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Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the vacant area are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall deposit the most holy offerings—the grain 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 vestments in which they minister, for these are holy; they shall put on other garments before they go near to the area open to the people."
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When he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faces east, and measured the temple area all around.
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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 wide, to make a separation between the holy and the common.