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, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was 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.

Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.

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 inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against 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.

In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced 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 shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of 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 did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.

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.

And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; 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.

The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits.

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

At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into 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.

Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building.

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.

There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan.

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.

And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were 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.

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 separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord 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 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 them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.” Outer Dimensions of the Temple

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 temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces 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 the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.

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

He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.

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

He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

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

He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

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, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common.