In the atwenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the bcity was 1taken, on this very day the chand of the LORD was upon me and He brought me there.Lit struckEzek 32:1, 17; 33:212 Kin 25:1-7; Jer 39:1-9; 52:4-11; Ezek 33:21Ezek 1:3; 3:14, 22; 37:1 2 In the avisions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very bhigh mountain, and on it cto the south there was something like a dstructure of a city.Ezek 1:1; 8:3; Dan 7:1, 7Is 2:2, 3; Ezek 17:23; 20:40; 37:22; Mic 4:1; Rev 21:10Ps 48:2; Is 14:131 Chr 28:12, 19 3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of abronze, with a bthread of flax and a cmeasuring 1rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.Lit reed, and so throughout the chEzek 1:7; Dan 10:6; Rev 1:15Ezek 47:3; Zech 2:1, 2Rev 11:1; 21:15 4 And the man said to me, “aSon of man, bsee with your eyes, hear with your ears, and 1pay attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. cDeclare to the house of Israel all that you see.”Lit set your heartEzek 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 44:5Ezek 2:7, 8; 44:5Is 21:10; Jer 26:2; Acts 20:27
5 And behold, there was a awall on the outside of the 1temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six 2cubits, 3each of which was a 4cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the 5wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.Lit houseI.e., “long” cubits, see note 4Lit by the cubit andA cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cmLit buildingIs 26:1; Ezek 42:20 6 Then he went to the gate which faced aeast, went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod 1in width; and the other threshold was one rod 2in width.Or in depthEzek 8:16; 11:1; 40:20; 43:1 7 The aguardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate 1facing inward was one rod.Lit from the houseEzek 40:10-16, 21, 29, 33, 36 8 Then he measured the porch of the gate 1facing inward, one rod.Lit from the house 9 And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was 1faced inward.Lit from the house 10 The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side. 11 And he measured the width of the 1gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.Lit entrance of the gate 12 There was a 1barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side.Lit border 13 And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from one door to the door opposite. 14 He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the acourtyard.Ex 27:9; 1 Chr 28:6; Ps 100:4; Is 62:9; Ezek 8:7; 42:1 15 And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And there were 1ashuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were bpalm tree decorations.Or beveled inwards1 Kin 6:4; Ezek 41:16, 261 Kin 6:29, 32, 35; 2 Chr 3:5; Ezek 40:22, 26, 31, 34, 37; 41:18-20, 25, 26
17 Then he brought me into the aouter courtyard, and behold, there were bchambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers 1faced the pavement.Lit toEzek 10:5; 42:1; 46:21; Rev 11:22 Kin 23:11; 1 Chr 9:26; 23:28; 2 Chr 31:11; Ezek 40:38 18 And the pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was by the 1side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates.Lit shoulder 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the alower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner courtyard, a bhundred cubits on the east and on the north.Ezek 40:23, 27; 46:1, 2Ezek 40:23, 27
20 And as for the agate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width.Ezek 40:6 21 1It had three aguardrooms on each side; and its bside pillars and its porches 2had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was cfifty cubits, and the width dtwenty-five cubits.Lit Its guardrooms were threeLit wereEzek 40:7Ezek 40:16, 30Ezek 40:15Ezek 40:13 22 Its awindows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the bgate which faced east; and 1it was reached by seven csteps, and its 2porch was in front of them.Lit they were going up into itAnother reading is porchesEzek 40:16Ezek 40:6Ezek 40:26, 31, 34, 37, 49 23 The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a ahundred cubits from gate to gate.Ezek 40:19, 27
