1
Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber that
was over against the space which
was in front of the building toward the north.
2
In front of the north door the length
was one hundred cubits, and the breadth
was fifty cubits.
3
Over against the twenty
cubits which
were in the inner court, and over against the pavement which
was in the outer court,
were the chambers in three
stories.
4
And in front of the chambers
was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
5
Now the upper chambers
were shorter; for the galleries took away from the others, from the lower ones and from the middle ones.
6
For they
were in three
stories, but did not have pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore they were narrower than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
7
And the wall that
was without over against the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers,
was fifty cubits long.
8
For the length of the chambers that
were in the outer court
was fifty cubits; and before the front of the temple
were one hundred cubits.
9
And under these chambers
was the entry
to the temple on the east side, to enter in to it from the outer court.
10
All along the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and in front of the building
were chambers.
11
And the way before them
was like the appearance of the chambers which
were toward the north, as long as they,
and as broad as they; and all their goings out
were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
12
And according to the doors of the chambers that
were toward the south
was a door in the head of the way,
even the way directly in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.
13
Then he said unto me, The north chambers
and the south chambers, which
are before the separate place, they
are holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the holy offerings; there they shall lay the holy offerings, and the present, and
that which was offered as sin, and as guilt; for the place
is holy.
14
When the priests enter therein, then they shall not go out of the holy
place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they
are holy; and shall put on other garments, and in this manner shall approach unto that which
is of the people.
15
Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate facing toward the east and measured it round about.
16
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
17
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
18
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
19
He turned about to the west side,
and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
20
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred
reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.