Dual Panel1IN THE twenty-fifth year of our captivity [by Babylon], in the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city [of Jerusalem] was taken, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me to that place.
2In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me down upon a very high mountain, on the south side of which there was what seemed to be the structure of a city.
3He brought me there, and behold, there was a man [an angel] whose appearance was like bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring reed in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
4And the man said to me, Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears and set your heart {and} mind on all that I will show you, for you are brought here that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.
5And behold, there was a wall all around the outside area of the house [of the Lord], and in the man's hand a measuring reed six long cubits in length, each cubit being longer [than the usual one] by a handbreadth; so he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed, and the height, one reed.
6Then he came to the gate which faced the east and went up its [seven] steps and measured the threshold of the gateway, one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gateway [inside the thick wall], one reed broad.
7And every room for the guards was one reed long and one reed broad, and the space between the guardrooms {or} lodges was five cubits. And the threshold of the gate by the porch {or} vestibule of the gateway within was one reed.
8He measured also the porch {or} vestibule of the gate toward the house [of the Lord], one reed.
9Then he measured the porch {or} vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits, and its posts {or} jambs, two cubits. And the porch {or} vestibule of the gate was inside [toward the house of the Lord].
10And the guardrooms {or} lodges of the east gateway were three on this side and three on that side; the three were the same size, and the posts {or} jambs were the same size on either side.
11And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
12And a border {or} barrier before the guardrooms was one cubit on this side, and a border {or} barrier, one cubit on that side. And the guardrooms {or} lodges were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.
13And {the man} [an angel] measured the gate from the outer wall of one chamber {or} guardroom to the outer wall of another--a breadth of twenty-five cubits from door to door.
14And the open part of the porch {or} vestibule of the gateway on the outside was twenty cubits, the chambers {or} guardrooms of the gate being round about.
15And including this porch {or} vestibule of the gate on the outside and the porch {or} vestibule on the inside, the extent was fifty cubits.
16And there were closed windows to the guardrooms {or} chambers and to their posts {or} pillars within the gate round about, and likewise to the archway {or} vestibule; and windows were round about facing into the court, and upon each post {or} pillar were palm tree [decorations].
17Then he brought me into the outward court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement round about the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.
18And the pavement was along by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement.
19Then {the man} measured the distance from the inner front before the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.
20And the gate of the outward court which faced the north, of it he measured both the length and the breadth.
21And its guardrooms {or} lodges, three on this side and three on that side, and its posts {or} pillars and archway {or} vestibule were the same size as those of the first gate; the length was fifty cubits and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
22And its windows and its archway {or} vestibule and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faces toward the east. It was reached by going up seven steps, and the archway of its vestibule was on the inner side.
23Opposite the gate on the north and on the east was a gate to the inner court, and he [the man with the measuring rod of reed] measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
24After that {the man} brought me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south, and he measured its posts {or} pillars and its archway {or} vestibule; they measured as the others did.
25And there were windows round about in it and in its archway {or} vestibule, like those windows in the other gateways; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
26And there were seven steps going up to the gate, and its archway {or} vestibule was on the inside. And it had palm trees, one on this side and another on that side, carved on its posts {or} pillars.
27And there was a gate to the inner court on the south, and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.
28And {the man} [an angel] brought me into the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate; its measurements were the same as those of the other gateways.
29And its guardrooms {or} chambers and its posts {or} pillars and its archway {or} vestibule measured as did the others. And there were windows in the gateway and in its archway {or} vestibule round about; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
30And there was an archway {or} a vestibule round about, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
31And its [arched] vestibule faced the outer court; and palm trees were carved upon its posts {or} pillars, and the steps going up to it were eight.
32And he brought me into the inner court toward the east and he measured the gate; it measured the same as the others.
33And its guardrooms {or} chambers and its posts {or} pillars and its archway {or} vestibule measured as did the others. And there were windows in it and in its [arched] vestibule round about; the gateway was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
34And its [arched] vestibule faced the outer court; and palm trees were carved upon its posts {or} pillars on either side, and the steps leading to it were eight.
35And {the man} [an angel] brought me to the north gate and measured it; the measurements were the same as those of the other gates.
36Its guardrooms {or} chambers, its posts {or} pillars, its [arched] vestibule, and the windows to it round about [were of the same size as the others]. The length of the gateway was fifty cubits and the width was twenty-five cubits.
37And its posts {or} pillars were toward the outer court, and palm trees were carved upon them on either side. And the approach to it had eight steps.
38There was an attached chamber with its door beside the posts {or} pillars of the gates where the burnt offering was to be washed.
39And in the porch {or} vestibule of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass {or} guilt offering.
40And on the one side without, as one goes up to the entrance of the gate to the north, were two tables; and on the other side at the vestibule of the gate were two tables.
41Four tables were on the inside and four tables on the outside of the side of the gate, eight tables upon which the sacrifices were to be slain.
42Moreover, there were four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high. Upon them were to be laid the instruments with which were slain the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
43And slabs {or} hooks a handbreadth long were fastened within [the room] round about. Upon the tables was to be placed the flesh of the offering.
44Then {the man} [an angel] led me [from without] into the inner court, and behold, there were two chambers in the inner court: one beside the north gate but facing the south, and one beside the south gate but looking toward the north.
45And {the man} [an angel who was guiding me] said, This chamber with its view to the south is for the priests who have charge of the house [of the Lord],
46And the chamber with its view to the north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to Him.
47And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was in front of the house [of the Lord].
48Then he brought me to the porch {or} vestibule of the temple proper, and he measured each post {or} pillar of the porch, five cubits on either side. And the width of the gate was three cubits for this [leaf] and three cubits for that one.
49And the length of the porch {or} vestibule was twenty cubits and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps by which it was reached, and there were two pillars standing on the posts [as bases] {or} beside them, one on either side of the entrance.