Ezekiel:40

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* In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity , in the beginning of the year , in the tenth [day ] of the month , in the fourteenth year after the city was smitten , in that same day the hand of the LORD was upon me , and brought me there . * In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel and set me upon a very high mountain , upon which [was ] as the frame of a city to the south . * And he brought me there , and , behold , [there was ] a man , whose appearance [was ] like the appearance of brass , with a line of flax in his hand , and a measuring reed ; and he stood in the gate . * And the man said unto me , Son of man , behold with thine eyes and hear with thine ears and set thine heart upon all that I show thee for to the intent that I might show [them ] unto thee [art ] thou brought here : declare all that thou dost see to the house of Israel . * And behold a wall on the outside of the house , and the measuring reed which that man had in his hand , was six cubits [long ], of a cubit and a hand breadth ; so he measured the breadth of the building , one reed ; and the height , one reed . * Then he came unto the gate which looks toward the east and went up the stairs thereof and measured the post of the gate , [which was ] one reed broad ; and the other post [of the gate ], [which was ] one reed broad . * And [each ] chamber [was ] one reed long and one reed broad ; and between the chambers [were ] five cubits ; and [each ] post of the gate by the porch of the gate within [was ] one reed . * He also measured the porch of the gate within , one reed . * Then he measured the entrance of the portal , eight cubits ; and its posts , two cubits ; and the entrance of the portal within . * And the gate eastward [had ] three chambers on each side , they three [were ] of one measure ; and the portals were also of one measure on each side . * And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate , ten cubits ; [and ] the length of the portal , thirteen cubits . * The space also 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 . * He measured then the gate from the roof of [one ] chamber to the roof of another ; the breadth [was ] twenty-five cubits , door against door . * He also made the portals of sixty cubits , each portal of the court and of the portal all around . * And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate [were ] fifty cubits . * And [there were ] narrow windows in the chambers , and in their portals within the gate round about , and likewise in the arches ; and the windows [were ] round about inward ; and upon [each ] post [were ] palm trees . * Then he brought me into the outer court , and , behold , [there were ] chambers and a pavement made for the court round about ; thirty chambers [were ] in that court . * And the lower pavement [was ] paved to the side of the gates , in proportion to the length of the portals . * Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without , one hundred cubits eastward and northward . * And the gate of the outer court that looked toward the north , he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof . * And its chambers [were ] three on this side and three on that side ; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate ; its length [was ] fifty cubits , and its breadth twenty-five cubits . * And their windows and their arches and their palm trees [were ] after the measure of the gate that looks toward the east ; and they went up unto it by seven steps ; and its arches [were ] before them . * And the gate of the inner court [was ] over against the gate toward the north and toward the east ; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits . * After that he brought me toward the south , and behold a gate toward the south ; and he measured its portals and its arches according to these measures . * And [there were ] windows in it and in its arches round about , like those windows ; the length [was ] fifty cubits , and the breadth twenty-five cubits . * And [there were ] seven steps to 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 the posts thereof . * And [thus was the ] gate in the inner court toward the south ; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south one hundred cubits . * And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate ; and he measured the south gate according to these measures ; * and its chambers , and its posts and its arches according to these measures ; and [there were ] windows in it and in its arches round about ; [it was ] fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits broad . * And the arches round about [were ] twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad . * And its arches [went ] into the court outside , with palm trees upon [each of ] its posts ; and the going up to it [had ] eight steps . * And he brought me into the inner court toward the east ; and he measured the gate according to these measures . * And its chambers and its posts and its arches [were ] according to these measures ; and [there were ] windows therein and in its arches round about ; [it was ] fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits broad . * And its arches [went ] into the court outside , with palm trees upon [each of ] its posts , on this side and on that side ; and the going up to it [had ] eight steps . * Then he brought me to the north gate and measured [it ] according to these measures ; * its chambers , its posts and its arches and the windows to it round about : the length [was ] fifty cubits and the breadth twenty-five cubits . * And its posts [were ] toward the outer court ; with palm trees upon [each of ] its posts , on this side and on that side : and the going up to it [had ] eight steps . * And [there was ] a chamber and its gate with posts of portals , there they shall wash the burnt offering . * And in the porch of the gate [were ] two tables on this side and two tables on that side , to slay the burnt offering upon and the sin and the guilt . * And to the outside of the steps at the entry of the north gate [were ] two tables ; and on the other side , which [was ] at the porch of the gate , [were ] two tables . * Four tables [were ] on this side , and four tables on that side , by the side of this gate ; eight tables , upon which they slew [their sacrifices ]. * And the four tables [were ] of hewn stone for the burnt offering , of a cubit and a half long , and a cubit and a half broad , and one cubit high ; upon which they also laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice . * And within [were ] hooks , a hand broad , fastened round about ; and upon the tables [was ] the flesh of the offering . * And outside the inner gate [were ] the chambers of the singers in the inner court , which [was ] at the side of the north gate ; and they faced toward the south , one at the side of the east gate facing toward the north . * And he said unto me , This chamber facing toward the south [shall be ] for the priests , the keepers of the charge of the house . * And the chamber facing toward the north [shall be ] for the priests , the keepers of the charge of the altar ; these [are ] the sons of Zadok who are called from the sons of Levi to minister to the LORD . * So he measured the court , one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits broad , foursquare ; and the altar [that was ] before the house . * And he brought me to the porch of the house and measured [each ] post of the porch five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side ; and the breadth of the gate [was ] three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side . * The length of the porch [was ] twenty cubits , and the breadth eleven cubits , into which they went in by steps ; and [there were ] pillars by the posts , one on this side and another on that side .:

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