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Then he brought me out into the outer court ,
by the way toward the north ;
and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard ,
and which was opposite the building toward the north .
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Facing the length ,
which was one hundred cubits (
the width was fifty cubits ),
was the north door .
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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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Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple ,
he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east ,
and measured it all around .
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He measured the east side with the measuring rod ,
five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around .
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He measured the north side ,
five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around .
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He measured the south side ,
five hundred rods by the measuring rod .
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He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod .
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He measured it on the four sides ;
it had a wall all around ,
five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide ,
to separate the holy areas from the common .
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Afterward he brought me to the gate ,
the gate that faces toward the east .
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And behold ,
the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east .
His voice was like the sound of many waters ;
and the earth shone with His glory .
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It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw--like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city .
The visions were like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar ;
and I fell on my face .
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And the glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east .
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The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court ;
and behold ,
the glory of the LORD filled the temple .
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Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple ,
while a man stood beside me .
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And He said to me , "
Son of man ,
this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet ,
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever .
No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name ,
they nor their kings ,
by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places .
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When they set their threshold by My threshold ,
and their doorpost by My doorpost ,
with a wall between them and Me ,
they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed ;
therefore I have consumed them in My anger .
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Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me ,
and I will dwell in their midst forever .
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Son of man ,
describe the temple to the house of Israel ,
that they may be ashamed of their iniquities ;
and let them measure the pattern .
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And if they are ashamed of all that they have done ,
make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement ,
its exits and its entrances ,
its entire design and all its ordinances ,
all its forms and all its laws .
Write it down in their sight ,
so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances ,
and perform them .
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This is the law of the temple :
The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy .
Behold ,
this is the law of the temple .
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These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (
the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth ):
the base one cubit high and one cubit wide ,
with a rim all around its edge of one span .
This is the height of the altar :
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from the base on the ground to the lower ledge ,
two cubits ;
the width of the ledge ,
one cubit ;
from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge ,
four cubits ;
and the width of the ledge ,
one cubit .
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The altar hearth is four cubits high ,
with four horns extending upward from the hearth .
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The altar hearth is twelve cubits long ,
twelve wide ,
square at its four corners ;
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the ledge ,
fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides ,
with a rim of half a cubit around it ;
its base ,
one cubit all around ;
and its steps face toward the east ."
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And He said to me , "
Son of man ,
thus says the Lord GOD : "
These are the ordinances for the altar on the day when it is made ,
for sacrificing burnt offerings on it ,
and for sprinkling blood on it .
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You shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests ,
the Levites ,
who are of the seed of Zadok ,
who approach Me to minister to Me ,'
says the Lord GOD .
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You shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar ,
on the four corners of the ledge ,
and on the rim around it ;
thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it .
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Then you shall also take the bull of the sin offering ,
and burn it in the appointed place of the temple ,
outside the sanctuary .
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On the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering ;
and they shall cleanse the altar ,
as they cleansed it with the bull .
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When you have finished cleansing it ,
you shall offer a young bull without blemish ,
and a ram from the flock without blemish .
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When you offer them before the LORD ,
the priests shall throw salt on them ,
and they will offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD .
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Every day for seven days you shall prepare a goat for a sin offering ;
they shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock ,
both without blemish .
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Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it ,
and so consecrate it .
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When these days are over it shall be ,
on the eighth day and thereafter ,
that the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar ;
and I will accept you ,'
says the Lord GOD ."
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Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces toward the east ,
but it was shut .