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The
Temple Area Restored
40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our
captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of
the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was
smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon
me, and brought me thither.
40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of
Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was
as the frame of a city on the south.
40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a
man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with
a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he
stood in the gate.
40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with
thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart
upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I
might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare
all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
The East Gate to the
Outer Court
40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round
about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits
long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the
breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the
east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the
threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the
other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one
reed broad; and between the little chambers were five
cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the
gate within was one reed.
40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one
reed.
40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits;
and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate
was inward.
40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were
three on this side, and three on that side; they three were
of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side
and on that side.
40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate,
ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one
cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that
side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side,
and six cubits on that side.
40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little
chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and
twenty cubits, door against door.
40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto
the post of the court round about the gate.
40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto
the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers,
and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise
to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon
each post were palm trees.
The Outer Court
40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo,
there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round
about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over
against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of
the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court
without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
The North Gate
40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward
the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth
thereof.
40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this
side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the
arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the
length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and
twenty cubits.
40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm
trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh
toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps;
and the arches thereof were before them.
40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the
gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured
from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
The South Gate
40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold
a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof
and the arches thereof according to these measures.
40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches
thereof round about, like those windows: the length was
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the
arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one
on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts
thereof.
40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the
south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an
hundred cubits.
The Gates to the Inner
Court
40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south
gate: and he measured the south gate according to these
measures;
40:29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts
thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these
measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches
thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad.
40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty
cubits long, and five cubits broad.
40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court;
and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up
to it had eight steps.
40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the
east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts
thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these
measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches
thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad.
40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court;
and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side,
and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it
according to these measures;
40:36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and
the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the
length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty
cubits.
40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court;
and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side,
and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
The Rooms for Preparing
Sacrifices
40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the
posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this
side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt
offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry
of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side,
which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on
that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon
they slew their sacrifices.
40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt
offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an
half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the
instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the
sacrifice.
40:43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round
about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
The Rooms for the
Priests
40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the
singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the
north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at
the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the
north.
40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is
toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the
charge of the house.
40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is
for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar:
these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which
come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and
an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was
before the house.
The New Temple
40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and
measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side,
and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate
was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that
side.
40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the
breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps
whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the
posts, one on this side, and another on that side. |
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