Ezekiel 42

¹And he led me into the outer court by the way that leads to the north, and he led me into the storeroom that was opposite the separate edifice, and opposite the shrine that verges toward the north.

²The length of the face of the north gate was one hundred cubits, and the width was fifty cubits.

³Opposite the twenty cubits of the interior court, and opposite the layer of pavement stones in the outer court, in that place, there was a portico joined to a triple portico.

⁴And before the storerooms, there was a walkway of ten cubits in width, looking toward the interior along a way of one cubit. And their doors were toward the north.

⁵In that place, there were storerooms in the upper part of the lower level. For they supported the porticos, which projected from them out of the lower level, and out of the middle of the building.

⁶For they were of three levels, and they did not have pillars, as they were like the pillars of the courts. Because of this, they projected from the lower levels and from the middle, fifty cubits from the ground.

⁷And the exterior enclosing wall, adjacent to the storerooms that were along the way of the exterior court in front of the storerooms, was fifty cubits long.

⁸For the length of the storerooms of the exterior court was fifty cubits, and the length before the face of the temple was one hundred cubits.

⁹And under these storerooms, there was an entrance from the east, for those who were entering into it from the outer court.

¹⁰In the width of the enclosing wall of the court that was opposite the way of the east, at the face of the separate edifice, there were also storerooms, before the edifice.

¹¹And the way before their face was in accord with the form of the storerooms which were along the way of the north. As was their length, so also was their width. And the entire entrance, and the likenesses, and their doors

¹²were in accord with the doors of the storerooms that were on the way looking toward the Renown. There was a door at the head of the way, and the way was before a separate vestibule, along the way entering toward the east.

¹³And he said to me: “The storerooms of the north, and the storerooms of the south, which are before the separate edifice, these are holy storerooms, in which the priests, who draw near to the Lord in the Holy of Holies, shall eat. There they shall station the Holy of Holies, and the offering for sin, and for trespasses. For it is a holy place.

¹⁴And when the priests will have entered, they shall not depart from the holy places into the outer court. And in that place, they shall set their vestments, in which they minister, for they are holy. And they shall be clothed with other vestments, and in this manner they shall go forth to the people.”

¹⁵And when he had completed measuring the inner house, he led me out along the way of the gate that looked toward the way of the east. And he measured it on every side all around.

¹⁶Then he measured facing the east wind with the measuring reed: five hundred reeds with the measuring reed throughout the course.

¹⁷And he measured facing the wind of the north: five hundred reeds with the measuring reed throughout the course.

¹⁸And toward the south wind, he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed throughout the course.

¹⁹And toward the west wind, he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

²⁰By the four winds, he measured its wall, on every side throughout the course: five hundred cubits in length and five hundred cubits in width, dividing between the sanctuary and the place of the common people.

Ezekiel 42

¹And he brought me forth into the outward court by the way that leadeth to the north, and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate building, and over against the house toward the north.

²In the face of the north door was the length of hundred cubits, and the breadth of fifty cubits.

³Over against the twenty cubits of the inner court, and over against the pavement of the outward court that was paved with stone, where there was a gallery joined to a triple gallery.

⁴And before the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one cubit. And their doors were toward the north.

⁵Where were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from he lower parts, and from the midst of the building.

⁶For they were of three stories, and had not pillars, as the pillars of the courts: therefore did they appear above out of the lower places, and out of the middle places, fifty cubits from the ground.

⁷And the outward wall that went about by the chambers, which were towards the outward court on the forepart of the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

⁸For the length of the chambers of the outward court was fifty cubits: and the length before the face of the temple, a hundred cubits.

⁹And there was under these chambers, an entrance from the east, for them that went into them out of the outward court.

¹⁰In the breadth of the outward wall of the court that was toward the east, over against the separate building, and there were chambers before the building.

¹¹And the way before them was like the chambers which were toward the north: they were as long as they, and as broad as they: and all the going in to them, and their fashions, and their doors were alike.

¹²According to the doors of the chambers that were towards the south: there was a door in the head of the way, which way was before the porch, separated towards the east as one entereth in.

¹³And he said to me: The chambers of the north, and the chambers of the south, which are before the separate building: they are holy chambers, in which the priests shall eat, that approach to the Lord into the holy of holies: there they shall lay the most holy things, and the offering for sin, and for trespass: for it is a holy place.

¹⁴And when the priests shall have entered in, they shall not go out of the holy places into the outward court: but there they shall lay their vestments, wherein they minister, for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and so they shall go forth to the people.

¹⁵Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate that looked toward the east: and he measured it on every side round about.

¹⁶And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

¹⁷And he measured toward the north five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

¹⁸And towards the south he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

¹⁹And toward the west he measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

²⁰By the four winds he measured the wall thereof on every side round about, five hundred cubits and five hundred cubits broad, making a separation between the sanctuary and the place of the people.