1 T hen he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north.

Then the man brought me forth into the outer court northward, and he brought me to the attached chambers that were opposite the temple yard and were opposite the building on the north.

2 A long the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

Before the long side of one hundred cubits was the door toward the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

3 O pposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery corresponding to gallery in three stories.

Adjoining the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was balcony facing balcony in three stories.

4 B efore the chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north.

And before the attached chambers was a walk inward of ten cubits breadth and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.

5 N ow the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.

Now the upper chambers were shorter, for the balconies took off from these more than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

6 F or they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.

For they were in three stories, but did not have pillars as the pillars of the court; therefore the upper chambers were set back more than the lower and the middle ones from the ground.

7 A s for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits.

And the wall or fence that was outside, opposite and parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, was fifty cubits long,

8 F or the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was a hundred cubits.

For the length of the chambers that were on the outer court was fifty cubits, while of those opposite the temple was a hundred cubits.

9 B elow these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

And under these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one approached them from the outer court.

10 I n the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers.

In the breadth of the wall of the court going toward the east, before the yard and before the building, were the chambers

11 T he way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north, according to their length so was their width, and all their exits were both according to their arrangements and openings.

With a passage before them that gave the appearance of the attached chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with similar exits and arrangements and doors.

12 C orresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them.

And like the doors of the chambers that were toward the south there was an entrance at the head of the way, the way before the dividing wall toward the east, as one enters them.

13 T hen he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separate area, they are the holy chambers where the priests who are near to the Lord shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; for the place is holy.

Then said the man to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the yard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there shall they lay the most holy things—the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass or guilt offering—for the place is holy.

14 W hen the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary without laying there their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people.”

When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court unless they lay aside there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy, separate, and set apart. They shall put on other garments before they approach that which is for the people.

15 N ow when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faced toward the east and measured it all around.

Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple area, he brought me forth toward the gate which faces east and measured it round about.

16 H e measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the measuring reed.

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

17 H e measured on the north side five hundred reeds by the measuring reed.

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

18 O n the south side he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

19 H e turned to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

He turned about to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

20 H e measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five hundred and the width five hundred, to divide between the holy and the profane.

He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, the length five hundred reeds and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.