Ezekiel 40 (New American Standard)

Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod

1 In the ¹twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the ²city was ^ataken, on that same day the ³hand of the LORD was upon me and He brought me there. 2 In the ⁴visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very ⁵high mountain, and on it ⁶to the south there was a ⁷structure like a city. 3 So He brought me there ; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of ⁸bronze, with a ⁹line of flax and a ¹⁰measuring ^brod in his hand ; and he was standing in the gateway. 4 The man said to me, "¹¹Son of man, ¹²see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. ¹³Declare to the house of Israel all that you see."

Measurements Relating to the Temple

5 And behold, there was a ¹⁴wall on the outside of the ^ctemple all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a ^dhandbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the ^ewall, one rod ; and the height, one rod. 6 Then he went to the gate which faced ¹⁵east, went up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod ^fin width ; and the other threshold was one rod ^gin width. 7 The ¹⁶guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide ; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate ^hfacing inward was one rod. 8 Then he measured the porch of the gate ⁱfacing inward, one rod. 9 He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits ; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was ^jfaced inward. 10 The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side ; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side. 11 And he measured the width of the ^kgateway , ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a ^lbarrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side ; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side. 13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the door opposite. 14 He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the ¹⁷courtyard. 15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 There were ^m18shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside ; and on each side pillar were ¹⁹palm tree ornaments. 17 Then he brought me into the ²⁰outer court, and behold, there were ²¹chambers and a pavement made for the court all around ; thirty chambers ⁿfaced the pavement. 18 The pavement (that is, the lower pavement ) was by the ^oside of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the ²²lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a ²³hundred cubits on the east and on the north. 20 As for the ²⁴gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width. 21 ^pIt had three ²⁵guardrooms on each side ; and its ²⁶side pillars and its porches ^qhad the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was ²⁷fifty cubits and the width ²⁸twenty-five cubits. 22 Its ²⁹windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the ³⁰gate which faced toward the east ; and ^rit was reached by seven ³¹steps, and its ^sporch was in front of them. 23 The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east ; and he measured a ³²hundred cubits from gate to gate. 24 Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a ³³gate toward the south ; and he measured its ³⁴side pillars and its porches according to ^tthose same measurements. 25 ^uThe gate and its porches had ³⁵windows all around like ^vthose other windows ; the length was ³⁶fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. 26 There were seven ³⁷steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had ³⁸palm tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side. 27 The inner court had a gate toward the ³⁹south ; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a ⁴⁰hundred cubits. 28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate ; and he measured the south gate ⁴¹according to those same measurements. 29 Its ⁴²guardrooms also, its side pillars and its ⁴³porches were according to those same measurements. And ^wthe gate and its porches had ⁴⁴windows all around ; it was ⁴⁵fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 There were ⁴⁶porches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31 Its porches were toward the outer court ; and ⁴⁷palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight ⁴⁸steps. 32 He brought me into the ⁴⁹inner court toward the east. And he measured the gate ⁵⁰according to those same measurements. 33 Its ⁵¹guardrooms also, its side pillars and its porches were according to those same measurements. And ^xthe gate and its porches had ⁵²windows all around ; it was ⁵³fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its ⁵⁴porches were toward the outer court ; and ⁵⁵palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight ⁵⁶steps. 35 Then he brought me to the ⁵⁷north gate ; and he measured it according to those same measurements, 36 with its ⁵⁸guardrooms, its side pillars and its ⁵⁹porches. And ^ythe gate had ⁶⁰windows all around ; the length was ⁶¹fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. 37 Its side pillars were toward the outer court ; and ⁶²palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight ⁶³steps. 38 A ⁶⁴chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates ; there they ⁶⁵rinse the burnt offering. 39 In the porch of the gate were two ⁶⁶tables on each side, on which to slaughter the ⁶⁷burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. 40 On the outer ^zside, ^aaas one went up to the ^bbgateway toward the north, were two tables ; and on the other ^ccside of the porch of the gate were two tables. 41 Four ⁶⁸tables were on each side ^ddnext to the gate ; or, eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. 42 For the burnt offering there were four ⁶⁹tables of ⁷⁰hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the ⁷¹burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 The double ^eehooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed ^ffin the house all around ; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. 44 From the outside to the ⁷²inner gate were ^gg73chambers for the ⁷⁴singers in the inner court, one of which was at the ^hhside of the north gate, with ⁱⁱits front toward the south, and one at the ^jjside of the ^kksouth gate facing toward the north. 45 He said to me, "This is the ⁷⁵chamber which faces toward the south, intended for the priests who ⁷⁶keep charge of the ^lltemple ; 46 but the ⁷⁷chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who ⁷⁸keep charge of the altar. These are the ⁷⁹sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi ⁸⁰come near to the LORD to minister to Him." 47 He measured the court, a perfect square, a ⁸¹hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide ; and the altar was in front of the ^mmtemple. 48 Then he brought me to the ⁸²porch of the ⁿⁿtemple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side ; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits ; and at the ⁸³stairway by which it was ascended were ⁸⁴columns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.