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 Yahweh was on
me, and he brought me there. 2 In the visions of God brought he me into
the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as
it were the frame of a city on the south. 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. 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 Israel. 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. 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.
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. 8 He measured also the
porch of the gate toward the house, one reed. 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. 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. 11 He
measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length
of the gate, thirteen cubits; 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. 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. 14 He made also posts, sixty
cubits; and the court reached to the posts, round about the gate.
15 From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront
of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits. 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. 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. 18 The pavement was by
the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gates, even the lower
pavement. 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. 20 The gate of the outer court
whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the
breadth of it. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 28 Then he brought me
to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate
according to these measures; 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. 30 There were arches round about, twenty-five
cubits long, and five cubits broad. 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. 32 He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he
measured the gate according to these measures; 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. 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. 35 He brought me to the
north gate: and he measured it according to these measures; 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. 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. 38 A chamber with the door of it was by the posts at the
gates; there they washed the burnt offering. 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. 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. 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. 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. 43 The hooks, a
handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and on the tables was the
flesh of the offering. 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. 45 He said to me, This chamber, whose
prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge
of the house; 46 and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for
the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of
Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to
him. 47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred
cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house. 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.
49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits; even by the steps by which 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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