Ezekiel 40

1In 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 smitten, in the selfsame day, the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.

1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—which was fourteen years after the city of Jerusalem fell—on that very day, the hand of the LORD was on me, and he took me there.

2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.

2In visions from God, he brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On its southern side, there were some buildings that looked like a city.

3And he brought me thither; 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.

3When he brought me there, I saw a man who looked like he was made of bronze. He was standing in a gateway, holding a linen cord and a measuring rod.

4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee; for, to the intent that I may show them unto thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

4The man said to me, 'Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay close attention to everything I show you. This is why you were brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.'

5And, 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.

5I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The rod in the man’s hand was six cubits long, based on a cubit that is a regular cubit plus a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one rod thick and one rod high.

6Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

6Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep.

7And 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.

7The alcoves for the guards were each one rod long and one rod wide. There was a space of five cubits between the alcoves. The threshold of the gate next to the porch facing the temple was one rod deep.

8He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

8He also measured the porch of the gateway facing the temple, and it was one rod deep.

9Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

9Then he measured the porch of the gateway; it was eight cubits deep, and its side pillars were two cubits thick. This porch faced the temple.

10And 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.

10Inside the east gateway, there were three alcoves on each side. All three were the same size, and the pillars on both sides were also the same size.

11And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;

11He measured the width of the gateway entrance, which was ten cubits, and the total length of the gateway passage was thirteen cubits.

12and 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.

12In front of each alcove was a low wall one cubit high. The alcoves themselves were six cubits square.

13And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.

13He measured the width of the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the opposite one; it was twenty-five cubits from door to door.

14He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court reached unto the posts, round about the gate.

14He measured the height of the pillars as sixty cubits, and the courtyard went all the way around to the pillars of the gateway.

15And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

15The distance from the entrance of the outer gate to the far end of the inner porch was fifty cubits.

16And 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 upon each post were palm-trees.

16The alcoves and the pillars inside the gateway had small windows all around. The porches also had windows all around the inside. The face of each pillar was decorated with carvings of palm trees.

17Then brought he me into the outer court; and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

17Then he brought me into the outer courtyard. I saw thirty rooms facing a stone pavement that ran all around the courtyard.

18And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable unto the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.

18The pavement was alongside the gateways and was as wide as the gateways were long; this was the lower pavement.

19Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.

19He measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner courtyard; it was one hundred cubits on both the east and the north sides.

20And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.

20Then he measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer courtyard that faces north.

21And the lodges thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

21It had three alcoves on each side. Its pillars and porch had the same measurements as the first gateway: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

22And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

22Its windows, porch, and palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the east gateway. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was at the inner end.

23And 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 a hundred cubits.

23There was a gate to the inner courtyard facing the north gate, just like the one on the east. He measured the distance from one gate to the other as one hundred cubits.

24And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

24Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its pillars and its porch, and they had the same measurements as the others.

25And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

25The gateway and its porch had windows all around like the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

26And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

26Seven steps led up to it. Its porch was at the inner end, and it had palm tree decorations on the pillars on each side.

27And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

27The inner courtyard also had a gate facing south. He measured the distance from this gate to the outer south gate as one hundred cubits.

28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

28He brought me into the inner courtyard through the south gate. He measured the south gate, and it had the same measurements as the others.

29and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

29Its alcoves, pillars, and porch had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

30And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

30(The porches all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.)

31And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

31Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees were carved on its pillars, and eight steps led up to it.

32And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

32Then he brought me to the inner courtyard on the east side. He measured the gateway, and it had the same measurements as the others.

33and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

33Its alcoves, pillars, and porch had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its porch had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

34And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

34Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees were carved on the pillars on both sides, and eight steps led up to it.

35And he brought me to the north gate: and he measureditaccording to these measures;

35Then he brought me to the north gate. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the others.

36the lodges thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof: and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

36Its alcoves, pillars, and porch had windows all around it. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

37And the posts thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

37Its pillars faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees were carved on the pillars on both sides, and eight steps led up to it.

38And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering.

38There was a room with a door that opened into the porch of the gateway. This is where the priests washed the burnt offerings.

39And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering.

39In the porch of the gateway, there were two tables on each side, four in total. These were used for slaughtering the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.

40And on the one side without, as one goeth 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.

40On the outside, as you go up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables. On the other side of the porch, there were also two tables.

41Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew the sacrifices.

41So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other—eight tables in total—where the sacrifices were killed.

42And 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 wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.

42There were also four tables made of cut stone for the burnt offerings. Each was one and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one cubit high. The tools for slaughtering the sacrifices were kept on these tables.

43And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.

43Double-pronged hooks, each three inches long, were fastened to the walls all around. The meat for the offerings was placed on the tables.

44And without 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.

44Outside the inner gate, there were two rooms in the inner courtyard. One was beside the north gate and faced south. The other was beside the south gate and faced north.

45And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;

45He said to me, 'The room that faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the temple services.

46and 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 Jehovah to minister unto him.

46The room that faces north is for the priests who are in charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may come near the LORD to serve him.'

47And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

47He measured the inner courtyard, and it was a perfect square, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

48Then 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.

48He brought me to the porch of the temple and measured its pillars; they were five cubits thick on each side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls were three cubits wide on each side.

49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

49The porch was twenty cubits wide and eleven cubits deep. Steps led up to it, and there were columns beside the pillars, one on each side.