Eze 40:3-42:20 | NASB2020 | STEP | So He brought me there ; and behold , there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze , with a thread of flax and a measuring rod in his hand ; and he was standing in the gateway .

Ezekiel 40:3-49

3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of ^abronze, with a ^bthread of flax and a ^cmeasuring ^{▼▼Lit reed, and so throughout the ch}rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, “ ^eSon of man, ^fsee 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. ^hDeclare to the house of Israel all that you see.”

Measurements Relating to the Temple

5 And behold, there was a ⁱwall 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. 6 Then he went to the gate which faced ^oeast, 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. 7 The ^rguardroom 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. 8 Then he measured the porch of the gate ^{▼▼Lit from the house}facing inward, one rod. 9 And 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. 10 The 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. 11 And he measured the width of the ^{▼▼Lit entrance of the gate}gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There 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. 13 And 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. 14 He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the ^xcourtyard. 15 And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And there were ^{▼▼Or beveled inwards
,} ^zshuttered 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 ^aapalm tree decorations.

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

20 And as for the ^ahgate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width. 21 ^{▼▼Lit Its guardrooms were three}It had three ^ajguardrooms on each side; and its ^akside pillars and its porches ^{▼▼Lit were}had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was ^amfifty cubits, and the width ^antwenty-five cubits. 22 Its ^aowindows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the ^apgate which faced east; and ^{▼▼Lit they were going up into it}it was reached by seven ^arsteps, and its ^{▼▼Another reading is porches}porch was in front of them. 23 The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a ^athundred cubits from gate to gate.

24 Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a ^augate toward the south; and he measured its ^avside 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 ^aywindows all around like ^{▼▼Lit these windows}those other windows; the length was ^bafifty cubits and the width, twenty-five cubits. 26 There were seven ^bbsteps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had ^bcpalm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side. 27 The inner courtyard had a gate toward the ^bdsouth; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a ^behundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate ^bfaccording to those same measurements. 29 Its ^bgguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its ^bhporches were according to those same measurements. And ^{▼▼Lit it}the gate and its porches had ^bjwindows all around; it was ^bkfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 There were ^blporches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31 And its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and ^bmpalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight ^bnsteps.

32 Then he brought me into the ^boinner courtyard toward the east. And he measured the gate ^bpaccording to those same measurements. 33 Its ^bqguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And ^{▼▼Lit it}the gate and its porches had ^bswindows all around; it was ^btfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its ^buporches were toward the outer courtyard; and ^bvpalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight ^bwsteps.

35 Then he brought me to the ^bxnorth gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements, 36 with its ^byguardrooms, its side pillars, and its ^bzporches. And ^{▼▼Lit it}the gate had ^cbwindows all around; the length was ^ccfifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. 37 And its side pillars were toward the outer courtyard; and ^cdpalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight ^cesteps.

38 A ^cfchamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they ^cgrinse the burnt offering. 39 And in the porch of the gate were two ^chtables on each side, on which to slaughter the ^ciburnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. 40 On 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. 41 Four ^cntables were on each side ^{▼▼Lit to the shoulder of}next to the gate; eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. 42 For the burnt offering there were four ^cptables of ^cqcut 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 ^crburnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 And 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 ^cvinner gate were ^{▼▼LXX two chambers
,} ^cxchambers for the ^cysingers 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. 45 Then he said to me, “This is the ^ddchamber which faces south, intended for the priests who ^{▼▼Lit keep the duty of}are ^dfresponsible for the ^{▼▼Lit house}temple; 46 but the ^dhchamber which faces north is for the priests who ^{▼▼Lit keep the duty of}are ^djresponsible for the altar. They are the ^dksons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi ^dlcome near to the Lord to serve Him.” 47 He measured the courtyard, a perfect square, a ^dmhundred 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 ^doporch 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. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and at the ^dqstairway by which it was ascended were ^drcolumns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.

Ezekiel 41

The Inner Temple

1 Then he ^dsbrought me to the ^dtsanctuary, and he measured the ^duside pillars: six ^{▼▼Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm}cubits wide on each side was the width of the ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT tent}side pillar. 2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the ^{▼▼Lit shoulders}sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured ^{▼▼Lit its length,}the length of the sanctuary, ^dzforty cubits, and the width, ^eatwenty cubits. 3 Then he went ^{▼▼I.e., of the inner sanctuary
,} ^ecinside and measured each ^edside pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits. 4 And he measured its length, ^eetwenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the ^efsanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the ^egMost Holy Place.”

