Ezekiel:40

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* In the twenty-fifth year of our exile , at the beginning of the year , on the tenth day of the month , in the fourteenth year after the city was conquered , on that very day , the hand of the LORD was upon me , * and brought me in the visions of God into the land of Israel , and set me down upon a very high mountain , on which was a structure like a city opposite me . * When he brought me there , behold , there was a man , whose appearance was like bronze , with a line of flax and a measuring reed in his hand ; and he was standing in the gateway . * And the man said to me , "Son of man , look with your eyes , and hear with your ears , and set your mind upon all that I shall show you , for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you ; declare all that you see to the house of Israel ." * And behold , there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area , and the length of the measuring reed in the man 's hand was six long cubits , each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length ; so he measured the thickness of the wall , one reed ; and the height , one reed . * Then he went into the gateway facing east , going up its steps , and measured the threshold of the gate , one reed deep ; * and the side rooms , one reed long , and one reed broad ; and the space between the side rooms , five cubits ; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end , one reed . * Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway , eight cubits ; * and its jambs , two cubits ; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end . * And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate ; the three were of the same size ; and the jambs on either side were of the same size . * Then he measured the breadth of the opening of the gateway , ten cubits ; and the breadth of the gateway , thirteen cubits . * There was a barrier before the side rooms , one cubit on either side ; and the side rooms were six cubits on either side . * Then he measured the gate from the back of the one side room to the back of the other , a breadth of five and twenty cubits , from door to door . * He measured also the vestibule , twenty cubits ; and round about the vestibule of the gateway was the court . * From the front of the gate at the entrance to the end of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits . * And the gateway had windows round about , narrowing inwards into their jambs in the side rooms , and likewise the vestibule had windows round about inside , and on the jambs were palm trees . * Then he brought me into the outer court ; and behold , there were chambers and a pavement , round about the court ; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement . * And the pavement ran along the side of the gates , corresponding to the length of the gates ; this was the lower pavement . * Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court , a hundred cubits . Then he went before me to the north , * and behold , there was a gate which faced toward the north , belonging to the outer court . He measured its length and its breadth . * Its side rooms , three on either side , and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate ; its length was fifty cubits , and its breadth twenty-five cubits . * And its windows , its vestibule , and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate which faced toward the east ; and seven steps led up to it ; and its vestibule was on the inside . * And opposite the gate on the north , as on the east , was a gate to the inner court ; and he measured from gate to gate , a hundred cubits . * And he led me toward the south , and behold , there was a gate on the south ; and he measured its jambs and its vestibule ; they had the same size as the others . * And there were windows round about in it and in its vestibule , like the windows of the others ; its length was fifty cubits , and its breadth twenty-five cubits . * And there were seven steps leading up to it , and its vestibule was on the inside ; and it had palm trees on its jambs , one on either side . * And there was a gate on the south of the inner court ; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south , a hundred cubits . * Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate , and he measured the south gate ; it was of the same size as the others ; * Its side rooms , its jambs , and its vestibule were of the same size as the others ; and there were windows round about in it and in its vestibule ; its length was fifty cubits , and its breadth twenty-five cubits . * And there were vestibules round about , twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad . * Its vestibule faced the outer court , and palm trees were on its jambs , and its stairway had eight steps . * Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side , and he measured the gate ; it was of the same size as the others . * Its side rooms , its jambs , and its vestibule were of the same size as the others ; and there were windows round about in it and in its vestibule ; its length was fifty cubits , and its breadth twenty-five cubits . * Its vestibule faced the outer court , and it had palm trees on its jambs , one on either side ; and its stairway had eight steps . * Then he brought me to the north gate , and he measured it ; it had the same size as the others . * Its side rooms , its jambs , and its vestibule were of the same size as the others ; and it had windows round about ; its length was fifty cubits , and its breadth twenty-five cubits . * Its vestibule faced the outer court , and it had palm trees on its jambs , one on either side ; and its stairway had eight steps . * There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate , where the burnt offering was to be washed . * And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side , on which the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered . * And on the outside of the vestibule at the entrance of the north gate were two tables ; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables . * Four tables were on the inside , and four tables on the outside of the side of the gate , eight tables , on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered . * And there were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering , a cubit and a half long , and a cubit and a half broad , and one cubit high , on which the instruments were to be laid with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered . * And hooks , a handbreadth long , were fastened round about within . And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid . * Then he brought me from without into the inner court , and behold , there were two chambers in the inner court , one at the side of the north gate facing south , the other at the side of the south gate facing north . * And he said to me , This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple , * and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar ; these are the sons of Zadok , who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the LORD to minister to him . * And he measured the court , a hundred cubits long , and a hundred cubits broad , foursquare ; and the altar was in front of the temple . * Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule , five cubits on either side ; and the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits ; and the sidewalls of the gate were three cubits on either side . * The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits , and the breadth twelve cubits ; and ten steps led up to it ; and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side .

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