THE
BOOK OF EZEKIEL
Ezekiel Chapter 40
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¶ In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the
beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth
year after the city had been destroyed, on that day the hand of the LORD was
upon me, and brought me there.
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In visions God gave me, he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down
on a very high mountain, south of which was a structure that looked like
a city.
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When he brought me there, I saw a man, who had the appearance of brass, with a
cord made of flax in his hand, and a measuring rod; and he stood in the
gateway.
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And the man said to me, Son of man, look with your eyes, and listen with your
ears, and pay attention to all that I will show you;
because you were brought here so that I might show you these things:
tell the house of
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¶ Then I saw a wall around the outside of the temple, and in the man’s
hand a measuring rod six cubits long, the cubit being a forearm plus a
hand breadth: so he measured the wall of the building, one rod thick;
and one rod high.
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Then he came to the gate which faces the east, and went up its steps, and
measured the threshold of the gate, which was one rod wide; and the
other threshold was one rod wide.
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And each side room was one rod long, and one rod wide; and there
were five cubits between the little rooms; and the threshold of the gateway by
the porch facing the temple was one rod.
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He also measured the portico of the gate facing the temple, one rod.
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Then he measured the vestibule of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two
cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was on the inside.
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And the little rooms of the east gate were three on this side, and three
on that side; and all three were the same size: and the posts were the
same size on either side.
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And he measured how broad the opening of the gateway was, ten cubits; and
the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
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In front of the little rooms on each side was a curbstone one cubit
high: and the little rooms were six cubits on each side.
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He then measured the gate from the roof of one little room to the roof
of another: the width was twenty-five cubits, door facing door.
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And the vestibule of the gateway measured twenty cubits on the outside, the
rooms of the gate being around it.
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And the distance from the front of the gateway on the outside to the front of
the gateway’s porch on the inside was fifty cubits.
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And there were narrow windows in the little rooms, and pillars were
inside the gateway all around, and the porticos also had windows all around
inside the gateway: and each pillar was decorated with palm
trees.
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Then he took me into the outer court, and there I saw rooms, and a
pavement made all around the court: thirty rooms faced the pavement.
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And the pavement in the lower court ran alongside the gates as broad as they
were long.
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Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the outside
of the inner court, one hundred cubits both on the east and north.
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And he measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court that faced
toward the north.
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And it had three little rooms on each side; together with its pillars and its
porch which measured the same as the first gate: its length was fifty
cubits, and its width was twenty-five cubits.
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Its windows, pillars, and palm trees, were of the same size as the gate
that faces toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; which led to
its porch.
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And a gateway to the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, and
the eastern gateway; and he measured one hundred cubits from gate to
gate.
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After that he took me to the south, and here was a gate facing south: and he
measured its pillars and porch the same size as the others.
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And there were windows in it and in the portico all around, like the
other windows: its length was fifty cubits, and its width twenty-five
cubits.
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And there were seven steps going up to it, and they led to its porch:
and it had palm trees on its pillars, one on each side.
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¶ And the inner court had a southern gateway: and he
measured the distance from the gate on the southern side at one hundred cubits.
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And he took me to the inner court through the southern gate: and he measured
the southern gateway the same size as the others;
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And its little rooms, and its pillars, and its porch, were the same size as the
others: and there were windows in the gateway and in its porch all
around: it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
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And the porches all around were twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits
wide.
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And its porches faced the outer court; and there were palm trees on the
pillars: with eight steps leading up to it.
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Then he took me into the inner court on the eastern side: and he measured the
gate the same size as the others.
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And its little rooms, and pillars, and porch, were the same size as the
others: and its porch had windows on all sides: it was fifty cubits
long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
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And its porch faced the outer court; and there were palm trees on its pillars,
on both sides: and eight steps led up to it.
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And he took me to the northern gate, and measured it the same size as
the others;
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Its little rooms, its pillars, its porch, and the windows to it all around: the
length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
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And its pillars faced the outer court; and there were palm trees on each side
of its pillars: and it had eight steps leading up to it.
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And there was an attached room with its door by the gate posts, where they
washed the burnt offering.
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¶ And in the porch of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which
to slay the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering.
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And on the outside corner, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern
gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the porch of the
gateway, were two tables.
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Four tables were on each side of the gateway; eight tables, upon which
they killed their sacrifices.
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And the four tables for the burnt offering were of hewn stone, a cubit
and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high: on these they
laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and sacrifices.
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And there were hooks, the width of a hand, fastened all around: and on the
tables was the meat to be offered.
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And outside the gateway to the inner court were the rooms for the
singers in the inner court, one at the corner of the northern gateway facing
south: one at the corner of the southern gateway facing north.
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And he said to me, This room, which faces toward the
south, is for the priests, who serve the temple.
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And the other room facing toward the north is for the priests, who serve
the altar: these are the sons of Zadok who
alone among the sons of Levi, may approach the LORD to
serve him.
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So he measured the court and it was a square, one hundred cubits long, and one
hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the temple.
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Then he took me to the porch of the temple, and measured a pillar of the
porch, five cubits on each side: and the width of the gate was fourteen
cubits, and the walls were three cubits on each side.
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The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and its width eleven cubits;
and steps led up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on each
side.