Ezekiel 40

1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.

2 In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

3 So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

4 “Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”

5 And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

6 Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.

8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;

9 it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 There were three gate chambers on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the gateposts on either side also had the same measurements.

11 And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.

12 In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square.

13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.

14 Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.

15 And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.

16 The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.

17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,

18 which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

19 Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

20 He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

21 Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

22 Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

24 Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.

25 Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

26 Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.

27 The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

28 Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.

29 Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

30 (The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)

31 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.

32 And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

33 Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

34 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

35 Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,

36 as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

37 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

38 There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.

39 Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.

40 Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

41 So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

42 There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

43 The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.

45 Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”

47 Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

48 Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.

49 The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

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.

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.

11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

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.

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.

14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.

15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate [were] fifty cubits.

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.

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.

18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates [was] the lower pavement.

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.

20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

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.

30 And the arches round about [were] five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

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.

32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

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.

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.

35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured [it] according to these measures;

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.

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.

38 And the chambers and the entries thereof [were] by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

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 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.

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].

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.

43 And within [were] hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables [was] the flesh of the offering.

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.

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.

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.

47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house.

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.

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.

1 In the five and twentieth year of our imprisonment, in the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, which is the fourteenth year after the city was smitten, the same day the hand of the LORD came upon me, and brought me thither.

2 By divine visions, namely, into the land of Israel; and I stood upon a very high mountain, and there was there like a city built from the south.

3 And when he had brought me thither, behold, there was a man in the likeness of brass, having a cord of linen, and a measuring rod in his hand, standing under the gate.

4 And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, and hearken diligently, and mark the things which I shall shew thee. For therefore art thou brought, that I might shew thee these things, that thou mightest shew all these things, which thou seest here, unto the house of Israel.

5 And, behold, there went out a wall round about the house. And the man had a measuring rod in his hand, which was six cubits long; every cubit was a handbreadth longer than a cubit. He measured the width of the building by one rod, and the height by one rod.

6 And he came to the gate that was toward the east, and went up by his steps, and measured the thresholds of the gate, every threshold a rod broad.

7 And the chambers that were by the gate on either side measured he a rod by the length, and a rod by the breadth: and the space between the chambers was five cubits. And he measured also the thresholds of the gate of the hall from within one cubit.

8 And he measured the hall at the gate from within a rod.

9 And the hall of the gate measured eight cubits, and the bays thereof two cubits, and the hall from within the gate.

10 And the chambers were on every side three at the gate eastward, every one as wide as the other: and on both sides were bays of the same size.

11 And afterward he measured the breadth of the door of the gate, even ten cubits; and the length of the gate thirteen cubits.

12 And in the front of the chambers there was room on either side, every cubit: but the chambers were six cubits on either side.

13 And he measured the gate from the roof of the chamber unto the roof of the gate, twenty and five cubits broad; and the door was over against the door.

14 He made also oriels threescore cubits, and before every oriel a court by the gate round about.

15 And unto the porch of the inner gate, where they go in, were fifty cubits.

16 And there were narrow windows in the chambers, and in the oriels round about, at the gate round about. And there were windows in the inner parts of the halls round about, and palm trees in the oriels round about.

17 And he brought me to the outer court: and, behold, there were chambers and a pavement made round about in the court, and thirty chambers in the pavement.

18 And the higher pavement was at the gates, as long as the gates were, at the lower pavement.

19 And he measured the breadth of the lower gate before the inner court, an hundred cubits without, both toward the east and toward the north.

20 And he measured the gate that was toward the north, by the outer court, by the length thereof, and by the breadth thereof.

21 Which had also on every side three chambers, and had also his bays and halls, as great as at the former gate, fifty cubits the length, and twenty and five cubits the breadth.

22 And he had also his windows, and his halls, and his palm tree, as the gate eastward: and he had seven steps to go up, and his hall before it.

23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate that was northward and eastward, and measured an hundred cubits from gate to gate.

24 Afterward he brought me toward the south, and, behold, there was also a gate toward the south: and he measured the oriels thereof, and the halls thereof, like unto the rest.

25 They also had windows and halls round about, like unto those windows, fifty cubits long, and twenty and five cubits broad.

26 And there were also seven steps up, and a hall before it, and palm trees in the bays thereof on every side.

27 And he measured also the gate of the inner court toward the south, an hundred cubits from the one south gate unto the other.

28 And he brought me on through the south gate into the inner court: and he measured the same gate toward the south, as great as the rest,

29 With his chambers, and oriels, and halls, and windows thereof, as great as those round about, fifty cubits long, and twenty and five cubits broad.

30 And there went round about a hall twenty and five cubits long, and five cubits broad.

31 This stood in the front of the outer court, and had also palm trees in the oriels; but there were eight steps to go up.

32 And afterward he brought me to the inner gate toward the east, and measured the same as the other gates,

33 with his chambers, and his oriels, and his halls, and his windows, and his halls round about, as great as the others, fifty cubits long, and twenty and five cubits broad.

34 And had also a hall toward the outer court, and palm trees in the oriels on either side, and eight steps up.

35 And afterward he brought me to the gate toward the north, which he measured to be as great as the rest,

36 with his chambers, oriels, and halls, and their windows and halls round about, fifty cubits long, and twenty and five cubits broad.

37 And had also a hall toward the outer court, and palm trees in the oriels on either side, and eight steps up.

38 And down by the oriels of every gate was a chamber with a door, wherein they washed the burnt offering.

39 And in the hall that was before the gate were two tables on every side, whereon the burnt offerings, and the sin offerings, and the trespass offerings, were to be offered.

40 And on the other side, on the way up to the gate, toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, under the porch of the gate, were two tables.

41 So there were four tables on every side before the gate: that is, eight tables in the midst, whereon they slew.

42 And the four tables made for the burnt offering were of hewn stones, each a cubit and a half long and broad, and a cubit and a half high: and there were laid thereon all manner of vessels for the slaying of burnt offerings and sacrifices.

43 And there went round about bars bent inward, upward of a cross hand. And on the tables they were to lay the flesh of the sacrifice.

44 And without the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court: one on the side, beside the gate at midnight, which looked toward the south; the other on the side toward the east, which looked toward the midnight.

45 And he said unto me, The chamber toward the south belongeth unto the priests that minister in the house;

46 But the chamber toward the north belongeth unto the priests that minister upon the altar. These are the children of Zadok, which alone among the children of Levi shall come before the LORD to minister unto him.

47 And he measured the place of the house, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, squarely: and the altar was before the temple.

48 And he brought me in unto the hall of the temple, and measured the hall five cubits on every side, and the gate three cubits on every side.

49 And the hall was twenty cubits long, and eleven cubits broad, and had steps to go up; and pillars were at the bottom of the bays, one on each side.