Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.'

It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10? feet deep.

Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings -- the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

The alcoves were 10? feet long and 10? feet wide; between the alcoves were 8? feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10? feet.

This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did.

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.

Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore to give to your fathers.

In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he will make the same provisions for the sin offering, burnt offering, and grain offering, and for the olive oil, for the seven days.

You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.

I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you.

"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted in it.

"Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire -- so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.

"'They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves.

Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

This is a lament; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes, declares the sovereign Lord."

"This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.

So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

When your people say to you, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean?'

He said to me, "This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people."

The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122? feet wide; the wall of the building was 8? feet all around, and its length 157? feet.

I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.

They will sing this lament over you: "'How you have perished -- you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Because all of you have become slag, look out! -- I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem.

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries.

and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord.

Then he said to me: "Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,

Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3? feet, the entrance as 10? feet, and the width of the entrance as 12? feet

Will you still say, "I am a god," before the one who kills you -- though you are a man and not a god -- when you are in the power of those who wound you?

And you will provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a gallon of olive oil to moisten the choice flour, as a grain offering to the Lord; this is a perpetual statute.

The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.

Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations.

To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

"'When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.

By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall -- all of them are the most terrifying among the nations. They will devastate the pride of Egypt, and all its hordes will be destroyed.

I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them -- a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord.

The word of the Lord came to me:

I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.'"

But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will only remain with his sons.

And during the seven days of the feast he will provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven bulls and seven rams, all without blemish, on each of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.

From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3? feet, and the width 1? feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, and the width 1? feet;

You exalted yourselves against me with your speech and hurled many insults against me -- I have heard them all!

Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.

She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired -- with all their idols.

"'This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, "They are desolate, they have been given to us for food."

He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city's broken walls.

I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.

Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword.

They will know that I am the Lord when I ignite a fire in Egypt and all her allies are defeated.

before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines -- those all around you who despise you.

Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath -- it will not be sheathed again!'

these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.

The grain offering will be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be as much as he is able to give, and a gallon of olive oil with an ephah.

There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering.

He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.

Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

"The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.

The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

of the land. This will be his property in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people, but the land will be allotted to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

"Pharaoh will see them and be consoled over all his hordes who were killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army, declares the sovereign Lord.

"And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are."

They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak.

I will no longer subject you to the nations' insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your blood.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

"'When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

Of this area a square 875 feet by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87? feet set aside for its open space round about.

Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad,

Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal before the Lord; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way."

So prophesy and say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip and slander among the people,

Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.

from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

"As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion.

Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, "You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,"

therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will deal with you according to your anger, and according to your envy, by which you acted spitefully against them. I will reveal myself to them when I judge you.

They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord."

"'You will provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering daily to the Lord; morning by morning he will provide it.

The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.

On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.

"'Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles wide and eight and a quarter miles long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

"'For the prince there will be land on both sides of the holy allotment and the allotted city, alongside the holy allotment and the allotted city, on the west side and on the east side; it will be comparable in length to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border

to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations,

"Edom is there with her kings and all her princes. Despite their might they are laid with those killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised and those who descend to the pit.

Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.

and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer);

The ledge is 24? feet long and 24? feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10? inches, and its surrounding base 1? feet. Its steps face east."

This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the sovereign Lord.

He will provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a gallon of olive oil for each ephah of grain.

On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

They may eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs.

When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10? feet high.

The Lord said to me: "Son of man, pay attention, watch closely and listen carefully to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord's house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.

"Yet your people say, 'The behavior of the Lord is not right,' when it is their behavior that is not right.

So I said to them: "The word of the Lord came to me:

I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet.

When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger.

With his horses' hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.

From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles and a width of three and one-third miles; in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10? feet.

Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land, declares the sovereign Lord.

You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Will you possess the land?'

Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches grew long, because of the plentiful water in its shoots.

He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed that the water was trickling out from the south side.

"Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword.

When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation and the land is destitute of everything that fills it, when I strike all those who live in it, then they will know that I am the Lord.'

Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible for their sin.

When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.

I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord.

"Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles.

"'At the festivals and at the appointed feasts the grain offering will be an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able, and a gallon of olive oil with each ephah of grain.

Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,

The width of the entrance was 17? feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8? feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.

According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.

On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.

add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

Among the dead they have made a bed for her, along with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for their terror had spread in the land of the living. They bear their shame along with those who descend to the pit; they are placed among the dead.

You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.

They put him in a collar with hooks; they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him to prison so that his voice would not be heard any longer on the mountains of Israel.

Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw a place at the extreme western end.

He will provide a grain offering: an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wishes, and a gallon of olive oil with each ephah of grain.

The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.

Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

Say to them, 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!'

"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.

Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, full of turmoil.

so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.

The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

Then he said to me, "These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people."

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87? feet long and 43? feet wide.

Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87? feet.

He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.

He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife,

Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion.

The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live.

Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, "This is the most holy place."

On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.

Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10? feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.

Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?"

On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.

There was a row of masonry around each of the four courts, and places for boiling offerings were made under the rows all around.

The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.

and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.

They will designate men to scout continually through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months.

You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.

Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters; and no human foot will disturb the waters again, nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.

The nations -- the surrounding regions -- attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

The word of the Lord came to me:

You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, at my slaughter which I have made for you.

I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.'

and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.

There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1? feet on either side; the alcoves were 10? feet on either side.

"For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided.

You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.

From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87? feet.

It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others --

He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43? feet from one entrance to the opposite one.

Then I will make their waters calm, and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.

He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses.

Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion.

Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west, Naphtali will have one portion.

All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation.

On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17? feet wide at a distance of 1? feet, and their entrances were on the north.

In the four corners of the court were small courts, 70 feet in length and 52? feet in width; the four were all the same size.

There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8? feet all around.

The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other.

Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west, Judah will have one portion.

Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion.

"On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull.

They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87? feet and its width 43? feet.

a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;

When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.

As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87? feet long.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion.

In your days of majesty, was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,

It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.

The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8? feet, and the open area between the side chambers of the temple

There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.

On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches.

Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.

The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437? feet, on the south 437? feet, on the east 437? feet, and on the west 437? feet.

The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city.

After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him.

He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17? feet, and the length of the gateway as 22? feet.

Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher will have one portion.

"But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword.

Its jambs faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord!

As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.'"

I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.

The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.

were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed that in every corner of the court there was a court.

Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion.

The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

When they come in, the prince will come in with them, and when they go out, he will go out.

Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances

You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.

There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; 87? feet long and 43? feet wide.

Thus they will provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the olive oil morning by morning, as a perpetual burnt offering.

Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other.

Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion.

Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west, Reuben will have one portion.

The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it.

There were porches all around, 43? feet long and 8? feet wide.

For the chambers on the outer court were 87? feet long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet long.

Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87? feet and its width 43? feet.

and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet.

He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.

Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87? feet and its width 43? feet.

He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.