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1 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.
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in vicesimo et quinto anno transmigrationis nostrae in exordio anni decima mensis quartodecimo anno postquam percussa est civitas in ipsa hac die facta est super me manus Domini et adduxit me illuc
2 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.
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in visionibus Dei adduxit me in terram Israhel et dimisit me super montem excelsum nimis super quem erat quasi aedificium civitatis vergentis ad austrum
3 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.
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et introduxit me illuc et ecce vir cuius erat species quasi species aeris et funiculus lineus in manu eius et calamus mensurae in manu eius stabat autem in porta
4 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."
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et locutus est ad me idem vir fili hominis vide oculis tuis et auribus tuis audi et pone cor tuum in omnia quae ego ostendam tibi quia ut ostendantur tibi adductus es huc adnuntia omnia quae tu vides domui Israhel
5 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.
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et ecce murus forinsecus in circuitu domus undique et in manu viri calamus mensurae sex cubitorum et palmo et mensus est latitudinem aedificii calamo uno altitudinem quoque calamo uno
6 He went into the gate complex that faced the east and went up the seven steps.
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et venit ad portam quae respiciebat viam orientalem et ascendit per gradus eius et mensus est limen portae calamo uno latitudinem id est limen unum calamo uno in latitudine
7 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.
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et thalamum uno calamo in longum et uno calamo in latum et inter thalamos quinque cubitos
8 He measured the inside porch of the gate complex:
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et limen portae iuxta vestibulum portae intrinsecus calamo uno
9 twelve feet deep, flanked by pillars three feet thick. The porch opened onto the Temple courtyard.
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et mensus est vestibulum portae octo cubitorum et frontem eius duobus cubitis vestibulum autem portae erat intrinsecus
10 Inside this east gate complex were three alcoves on each side. Each room was the same size and the separating walls were identical.
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porro thalami portae ad viam orientalem tres hinc et tres inde mensura una trium et mensura una frontium ex utraque parte
11 He measured the outside entrance to the gate complex: fifteen feet wide and nineteen and a half feet deep.
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et mensus est latitudinem liminis portae decem cubitorum et longitudinem portae tredecim cubitorum
12 In front of each alcove was a low wall eighteen inches high. The alcoves were ten feet square.
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et marginem ante thalamos cubiti unius et cubitus unus finis utrimque thalami autem sex cubitorum erant hinc et inde
13 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.
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et mensus est portam a tecto thalami usque ad tectum eius latitudinem viginti et quinque cubitorum ostium contra ostium
14 He measured the inside walls of the gate complex: ninety feet to the porch leading into the courtyard.
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et fecit frontes per sexaginta cubitos et ad frontem atrium portae undique per circuitum
15 The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of the porch was seventy-five feet.
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et ante faciem portae quae pertingebat usque ad faciem vestibuli portae interioris quinquaginta cubitos
16 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.
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et fenestras obliquas in thalamis et in frontibus eorum quae erant intra portam undique per circuitum similiter autem erant et in vestibulis fenestrae per gyrum intrinsecus et ante frontes pictura palmarum
17 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.
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et eduxit me ad atrium exterius et ecce gazofilacia et pavimentum stratum lapide in atrio per circuitum triginta gazofilacia in circuitu pavimenti
18 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.
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et pavimentum in fronte portarum secundum longitudinem portarum erat inferius
19 He measured the distance from the front of the entrance gateway across to the entrance of the inner court: one hundred fifty feet.
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et mensus est latitudinem a facie portae inferioris usque ad frontem atrii interioris extrinsecus centum cubitos ad orientem et ad aquilonem
20 Here was another gate complex facing north, exiting the outside courtyard. He measured its length and width.
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portam quoque quae respiciebat viam aquilonis atrii exterioris mensus est tam in longitudine quam in latitudine
21 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.
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et thalamos eius tres hinc et tres inde et frontem eius et vestibulum eius secundum mensuram portae prioris quinquaginta cubitorum longitudinem eius et latitudinem viginti quinque cubitorum
22 The windows and palm trees were identical to the east gateway. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch faced inward.
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fenestrae autem eius et vestibulum et scalpturae secundum mensuram portae quae respiciebat ad orientem et septem graduum erat ascensus eius et vestibulum ante eam
23 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.
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et porta atrii interioris contra portam aquilonis et orientalem et mensus est a porta usque ad portam centum cubitos
24 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.
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et duxit me ad viam australem et ecce porta quae respiciebat ad austrum et mensus est frontem eius et vestibulum eius iuxta mensuras superiores
25 The porch with its windows was the same size as those previously mentioned.
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et fenestras eius et vestibula in circuitu sicut fenestras ceteras quinquaginta cubitorum longitudine et latitudine viginti quinque cubitorum
26 It also had seven steps up to it. Its porch opened onto the outside courtyard, with palm trees decorating its gateposts on both sides.
