Eze 41:3, Eze 42-44, 45:6 | ESV | STEP | Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance , two cubits ; and the entrance , six cubits ; and the sidewalls on either side of the entrance , seven cubits .

3 Then he went ^ainto the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew and the breadth} of the entrance, seven cubits.

Ezekiel 42

The Temple’s Chambers

1 Then he led me out into ^cthe outer court, ^dtoward the north, and he brought me to ^ethe chambers that were opposite ^fthe separate yard and opposite ^gthe building on the north. 2 The length of the building whose door faced north was ^ha hundred cubits, ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} and ^jthe breadth fifty cubits. 3 Facing ^kthe twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing ^lthe pavement that belonged to the outer court, was ^mgallery ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown; also verse 5} against gallery in three stories. 4 And ^obefore the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and ^pa hundred cubits long, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew and a way of one cubit} and ^rtheir 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 ^sthere was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, ^tfifty cubits long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite ^uthe nave ^{▼▼Or temple} were ^wa hundred cubits long. 9 Below these chambers was ^xan entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

10 In the thickness of ^ythe wall of the court, on the south ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew east} also, opposite ^aathe yard and opposite ^abthe building, there were ^acchambers 11 with ^ada passage in front of them. They were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits ^{▼▼Hebrew and all their exits} and arrangements and ^afdoors, 12 as were the entrances of the chambers on the south. There was an entrance at the beginning of the passage, the passage before ^agthe corresponding wall on the east as one enters them. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain}

13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite ^aithe yard are the holy chambers, ^ajwhere the priests who approach the Lord ^akshall eat the ^almost holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings— ^amthe grain offering, ^anthe sin offering, and ^aothe 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 ^apwithout laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. ^aqThey 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 ^arthe gate that faced east, and measured the temple area all around. 16 He measured the east side with ^asthe 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 ^ata wall around it, ^au500 cubits long and ^av500 cubits broad, ^awto make a separation between the holy and the common.

Ezekiel 43

The Glory of the Lord Fills the Temple

1 Then he led me to ^axthe gate, the gate facing east. 2 And behold, ^aythe glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And ^azthe sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and ^bathe earth shone with his glory. 3 And ^bbthe vision I saw was just like the vision that I had seen ^bcwhen he ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts when I} came to destroy the city, and just like ^bethe vision that I had seen ^bfby the Chebar canal. And ^bgI fell on my face. 4 As ^bhthe glory of the Lord ^bientered the temple by the gate facing east, 5 ^bjthe Spirit lifted me up and brought me into ^bkthe inner court; and behold, ^blthe glory of the Lord filled the temple.

6 ^bmWhile the man was standing beside me, ^bnI heard one speaking to me out of the temple, 7 and he said to me, ^bo“Son of man, this is ^bpthe place of my throne and ^bqthe place of the soles of my feet, ^brwhere I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more ^bsdefile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies ^{▼▼Or the monuments; also verse 9} of their kings at their high places, ^{▼▼Or at their deaths} 8 by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with ^bvonly a wall between me and them. They have ^bwdefiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, ^bxand I will dwell in their midst forever.

10 “As for you, ^byson of man, ^bzdescribe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, ^camake known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, ^cbits exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down ^ccin their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. 12 This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of ^cdthe mountain ^ceall around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

The Altar

13 “These are the measurements of ^cfthe altar by cubits (the cubit being ^cga cubit and a handbreadth): ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters} its base shall be one cubit high ^{▼▼Or its gutter shall be one cubit deep} and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span ^{▼▼A span was about 9 inches or 22 centimeters} around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: 14 from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; 15 and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, ^ckfour horns. 16 The altar hearth shall be ^clsquare, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. 17 The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. ^cmThe steps of the altar shall face east.”

18 And he said to me, ^cn“Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and ^cofor throwing blood against it, 19 you shall give to ^cpthe Levitical priests ^cqof the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord God, ^cra bull from the herd for a sin offering. 20 And ^csyou shall take some of its blood and put it on ^ctthe four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon ^cuthe rim all around. ^cvThus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it. 21 You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and ^cwit shall be burned in the appointed place belonging to the temple, outside the sacred area. 22 And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull. 23 When you have finished ^cxpurifying it, you shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish and ^cya ram from the flock without blemish. 24 You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests ^czshall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. 25 ^daFor seven days you shall provide daily a male goat for a sin offering; also, a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided. 26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it. ^{▼▼Hebrew fill its hand} 27 And when they have completed these days, then ^dcfrom the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your ^ddpeace offerings, and ^deI will accept you, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 44

The Gate for the Prince

1 Then he brought me ^dfback to the outer gate of the sanctuary, ^dgwhich faces east. And it was shut. 2 And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for ^dhthe Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut. 3 Only ^dithe prince may sit in it ^djto eat bread before the Lord. He ^dkshall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”

4 Then he brought me by way of ^dlthe north gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and behold, ^dmthe glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord. And ^dnI fell on my face. 5 And the Lord said to me, ^do“Son of man, mark well, ^dpsee with your eyes, ^dqand hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning ^drall the statutes of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well ^dsthe entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary. 6 And say to ^dtthe rebellious house, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks house} to the ^dvhouse of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, ^dwenough of all your abominations, 7 in ^dxadmitting foreigners, ^dyuncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, ^dzprofaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew They} have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations. 8 And ^ebyou have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.

9 “Thus says the Lord God: ^ecNo foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary. 10 But ^edthe Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols ^eewhen Israel went astray, ^efshall bear their punishment. ^{▼▼Or iniquity; also verse 12} 11 They shall be ^ehministers in my sanctuary, having oversight ^eiat the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and ^ejthey shall stand before the people, to minister to them. 12 Because they ministered to them before their idols and became ^eka stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have ^elsworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment. 13 They ^emshall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but ^enthey shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed. 14 Yet I will appoint them to keep ^eocharge of the temple, ^epto do all its service and all that is to be done in it.

Rules for Levitical Priests

15 “But ^eqthe Levitical priests, ^erthe sons of Zadok, who kept ^esthe charge of my sanctuary ^etwhen the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me ^euto minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me ^evthe fat and the blood, declares the Lord God. 16 They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach ^ewmy table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge. 17 When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear ^exlinen garments. They shall have nothing of wool on them, while they minister at the gates of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat. 19 And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they have been ministering ^eyand lay them in the holy chambers. And ^ezthey shall put on other garments, ^falest they transmit holiness to the people with their garments. 20 ^fbThey shall not shave their heads or ^fclet their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads. 21 ^fdNo priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court. 22 ^feThey shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 23 ^ffThey shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and ^fgshow them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 ^fhIn a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and ^fithey shall keep my Sabbaths holy. 25 ^fjThey shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person. However, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves. 26 ^fkAfter he ^{▼▼That is, a priest} has become clean, they shall count seven days for him. 27 And on the day that he goes into the Holy Place, ^fminto the inner court, to minister in the Holy Place, ^fnhe shall offer his sin offering, declares the Lord God.

28 ^fo“This shall be their inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ^fpyou shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession. 29 ^fqThey shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and ^frevery devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30 ^fsAnd the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. ^ftYou shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, ^futhat a blessing may rest on your house. 31 ^fvThe priests shall not eat of ^fwanything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.

Ezekiel 45:6

6 “Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district ^fxyou shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. ^fyIt shall belong to the whole house of Israel.