Ezekiel 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.
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.
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