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et in gradibus septem ascendebatur ad eam et vestibulum ante fores eius et celatae palmae erant una hinc et altera inde in fronte eius
27 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.
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et porta atrii interioris in via australi et mensus est a porta usque ad portam in via australi centum cubitos
28 He led me into the inside courtyard through the south gate complex. He measured it and found it the same as the outside ones.
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et introduxit me in atrium interius ad portam australem et mensus est portam iuxta mensuras superiores
29 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.
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thalamum eius et frontem eius et vestibulum eius hisdem mensuris et fenestras eius et vestibulorum eius in circuitu quinquaginta cubitos longitudinis et latitudinis viginti quinque cubitos
30 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.
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et vestibulum per gyrum longitudine viginti quinque cubitorum et latitudine quinque cubitorum
31 Each vestibule faced the outside courtyard. Palm trees were carved on its doorposts. Eight steps led up to it.
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et vestibulum eius ad atrium exterius et palmas eius in fronte et octo gradus erant quibus ascendebatur per eam
32 He then took me to the inside courtyard on the east and measured the gate complex. It was identical to the others -
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et introduxit me in atrium interius per viam orientalem et mensus est portam secundum mensuras superiores
33 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.
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thalamum eius et frontem eius et vestibula eius sicut supra et fenestras eius et vestibuli eius in circuitu longitudine quinquaginta cubitorum et latitudine viginti quinque cubitorum
34 Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on the doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps.
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et vestibulum eius id est atrii exterioris et palmae celatae in fronte eius hinc et inde et in octo gradibus ascensus eius
35 He brought me to the gate complex to the north and measured it: same measurements.
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et introduxit me ad portam quae respiciebat ad aquilonem et mensus est secundum mensuras superiores
36 The alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule with its windows: eighty-seven and a half by forty-three and three-quarters feet.
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thalamum eius frontem eius vestibulum eius et fenestras eius per circuitum longitudine quinquaginta cubitorum et latitudine viginti quinque cubitorum
37 Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were palm trees on its doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps.
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vestibulum eius in atrium exterius et celatura palmarum in fronte illius hinc et inde et in octo gradibus ascensus eius
38 There was a room with a door at the vestibule of the gate complex where the burnt offerings were cleaned.
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et per singula gazofilacia ostium in frontibus portarum ibi lavabunt holocaustum
39 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.
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et in vestibulo portae duae mensae hinc et duae mensae inde ut immoletur super eas holocaustum et pro peccato et pro delicto
40 Two tables were also placed against both outside walls of the vestibule
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et ad latus exterius quod ascendit ad ostium portae quae pergit ad aquilonem duae mensae et ad latus alterum ante vestibulum portae duae mensae
41 - four tables inside and four tables outside, eight tables in all for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.
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quattuor mensae hinc et quattuor mensae inde per latera portae octo mensae erunt super quas immolabunt
42 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.
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quattuor autem mensae ad holocaustum de lapidibus quadris extructae longitudine cubiti unius et dimidii et latitudine cubiti unius et dimidii et altitudine cubiti unius super quas ponant vasa in quibus immolatur holocaustum et victima
43 Meat hooks, three inches long, were fastened to the walls. The tables were for the sacrificial animals.
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et labia earum palmi unius reflexa intrinsecus per circuitum super mensas autem carnes oblationis
44 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.
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et extra portam interiorem gazofilacia cantorum in atrio interiori quod erat in latere portae respicientis ad aquilonem et facies eorum contra viam australem una ex latere portae orientalis quae respiciebat ad viam aquilonis
45 The man told me, "The room facing south is for the priests who are in charge of the Temple.
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et dixit ad me hoc est gazofilacium quod respicit viam meridianam sacerdotum qui excubant in custodiis templi
46 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."
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porro gazofilacium quod respicit ad viam aquilonis sacerdotum erit qui excubant ad ministerium altaris isti sunt filii Sadoc qui accedunt de filiis Levi ad Dominum ut ministrent ei
47 He measured the inside courtyard: a hundred seventy-five feet square. The altar was in front of the Temple.
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et mensus est atrium longitudine centum cubitorum et latitudine centum cubitorum per quadrum et altare ante faciem templi
48 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.
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et introduxit me in vestibulum templi et mensus est vestibulum quinque cubitis hinc et quinque cubitis inde et latitudinem portae trium cubitorum hinc et trium cubitorum inde
49 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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longitudinem autem vestibuli viginti cubitorum et latitudinem undecim cubitorum et octo gradibus ascendebatur ad eam et columnae erant in frontibus una hinc et altera inde
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