and as wide as they were. And all their entries were alike, 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 corner of the way, the way directly in front of the wall toward the East, as one enters.

¹³ Then he said to me, “The North chambers and the South chambers which are before the separate place, they are holy chambers in which the Priests who approach the LORD shall eat the Most Holy things. There they shall 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 in, they shall not go out of the Holy Place into the outer court, but they shall lay their garments there where they minister, for they are holy. And they shall put on other garments, and then shall approach those things which are for the people.”

¹⁵ Now when he had finished measuring the inner House, he brought me forth toward the gate which faced toward the East and measured it all around.

¹⁶ He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed, all around.

¹⁷ He measured the north side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed all around.

¹⁸ And he measured the south side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

¹⁹ He turned around to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

²⁰ He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred long and five hundred wide, to make a separation between the Sanctuary and the profane place.