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The Temple Area Restored
In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city — on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me and he took me there.
In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city — on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me and he took me there.
In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city.
In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city.
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.
As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.
The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”
He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”
Then he went to the east gate. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep.
There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1/2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3/4 feete along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1/2 feet front to back.
Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements.
There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical.
In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square.
The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.
The Outer Court
Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement.
Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement.
The Outer Courtyard
Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement.
It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement.
This pavement flanked the gates and extended out from the walls into the courtyard the same distance as the gateway entrance. This was the lower pavement.
The North Gate
Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court.
Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court.
The North Gateway
The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east.
Its alcoves — three on each side — its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
Its openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
The windows, the entry room, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east gateway. There were seven steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and the entry room was at the inner end of the gateway passage.
There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.
Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
The South Gate
Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
The South Gateway
Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its various parts, and they were exactly the same as in the others.
The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side.
This gateway also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and an entry room at the inner end, and palm tree decorations along the dividing walls.
The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.
And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner courtyard. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
The Gates to the Inner Court
Then 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.
Then 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.
Gateways to the Inner Courtyard
Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
(The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.)
Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.
The entry room to the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the entry room. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.
Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,
Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
as did its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
The Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices
A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed.
A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed.
Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices
A door led from the entry room of one of the inner gateways into a side room, where the meat for sacrifices was washed.
On each side of this entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.
By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables.
Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two more tables.
So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other — eight tables in all — on which the sacrifices were slaughtered.
So there were eight tables in all — four inside and four outside — where the sacrifices were cut up and prepared.
He said to me, “The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple,
And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance.
and the room facing north is for the priests who guard the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.”
The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar — the descendants of Zadok — for they alone of all the Levites may approach the LORD to minister to him.”
Then 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.
The Inner Courtyard and Temple
Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.