Ezekiel 42
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Priests’ Chambers
42 Then the man led me out by way of the north gate into the outer court.(A) He brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple yard and opposite the building(B) to the north. 2 Along the length of the chambers, which was 53 metres,[a](C) there was an entrance on the north; the width was 26.5 metres.[b] 3 Opposite the 10.6 metre space[c] belonging to the inner court and opposite the paved surface(D) belonging to the outer court, the structure rose gallery by gallery(E) in three tiers. 4 In front of the chambers was a walkway towards the inside,(F) 5.3 metres[d] wide and 53 metres long,[e] and their entrances were on the north. 5 The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building. 6 For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts;(G) therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories. 7 A wall on the outside ran in front of the chambers, parallel to them, towards the outer court; it was 26.5 metres long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were 26.5 metres long, while those facing the great hall were 53 metres long.(H) 9 At the base of these chambers there was an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.(I)
10 In the thickness of the wall of the court towards the south,[f] there were chambers facing the temple yard(J) and the western building, 11 with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that faced north.(K) Their length and width, as well as all their exits, measurements, and entrances, were identical. 12 The entrance at the beginning of the passageway, the way in front of the corresponding[g] wall as one enters on the east side, was similar to the entrances of the chambers that were on the south side.
13 Then the man said to me, ‘The northern and southern chambers that face the courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat(L) the most holy offerings.(M) There they will deposit the most holy offerings – the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings – for the place is holy.(N) 14 Once the priests have entered, they are not to go out from the holy area to the outer court until they have removed the clothes they minister in, for these are holy.(O) They are to put on other clothes before they approach the public area.’(P)
Outside Dimensions of the Temple Complex
15 When he finished measuring inside the temple complex, he led me out by way of the gate that faced east and measured all round the complex.(Q)
16 He measured the east side with a measuring rod;
it was 265 metres[h] by the measuring rod.[i]
17 He[j] measured the north side;
it was 265 metres by the measuring rod.
18 He[k] measured the south side;
it was 265 metres by the measuring rod.
19 Then he turned to the west side
and measured 265 metres by the measuring rod.
20 He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all round it,(R) 265 metres long and 265 metres(S) wide, to separate the holy from the common.(T)
Footnotes
- 42:2 Lit 100 cubits, also in vv. 4,8
- 42:2 Lit 50 cubits, also in v. 7
- 42:3 Lit 20 cubits
- 42:4 Lit 10 cubits
- 42:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads wide, a way of one cubit
- 42:10 LXX; MT reads east
- 42:12 Or protective; Hb obscure
- 42:16 Lit 500 in rods, also in vv. 17,18,19
- 42:16 Lit rod all around, also in vv. 17,18,19
- 42:17 LXX reads Then he turned to the north and
- 42:18 LXX reads Then he turned to the south and
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