Ezekiel 40:3-42
3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of (A)bronze, with a (B)line of flax and a (C)measuring (a)rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
4 The man said to me, “(D)Son of man, (E)see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. (F)Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”
Measurements Relating to the Temple
5 And behold, there was a (G)wall on the outside of the (b)temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a (c)handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the (d)wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
6 Then he went to the gate which faced (H)east, went up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod (e)in width; and the other threshold was one rod (f)in width.
7 The (I)guardroom 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 (g)facing inward was one rod.
8 Then he measured the porch of the gate (h)facing inward, one rod.
9 He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was (i)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 (j)gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
12 There was a (k)barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side.
13 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 round about to the side pillar of the (J)courtyard.
15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits.
16 There were (l)(K)shuttered 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 (L)palm tree ornaments.
17 Then he brought me into the (M)outer court, and behold, there were (N)chambers and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers (m)faced the pavement.
18 The pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was by the (n)side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates.
19 Then he measured the width from the front of the (O)lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a (P)hundred cubits on the east and on the north.
20 As for the (Q)gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width.
21 (o)It had three (R)guardrooms on each side; and its (S)side pillars and its porches (p)had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was (T)fifty cubits and the width (U)twenty-five cubits.
22 Its (V)windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the (W)gate which faced toward the east; and (q)it was reached by seven (X)steps, and its (r)porch was in front of them.
23 The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a (Y)hundred cubits from gate to gate.
24 Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a (Z)gate toward the south; and he measured its (AA)side pillars and its porches according to (s)those same measurements.
25 (t)The gate and its porches had (AB)windows all around like (u)those other windows; the length was (AC)fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits.
26 There were seven (AD)steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had (AE)palm tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side.
27 The inner court had a gate toward the (AF)south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a (AG)hundred cubits.
28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate (AH)according to those same measurements.
29 Its (AI)guardrooms also, its side pillars and its (AJ)porches were according to those same measurements. And (v)the gate and its porches had (AK)windows all around; it was (AL)fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
30 There were (AM)porches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
31 Its porches were toward the outer court; and (AN)palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight (AO)steps.
32 He brought me into the (AP)inner court toward the east. And he measured the gate (AQ)according to those same measurements.
33 Its (AR)guardrooms also, its side pillars and its porches were according to those same measurements. And (w)the gate and its porches had (AS)windows all around; it was (AT)fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
34 Its (AU)porches were toward the outer court; and (AV)palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight (AW)steps.
35 Then he brought me to the (AX)north gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements,
36 with its (AY)guardrooms, its side pillars and its (AZ)porches. And (x)the gate had (BA)windows all around; the length was (BB)fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits.
37 Its side pillars were toward the outer court; and (BC)palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight (BD)steps.
38 A (BE)chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they (BF)rinse the burnt offering.
39 In the porch of the gate were two (BG)tables on each side, on which to slaughter the (BH)burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering.
40 On the outer (y)side, (z)as one went up to the (aa)gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other (ab)side of the porch of the gate were two tables.
41 Four (BI)tables were on each side (ac)next to the gate; or, eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices.
42 For the burnt offering there were four (BJ)tables of (BK)hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the (BL)burnt offering and the sacrifice.
Footnotes:
a.
Ezekiel 40:3: ['Lit ', reed, ', and so throughout the ch']
b.
Ezekiel 40:5: ['Lit ', house]
c.
Ezekiel 40:5: ['I.e. 204 in.']
d.
Ezekiel 40:5: ['Lit ', building]
e.
Ezekiel 40:6: ['Or ', in depth]
f.
Ezekiel 40:6: ['Or ', in depth]
g.
Ezekiel 40:7: ['Lit ', from the house]
h.
Ezekiel 40:8: ['Lit ', from the house]
i.
Ezekiel 40:9: ['Lit ', from the house]
j.
Ezekiel 40:11: ['Lit ', entrance of the gate]
k.
Ezekiel 40:12: ['Lit ', border]
l.
Ezekiel 40:16: ['Or ', beveled inwards]
m.
Ezekiel 40:17: ['Lit ', to]
n.
Ezekiel 40:18: ['Lit ', shoulder]
o.
Ezekiel 40:21: ['Lit ', Its guardrooms were three]
p.
Ezekiel 40:21: ['Lit ', were]
q.
Ezekiel 40:22: ['Lit ', they were going up into it]
r.
Ezekiel 40:22: ['Or ', porches]
s.
Ezekiel 40:24: ['Lit ', these measurements, ', and so throughout the ch']
t.
Ezekiel 40:25: ['Lit ', It]
u.
Ezekiel 40:25: ['Lit ', these windows]
v.
Ezekiel 40:29: ['Lit ', it]
w.
Ezekiel 40:33: ['Lit ', it]
x.
Ezekiel 40:36: ['Lit ', it]
y.
Ezekiel 40:40: ['Lit ', shoulder]
z.
Ezekiel 40:40: ['Lit ', to the one going up]
aa.
Ezekiel 40:40: ['Lit ', entrance of the gate]
ab.
Ezekiel 40:40: ['Lit ', shoulder]
ac.
Ezekiel 40:41: ['Lit ', by the shoulder of]
Cross references:
J.
Ezekiel 40:14:
Exodus 27:9; 1 Chronicles 28:6; Psalm 100:4; Isaiah 62:9; Ezekiel 8:7; Ezekiel 42:1
L.
Ezekiel 40:16:
Ezekiel 40:22; Ezekiel 40:26; Ezekiel 40:31; Ezekiel 40:34; Ezekiel 40:37; Ezekiel 41:18-20; Ezekiel 41:25; Ezekiel 41:26