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The first-floor rooms had their entrance from the east, coming in from the outside courtyard.
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On the south side along the length of the courtyard's outside wall and fronting on the Temple courtyard were rooms
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with a walkway in front of them. These were just like the rooms on the north - same exits and dimensions - with the main entrance from the east leading to the hallway and the doors to the rooms the same as those on the north side.
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The design on the south was a mirror image of that on the north.
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Then he said to me, "The north and south rooms adjacent to the open area are holy rooms where the priests who come before God eat the holy offerings. There they place the holy offerings - grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. These are set-apart rooms, holy space.
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After the priests have entered the Sanctuary, they must not return to the outside courtyard and mingle among the people until they change the sacred garments in which they minister and put on their regular clothes."
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After he had finished measuring what was inside the Temple area, he took me out the east gate and measured it from the outside.
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Using his measuring stick, he measured the east side: eight hundred seventy-five feet.
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He measured the north side: eight hundred seventy-five feet.
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He measured the south side: eight hundred seventy-five feet.
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Last of all he went to the west side and measured it: eight hundred seventy-five feet.