The Book of 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.
40:2In 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. 40:3And 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. 40:4And 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. 40:5And, 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. 40:6Then 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. 40:7And 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. 40:8He measured also the porch of
the gate toward the house, one reed. 40:9Then 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. 40:10And 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. 40:11And he measured the breadth of the
opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits; 40:12and 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. 40:13And 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. 40:14He made also posts,
threescore cubits; and the court reached unto the posts, round about the gate.
40:15And from the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner
porch of the gate were fifty cubits. 40:16And 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.
40:17Then 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. 40:18And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable unto the
length of the gates, even the lower pavement. 40:19Then 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. 40:20And the gate of the outer
court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the
breadth thereof. 40:21And 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. 40:22And 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.
40:23And 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. 40:24And
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.
40:25And 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.
40:26And 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. 40:27And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he
measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits. 40:28Then he brought
me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according
to these measures; 40:29and 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. 40:30And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five
cubits broad. 40:31And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and
palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps. 40:32And
he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate
according to these measures; 40:33and 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. 40:34And 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. 40:35And he brought me to the north gate: and he
measured it according to these measures; 40:36the 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. 40:37And 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. 40:38And a chamber with
the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the
burnt-offering. 40:39And 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. 40:40And 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. 40:41Four tables were on this
side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon
they slew the sacrifices. 40:42And 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. 40:43And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within
round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation. 40:44And 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. 40:45And he said unto me, This
chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the
charge of the house; 40:46and 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. 40:47And
he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad,
foursquare; and the altar was before the house. 40:48Then 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. 40:49The 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.