1 T hen he brought me to the outside open space toward the north. He brought me to the rooms which were on the other side of the open space and the building to the north.

Then 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.

2 T he building whose door faced north was as long as 100 cubits and as wide as fifty cubits.

Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

3 O ver from the place in the inner open space which was as wide as twenty cubits, and over from the stone floor in the outer open space, was a walkway on the three floors, one above the other.

Opposite 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.

4 I n front of the rooms was an inside walkway as wide as ten cubits and as long as 100 cubits. Their doors were on the north.

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

5 T he upper rooms were smaller because the walkways took more away from them than from the rooms on the first and second floors of the building.

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

6 F or the rooms on all three floors had no pillars like the other buildings on the grounds. So the upper rooms were smaller than the ones on the first and second floors.

For 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.

7 T here was an outside wall built beside the rooms toward the outer open space. It was in front of the rooms for fifty cubits.

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

8 T he rooms next to the outer open space were as long as fifty cubits, and those over from the Lord’s house were as long as 100 cubits.

For 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.

9 B elow these rooms was a door on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer open space.

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

10 T here were rooms in the width of the wall of the open space toward the east, over from the other open space and the other building.

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

11 T hese rooms had a walkway in front of them, and they were like the rooms on the north. They had the same length and width. The ways out of them were the same, and the doors were made the same way.

The 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.

12 A nd like the doors of the rooms on the south side, there was a door at the beginning of the walkway in front of the wall toward the east, as one goes into them.

Corresponding 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.

13 T hen he said to me, “The north rooms and the south rooms, over from the other open space, are the holy rooms where the religious leaders who go near the Lord eat the most holy things. There they will lay the most holy things, the grain gift, the sin gift, and the guilt gift. For the place is holy.

Then 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.

14 W hen the religious leaders go in, they are not to go out into the outer open space from the holy place without leaving behind the clothes they wear while they do the Lord’s work, for these are holy. They must put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.”

When 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.”

15 W hen he had finished showing me the lengths and widths of the inner house, he brought me out through the east gate. And he showed me the lengths of all the open space around the house.

Now 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.

16 H e showed me with his stick that the east side was as long as 500 sticks.

He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the measuring reed.

17 T he north side was as long as 500 sticks.

He measured on the north side five hundred reeds by the measuring reed.

18 T he south side was as long as 500 sticks.

On the south side he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

19 A nd the west side was as long as 500 sticks.

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

20 H e showed me the length of the four sides. It had a wall all around it, as long as 500 sticks and as wide as 500 sticks. This wall divided what was holy from what was not.

He 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.