24 Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a agate toward the south; and he measured its bside pillars and its porches according to 1those same measurements.Lit these measurements, and so throughout the chEzek 40:6, 20, 35; 46:9Ezek 40:21 25 1The gate and its porches had awindows all around like 2those other windows; the length was bfifty cubits and the width, twenty-five cubits.Lit ItLit these windowsEzek 40:16, 22, 29Ezek 40:21, 33 26 There were seven asteps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had bpalm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side.Ezek 40:6, 22Ezek 40:16 27 The inner courtyard had a gate toward the asouth; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a bhundred cubits.Ezek 40:23, 32Ezek 40:19
28 Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate aaccording to those same measurements.Ezek 40:32, 35 29 Its aguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its bporches were according to those same measurements. And 1the gate and its porches had cwindows all around; it was dfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.Lit itEzek 40:7, 10, 21Ezek 40:16, 22, 25Ezek 40:21 30 There were aporches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.Ezek 40:16, 21 31 And its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and apalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight bsteps.Ezek 40:16Ezek 40:22, 26, 34, 37
32 Then he brought me into the ainner courtyard toward the east. And he measured the gate baccording to those same measurements.Ezek 40:28-31, 35Ezek 40:28 33 Its aguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And 1the gate and its porches had bwindows all around; it was cfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.Lit itEzek 40:29Ezek 40:16Ezek 40:21 34 Its aporches were toward the outer courtyard; and bpalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight csteps.Ezek 40:16Ezek 40:22, 37
35 Then he brought me to the anorth gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements,Ezek 40:27, 32; 44:4; 47:2 36 with its aguardrooms, its side pillars, and its bporches. And 1the gate had cwindows all around; the length was dfifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits.Lit itEzek 40:7, 29Ezek 40:16Ezek 40:21 37 And its side pillars were toward the outer courtyard; and apalm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight bsteps.Ezek 40:16Ezek 40:34
38 A achamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they brinse the burnt offering.1 Chr 28:12; Neh 13:5, 9; Jer 35:4; 36:10; Ezek 40:17; 41:10; 42:132 Chr 4:6 39 And in the porch of the gate were two atables on each side, on which to slaughter the bburnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.Ezek 40:42Lev 1:3-17; Ezek 46:2 40 On the outer 1side, 2as one went up to the 3gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other 4side of the porch of the gate were two tables.Lit shoulderLit to the one going upLit entrance of the gate 41 Four atables were on each side 1next to the gate; eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices.Lit to the shoulder ofEzek 40:39, 40 42 For the burnt offering there were four atables of bcut stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which they set the utensils with which they slaughter the cburnt offering and the sacrifice.Ezek 40:39Ex 20:25 43 And the double 1hooks, 2one hand width in length, were installed 3in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.Or ledgesAbout 3 in. or 7.5 cmOr inside
44 From the outside to the ainner gate were 1bchambers for the csingers in the inner courtyard, one of which was at the 2side of the north gate, with 3its front toward the south, and one at the 4side of the 5south gate facing north.LXX two chambersLit shoulderLit theirAs in LXX; MT eastEzek 40:23, 27Ezek 40:17, 381 Chr 6:31, 32; 16:41-43; 25:1-7 45 Then he said to me, “This is the achamber which faces south, intended for the priests who 1are bresponsible for the 2temple;Lit keep the duty ofLit houseEzek 40:17, 381 Chr 9:23; Ps 134:1 46 but the achamber which faces north is for the priests who 1are bresponsible for the altar. They are the csons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi dcome near to the LORD to serve Him.”Lit keep the duty ofEzek 40:17, 38Lev 6:12, 13; Ezek 44:151 Kin 2:35; Ezek 43:19; 48:11Lev 10:3; Num 16:5, 40; Ezek 42:13; 45:4 47 He measured the courtyard, a perfect square, a ahundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the 1temple.Lit houseEzek 40:19, 23, 27
48 Then he brought me to the aporch of the 1temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.Lit house1 Kin 6:3; 2 Chr 3:4 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and at the astairway by which it was ascended were bcolumns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.Ezek 40:31, 34, 371 Kin 7:15-22; 2 Chr 3:17; Jer 52:17-23; Rev 3:12