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The Chambers for the Priests

1Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber whichwas opposite the separating courtyard, and whichwas opposite the building toward the north.2Facing the length,which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.3Opposite the inner court of twentycubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court,was gallery against gallery in threestories.4In front of the chambers, toward the inside,was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.5Now the upper chamberswere shorter, because the galleries took awayspace from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.6For theywere in threestories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; thereforethe upper level was[a]shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.7And a wall whichwas outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its lengthwas fifty cubits.8The length of the chambers toward the outer courtwas fifty cubits, whereas that facing the templewas one hundred cubits.9At the lower chamberswas the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

10Alsothere were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building.11There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearancewas like the chambers whichwere toward the north; theywere as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entranceswere according to plan.12And corresponding to the doors of the chambers thatwere facing south, as one enters them,there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east.

13Then he said to me, “The north chambersand the south chambers, whichare opposite the separating courtyard,are the holy chambers where the priests who approach theLord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—for the placeis holy.14When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holychamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for theyare holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approachthat whichis for the people.”

Outer Dimensions of the Temple

15Now when he had finished measuring the inner[b]temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around.16He measured the east side with the[c]measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.17He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.18He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.19He came around to the west sideand measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod.20He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundredcubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the[d]common.