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1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me there.
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In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year on the tenth of the month - it was the fourteenth year after the city fell - God touched me and brought me here.
2 In the visions of God brought he me into Eretz-Yisra'el, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
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He brought me in divine vision to the land of Israel and set me down on a high mountain. To the south there were buildings that looked like a city.
3 He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
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He took me there and I met a man deeply tanned, like bronze. He stood at the entrance holding a linen cord and a measuring stick.
4 The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, are you brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Yisra'el.
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The man said to me, "Son of man, look and listen carefully. Pay close attention to everything I'm going to show you. That's why you've been brought here. And then tell Israel everything you see."
5 Behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
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First I saw a wall around the outside of the Temple complex. The measuring stick in the man's hand was about ten feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall: about ten feet. The height was also about ten feet.
6 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
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He went into the gate complex that faced the east and went up the seven steps.
7 Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
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He measured the depth of the outside threshold of the gate complex: ten feet. There were alcoves flanking the gate corridor, each ten feet square, each separated by a wall seven and a half feet thick. The inside threshold of the gate complex that led to the porch facing into the Temple courtyard was ten feet deep.
8 He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
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He measured the inside porch of the gate complex:
9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
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twelve feet deep, flanked by pillars three feet thick. The porch opened onto the Temple courtyard.
10 The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
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Inside this east gate complex were three alcoves on each side. Each room was the same size and the separating walls were identical.
11 He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
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He measured the outside entrance to the gate complex: fifteen feet wide and nineteen and a half feet deep.
12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
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In front of each alcove was a low wall eighteen inches high. The alcoves were ten feet square.
13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.
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He measured the width of the gate complex from the outside edge of the alcove roof on one side to the outside edge of the alcove roof on the other: thirty-seven and a half feet from one top edge to the other.
14 He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, round about the gate.
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He measured the inside walls of the gate complex: ninety feet to the porch leading into the courtyard.
15 [From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
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The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of the porch was seventy-five feet.
16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and on [each] post were palm trees.
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The alcoves and their connecting walls inside the gate complex were topped by narrow windows all the way around. The porch also. All the windows faced inward. The doorjambs between the alcoves were decorated with palm trees.
17 Then brought he me into the outer court; and, behold, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were on the pavement.
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The man then led me to the outside courtyard and all its rooms. A paved walkway had been built connecting the courtyard gates. Thirty rooms lined the courtyard.
18 The pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.
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The walkway was the same length as the gateways. It flanked them and ran their entire length. This was the walkway for the outside courtyard.
19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.
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He measured the distance from the front of the entrance gateway across to the entrance of the inner court: one hundred fifty feet.
20 The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
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Here was another gate complex facing north, exiting the outside courtyard. He measured its length and width.
21 The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts of it and the arches of it were after the measure of the first gate: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
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It had three alcoves on each side. Its gateposts and porch were the same as in the first gate: eighty-seven and a half feet by forty-three and three-quarters feet.
22 The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches of it were before them.
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The windows and palm trees were identical to the east gateway. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch faced inward.
23 There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.
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Opposite this gate complex was a gate complex to the inside courtyard, on the north as on the east. The distance between the two was one hundred seventy-five feet.
24 He led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts of it and the arches of it according to these measures.
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Then he took me to the south side, to the south gate complex. He measured its gateposts and its porch. It was the same size as the others.
25 There were windows in it and in the arches of it round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
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The porch with its windows was the same size as those previously mentioned.
26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches of it were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on the posts of it.
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It also had seven steps up to it. Its porch opened onto the outside courtyard, with palm trees decorating its gateposts on both sides.
27 There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
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Opposite to it, the gate complex for the inner court faced south. He measured the distance across the courtyard from gate to gate: one hundred seventy-five feet.
28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
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He led me into the inside courtyard through the south gate complex. He measured it and found it the same as the outside ones.
29 and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
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Its alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule were the same. The gate complex and porch, windowed all around, measured eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet.
30 There were arches round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.
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The vestibule of each of the gate complexes leading to the inside courtyard was forty-three and three-quarters by eight and three-quarters feet.
31 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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Each vestibule faced the outside courtyard. Palm trees were carved on its doorposts. Eight steps led up to it.
32 He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;
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He then took me to the inside courtyard on the east and measured the gate complex. It was identical to the others -
33 and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
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alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule all the same. The gate complex and vestibule had windows all around. It measured eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet.
34 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on the doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps.
35 He brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;
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He brought me to the gate complex to the north and measured it: same measurements.
36 the lodges of it, the posts of it, and the arches of it: and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
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The alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule with its windows: eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet.
37 The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on its doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps.
38 A chamber with the door of it was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt offering.
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There was a room with a door at the vestibule of the gate complex where the burnt offerings were cleaned.
39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering.
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Two tables were placed within the vestibule, one on either side, on which the animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were slaughtered.
40 On the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.
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Two tables were also placed against both outside walls of the vestibule
41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].
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- four tables inside and four tables outside, eight tables in all for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.
42 There were four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
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The four tables used for the burnt offerings were thirty-one and a half inches square and twenty-one inches high. The tools for slaughtering the sacrificial animals and other sacrifices were kept there.
43 The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
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Meat hooks, three inches long, were fastened to the walls. The tables were for the sacrificial animals.
44 Outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
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Right where the inside gate complex opened onto the inside courtyard there were two rooms, one at the north gate facing south and the one at the south gate facing north.
45 He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the Kohanim, the keepers of the charge of the house;
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The man told me, "The room facing south is for the priests who are in charge of the Temple.
46 and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the Kohanim, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Tzadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister to him.
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And the room facing north is for the priests who are in charge of the altar. These priests are the sons of Zadok, the only sons of Levi permitted to come near to God to serve him."
47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
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He measured the inside courtyard: a hundred seventy-five feet square. The altar was in front of the Temple.
48 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
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He led me to the porch of the Temple and measured the gateposts of the porch: eight and three-quarters feet high on both sides.
49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
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The entrance to the gate complex was twenty-one feet wide and its connecting walls were four and a half feet thick. The vestibule itself was thirty-five feet wide and twenty-one feet deep. Ten steps led up to the porch. Columns flanked the gateposts.
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