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Ezekiel 40

Vision of the New Temple

1 ^aIn the twenty-fifth year ^bof our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month ^cin the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day ^dthe hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city. ^{▼

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Hebrew brought me there} 2 In ^fvisions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on ^ga very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. 3 When he brought me there, behold, there was ^ha man whose appearance was ⁱlike bronze, with ^ja linen cord and ^ka measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, ^l“Son of man, ^mlook with your eyes, and ⁿhear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. ^oDeclare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

5 And behold, there was ^pa wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, ^qeach being a cubit and a handbreadth ^{▼

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A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters} in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. 6 Then he went into ^sthe gateway facing east, ^tgoing up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep. ^{▼

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Hebrew deep, and one threshold, one reed deep} 7 And ^vthe side rooms, one reed long and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed. 8 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; ^wand its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end. 10 And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. ^xThe three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size. 11 Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side. And the side rooms were six cubits on either side. 13 Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other. 14 He measured also ^ythe vestibule, twenty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court. ^{▼

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Text uncertain; Hebrew And he made the jambs sixty cubits, and to the jamb of the court was the gateway all around} 15 From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And the gateway had ^aawindows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their ^abjambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were ^acpalm trees.

The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into ^adthe outer court. And behold, there were ^aechambers and a ^afpavement, all around the court. ^agThirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, ^{▼

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Hebrew distance from before the low gate before the inner court to the outside} a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side. ^{▼

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Or cubits. So far the eastern gate; now to the northern gate.}

The North Gate

20 As for ^ajthe gate that faced toward the north, belonging to ^akthe outer court, he measured its length and its breadth. 21 Its ^alside rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of ^amthe first gate. Its length was ^anfifty cubits, and its breadth ^aotwenty-five cubits. 22 And ^apits windows, its vestibule, and ^aqits palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps ^arpeople would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them. 23 And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to ^asthe inner court. And ^athe measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

The South Gate

24 And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And ^auhe measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others. 25 Both it and its vestibule ^avhad windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 26 And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had ^awpalm trees on its jambs, one on either side. 27 And there was a gate on the south of ^axthe inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

The Inner Court

28 Then he brought me to ^aythe inner court through the south gate, and ^azhe measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others. 29 Its ^baside rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule ^bbhad windows all around. ^bcIts length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 30 And there were vestibules all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad. 31 Its vestibule faced the outer court, and ^bdpalm trees were on its jambs, and ^beits stairway had eight steps.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and ^bfhe measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others. 33 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 34 ^bgIts vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

35 Then he brought me to ^bhthe north gate, and ^bihe measured it. It had the same size as the others. 36 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, ^{▼

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One manuscript (compare verses 29 and 33); most manuscripts lack were of the same size as the others} and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 37 Its vestibule ^{▼

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Septuagint, Vulgate (compare verses 26, 31, 34); Hebrew jambs} faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

38 There was ^bla chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, ^{▼

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Hebrew at the jambs, the gates} ^bnwhere the burnt offering was to be washed. 39 And in the vestibule of the gate were two ^botables on either side, on which the ^bpburnt offering and the ^bqsin offering and the ^brguilt offering were to be slaughtered. 40 And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. 41 ^bsFour tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables ^bton which to slaughter. 42 And there were four tables ^buof hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the ^bvburnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. 43 And hooks, ^{▼

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Or shelves} a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

Chambers for the Priests

44 On the outside of the inner gateway there were two ^bxchambers ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew were chambers for singers} in the ^bzinner court, one ^{▼

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Hebrew lacks one} at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew east} gate facing north. 45 And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^ccwho have charge of the temple, 46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests ^cdwho have charge of the altar. These are ^cethe sons of Zadok, who alone ^{▼

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Hebrew lacks alone} among the sons of Levi may come ^cgnear to the Lord to minister to him.” 47 And he measured the court, ^cha hundred cubits long and ^cia hundred cubits broad, a square. And ^cjthe altar was in front of the temple.

The Vestibule of the Temple

48 Then he brought me to ^ckthe vestibule of the temple and measured the ^cljambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew lacks was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate} were three cubits on either side. 49 ^cnThe length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew eleven} cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps. ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew and by steps that would go up to it} And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.

