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with a passage in front of them; they were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits and arrangements and doors.
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And below the south chambers was an entrance on the east side, where one enters the passage, and opposite them was a dividing wall.
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Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall put the most holy offerings--the cereal offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, for the place is holy.
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When the priests enter the holy place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court without laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people."
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Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate which faced east, and measured the temple area round about.
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He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
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Then he turned and measured the north side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
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Then he turned and measured the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
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Then he turned to the west side and measured, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
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He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits broad, to make a separation between the holy and the common.