5 Then he measured the wall of the ^{▼▼Lit house, and so throughout the ch}temple, six cubits; and the width of the ^eiside chambers, four cubits, all around the house on every side. 6 ^ejThe side chambers were in three stories, ^{▼▼Lit chamber upon chamber}one above another, and ^{▼▼Lit thirty times}thirty in each story; and ^{▼▼Lit they were coming}the side chambers ^enextended to the wall which stood on ^{▼▼Lit the inside of the side chambers}their inward side all around, so that they could be attached, but not be attached to the wall of the temple itself. 7 And the side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the ^epstructure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, for that reason the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and so one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the ^{▼▼Lit middle}second story. 8 I saw also that the house had a raised ^{▼▼Lit height}platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full ^{▼▼Lit reed}rod of ^etsix ^{▼▼Or to the joint}long cubits in height. 9 The ^{▼▼Lit width}thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the ^ewfree space between the side chambers belonging to the temple 10 and the outer ^exchambers was twenty cubits in width around the temple on every side. 11 The ^{▼▼Lit doorway}doorways of the side ^{▼▼Lit chamber}chambers toward the ^fafree space consisted of one doorway toward the north, and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the ^fbfree space was five cubits all around.

12 The ^fcbuilding that was in front of the ^fdseparate area at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits ^{▼▼Lit wide}thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.

13 Then he measured the temple, a ^ffhundred cubits long; the ^fgseparate area with the ^fhbuilding and its walls were also a ^fihundred cubits long. 14 Also the width of the front of the temple and that of the separate ^{▼▼Lit area}areas along the east side totaled a hundred cubits.

15 And he measured the length of the ^fkbuilding ^{▼▼Lit to}along the front of the ^fmseparate area behind it, with a ^{▼▼Or passageway
,} ^fogallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches of the courtyard. 16 The ^fpthresholds, the ^{▼▼Or framed
,} ^frlatticed windows, and the ^{▼▼Or passageways
,} ^ftgalleries all around their ^futhree stories, opposite the threshold, were ^fvpaneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), 17 over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement. 18 It was ^{▼▼Lit made}carved with ^fxcherubim and ^fypalm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces: 19 a ^fzhuman face toward the palm tree on one side and a young ^galion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were ^{▼▼Lit made}carved on all the house all around. 20 From the ground to above the entrance ^gccherubim and ^gdpalm trees were ^{▼▼Lit made}carved, as well as on the wall of the sanctuary.

21 The ^gfdoorposts of the ^ggsanctuary were square; as for the front of the inner ^{▼▼Lit holy place}sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. 22 The ^gialtar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; its corners, its ^{▼▼Lit length}base, and its ^{▼▼Lit walls}sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the ^gltable that is before the Lord.” 23 The ^gmsanctuary and the inner ^{▼▼Lit holy place
,} ^gosanctuary each had a double ^gpdoor. 24 Each of the doors had two leaves, two ^{▼▼Or turning
,} ^grswinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. 25 Also there were ^{▼▼Lit made}carved on them, on the doors of the main room, ^gtcherubim and ^gupalm trees like those ^{▼▼Lit made}carved on the walls; and there was a ^{▼▼Or canopy of wood over
,} ^gxthreshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. 26 And there were ^{▼▼Or framed
,} ^gzlatticed windows and ^hapalm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the ^hbporch; the same were on the ^hcside chambers of the house and the ^{▼▼Or canopies}thresholds.

Ezekiel 42

Chambers of the Temple

1 Then he ^hebrought me out into the ^hfouter courtyard, the way ^hgtoward the north; and he brought me to the ^hhchamber which was opposite the ^hiseparate area and opposite the ^hjbuilding toward the north. 2 Along the length, which was a ^hkhundred ^{▼▼Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm}cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. 3 Opposite the ^hmtwenty cubits which belonged to the inner courtyard, and opposite the ^hnstone pavement which belonged to the outer courtyard, was ^{▼▼Or passageway
,} ^hpgallery corresponding to ^{▼▼Or passageway}gallery in three stories. 4 In front of the ^hrchambers was an inner passage ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were ^{▼▼Lit shorter}smaller because the ^{▼▼Or passageways
,} ^hugalleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. 6 For they were in ^hvthree stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courtyards; for that reason the upper chambers were ^{▼▼Or reduced}set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. 7 As for the ^hxouter wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer courtyard facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers which were in the outer courtyard was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the main room was a ^hyhundred cubits. 9 And below these chambers was the ^hzentrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer courtyard.

10 In the ^{▼▼Lit width}thickness of the ^ibwall of the courtyard toward the east, facing the ^icseparate area and facing the building, there were ^idchambers. 11 And the ^ieway in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north; according to their length, so was their width, and all their exits were according to their building plans and openings. 12 Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the ^ifwall toward the east, as one enters them.

13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the ^igseparate area, they are the ^ihholy chambers where the priests who are ⁱⁱnear to the Lord shall eat the ^ijmost holy things. There they shall set the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter, they shall not go out into the outer courtyard from the sanctuary ^{▼▼Lit but there they shall lay}without ^illaying their ^imgarments there in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people.”

15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by way of the ⁱⁿgate which faced east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured on the east side with the measuring ^{▼▼Lit reed, and so throughout the ch}rod: five hundred rods by the ^ipmeasuring rod. 17 He measured on the north side: five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 18 On the south side he measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod. 19 He turned to the west side and measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod. 20 He measured it ^{▼▼Lit toward the four winds}on the four sides; it had a ^irwall all around, the ^islength five hundred rods and the ^itwidth five hundred, to ^iudivide between the holy and the ^{▼▼Lit profane}common.