Ezekiel 41

The Inner Temple

1 Then he brought me to ^cqthe nave and measured the ^crjambs. On each side six cubits ^{▼

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A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} was the breadth of the jambs. ^{▼

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Compare Septuagint; Hebrew tent} 2 And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave, ^{▼

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Hebrew its length} ^cvforty cubits, and its breadth, ^cwtwenty cubits. 3 Then he went ^cxinto the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew and the breadth} of the entrance, seven cubits. 4 And he measured ^czthe length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across ^dathe nave. And he said to me, “This is ^dbthe Most Holy Place.”

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of ^dcthe side chambers, four cubits, ^ddall around the temple. 6 And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, ^dethirty in each story. There were offsets ^{▼

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Septuagint, compare 1 Kings 6:6; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, ^dgso that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 7 And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and ^dhso one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. 8 I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of ^disix long cubits. 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. ^djThe free space between the side chambers of the temple and the 10 ^dkother chambers was a breadth of ^dltwenty cubits all around the temple on every side. 11 And the doors of the ^dmside chambers opened on ^dnthe free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.

12 The building that was facing ^dothe separate yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

13 Then he measured the temple, ^dpa hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long; 14 also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits.

15 Then he measured the length of ^dqthe building facing the yard that was at the back and ^drits galleries ^{▼

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The meaning of the Hebrew term is unknown; also verse 16} on either side, a hundred cubits.

The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court, 16 ^dtthe thresholds and ^duthe narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 17 to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern. ^{▼

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Hebrew were measurements} 18 It was carved of ^dwcherubim and ^dxpalm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces: 19 ^dya human face toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around. 20 From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave.

21 The doorposts of ^dzthe nave were squared, and in front of ^eathe Holy Place was something resembling 22 ^eban altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad. ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew lacks two cubits broad} Its corners, its base ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew length} and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is ^eethe table that is before the Lord.” 23 The nave and the Holy Place had each ^efa double door. 24 The double doors had two leaves apiece, ^egtwo swinging leaves for each door. 25 And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, ^ehsuch as were carved on the walls. And there was ^eia canopy ^{▼

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The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown; also verse 26} of wood in front of ^ekthe vestibule outside. 26 And there were ^elnarrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, ^emthe side chambers of the temple, and the ^encanopies.

Ezekiel 42

The Temple’s Chambers

1 Then he led me out into ^eothe outer court, ^eptoward the north, and he brought me to ^eqthe chambers that were opposite ^erthe separate yard and opposite ^esthe building on the north. 2 The length of the building whose door faced north was ^eta hundred cubits, ^{▼

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A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} and ^evthe breadth fifty cubits. 3 Facing ^ewthe twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing ^exthe pavement that belonged to the outer court, was ^eygallery ^{▼

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The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown; also verse 5} against gallery in three stories. 4 And ^fabefore the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and ^fba hundred cubits long, ^{▼

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Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew and a way of one cubit} and ^fdtheir doors were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 6 For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the courts. Thus the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones. 7 And ^fethere was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, ^fffifty cubits long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite ^fgthe nave ^{▼

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Or temple} were ^fia hundred cubits long. 9 Below these chambers was ^fjan entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

10 In the thickness of ^fkthe wall of the court, on the south ^{▼

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Septuagint; Hebrew east} also, opposite ^fmthe yard and opposite ^fnthe building, there were ^fochambers 11 with ^fpa passage in front of them. They were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits ^{▼

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Hebrew and all their exits} and arrangements and ^frdoors, 12 as were the entrances of the chambers on the south. There was an entrance at the beginning of the passage, the passage before ^fsthe corresponding wall on the east as one enters them. ^{▼

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The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain}

13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite ^futhe yard are the holy chambers, ^fvwhere the priests who approach the Lord ^fwshall eat the ^fxmost holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings— ^fythe grain offering, ^fzthe sin offering, and ^gathe guilt offering—for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court ^gbwithout laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. ^gcThey shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people.”

15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by ^gdthe gate that faced east, and measured the temple area all around. 16 He measured the east side with ^gethe measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 17 He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 18 He measured the south side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 20 He measured it on the four sides. It had ^gfa wall around it, ^gg500 cubits long and ^gh500 cubits broad, ^gito make a separation between the holy and the common.