Ezekiel:42:3-14
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Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits ,
and opposite the pavement of the outer court ,
was gallery against gallery in three stories .
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In front of the chambers ,
toward the inside ,
was a walk ten cubits wide ,
at a distance of one cubit ;
and their doors faced north .
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Now the upper chambers were shorter ,
because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building .
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For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts ;
therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up .
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And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers ,
at the front of the chambers ,
toward the outer court ;
its length was fifty cubits .
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The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits ,
whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits .
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At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side ,
as one goes into them from the outer court .
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Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east ,
opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building .
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There was a walk in front of them also ,
and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north ;
they were as long and as wide as the others ,
and all their exits and entrances were according to plan .
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And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south ,
as one enters them ,
there was a door in front of the walk ,
the way directly in front of the wall toward the east .
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Then he said to me , "
The north chambers and the south chambers ,
which are opposite the separating courtyard ,
are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings .
There they shall lay the most holy offerings--the grain offering ,
the sin offering ,
and the trespass offering--for the place is holy .
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When the priests enter them ,
they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court ;
but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister ,
for they are holy .
They shall put on other garments ;
then they may approach that which is for the people ."
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