‏ Ezekiel 40

Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod

1 In the atwenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the bcity was
Lit struck
taken, on this very day the dhand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there.
2In the evisions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very fhigh mountain, and on it gto the south there was something like a hstructure of a city. 3So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of ibronze, with a jthread of flax and a kmeasuring
Lit reed, and so throughout the ch
rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
4And the man said to me, “ mSon of man, nsee with your eyes, hear with your ears, and
Lit set your heart
pay attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. pDeclare to the house of Israel all that you see.”

Measurements Relating to the Temple

5 And behold, there was a qwall on the outside of the
Lit house
temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six
I.e., “long” cubits, see note 4
cubits,
Lit by the cubit and
each of which was a
A cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the
Lit building
wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
6Then he went to the gate which faced weast, went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod
Or in depth
in width; and the other threshold was one rod
Or in depth
in width.
7The zguardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate
Lit from the house
facing inward was one rod.
8Then he measured the porch of the gate
Lit from the house
facing inward, one rod.
9And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was
Lit from the house
faced inward.
10The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side. 11And he measured the width of the
Lit entrance of the gate
gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
12There was a
Lit border
barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side.
13And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from one door to the door opposite. 14He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the afcourtyard. 15And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. 16And there were
Or beveled inwards
ahshuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were aipalm tree decorations.

17 Then he brought me into the ajouter courtyard, and behold, there were akchambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers
Lit to
faced the pavement.
18And the pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was by the
Lit shoulder
side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates.
19Then he measured the width from the front of the anlower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner courtyard, a aohundred cubits on the east and on the north.

20 And as for the apgate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width. 21
Lit Its guardrooms were three
It had three arguardrooms on each side; and its asside pillars and its porches
Lit were
had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was aufifty cubits, and the width avtwenty-five cubits.
22Its awwindows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the axgate which faced east; and
Lit they were going up into it
it was reached by seven azsteps, and its
Another reading is porches
porch was in front of them.
23The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a bbhundred cubits from gate to gate.

24 Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a bcgate toward the south; and he measured its bdside pillars and its porches according to
Lit these measurements, and so throughout the ch
those same measurements.
25
Lit It
The gate and its porches had bgwindows all around like
Lit these windows
those other windows; the length was bififty cubits and the width, twenty-five cubits.
26There were seven bjsteps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had bkpalm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side. 27The inner courtyard had a gate toward the blsouth; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a bmhundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate bnaccording to those same measurements. 29Its boguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its bpporches were according to those same measurements. And
Lit it
the gate and its porches had brwindows all around; it was bsfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
30There were btporches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31And its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and bupalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight bvsteps.

32 Then he brought me into the bwinner courtyard toward the east. And he measured the gate bxaccording to those same measurements. 33Its byguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And
Lit it
the gate and its porches had cawindows all around; it was cbfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
34Its ccporches were toward the outer courtyard; and cdpalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight cesteps.

35 Then he brought me to the cfnorth gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements, 36with its cgguardrooms, its side pillars, and its chporches. And
Lit it
the gate had cjwindows all around; the length was ckfifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits.
37And its side pillars were toward the outer courtyard; and clpalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight cmsteps.

38 A cnchamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they corinse the burnt offering. 39And in the porch of the gate were two cptables on each side, on which to slaughter the cqburnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. 40On the outer
Lit shoulder
side,
Lit to the one going up
as one went up to the
Lit entrance of the gate
gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other
Lit shoulder
side of the porch of the gate were two tables.
41Four cvtables were on each side
Lit to the shoulder of
next to the gate; eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices.
42For the burnt offering there were four cxtables of cycut stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which they set the utensils with which they slaughter the czburnt offering and the sacrifice. 43And the double
Or ledges
hooks,
About 3 in. or 7.5 cm
one hand width in length, were installed
Or inside
in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

44 From the outside to the ddinner gate were
LXX two chambers
dfchambers for the dgsingers in the inner courtyard, one of which was at the
Lit shoulder
side of the north gate, with
Lit their
its front toward the south, and one at the
Lit shoulder
side of the
As in LXX; MT east
south gate facing north.
45Then he said to me, “This is the dlchamber which faces south, intended for the priests who
Lit keep the duty of
are dnresponsible for the
Lit house
temple;
46but the dpchamber which faces north is for the priests who
Lit keep the duty of
are drresponsible for the altar. They are the dssons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi dtcome near to the Lord to serve Him.”
47He measured the courtyard, a perfect square, a duhundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the
Lit house
temple.

48 Then he brought me to the dwporch of the
Lit house
temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.
49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and at the dystairway by which it was ascended were dzcolumns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.
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