Ezekiel 40:1-48

Ezekiel 40:1-48

[1] In the five  and twentieth  year  of our captivity,  in the beginning  of the year,  in the tenth  day of the month,  in the fourteenth  year  after  that the city  was smitten,  in the selfsame  day  the hand  of the LORD  was upon me, and brought  [2] In the visions  of God  brought  he me into the land  of Israel,  and set  me upon a very  high  mountain,  by which was as the frame  of a city  on the south.  [3] And he brought  me thither, and, behold, there was a man,  whose appearance  of brass,  with a line  of flax  in his hand,  and a measuring  reed;  and he stood  in the gate.  [4] And the man  said  unto me, Son  of man,  behold  with thine eyes,  and hear  with thine ears,  and set  thine heart  upon all that I shall shew  thee; for to the intent  that I might shew  them unto thee art thou brought  hither: declare  all that thou seest  to the house  of Israel.  [5] And behold a wall  on the outside  of the house  round about,  and in the man's  hand  a measuring  reed  of six  cubits  and an hand breadth:  so he measured  the breadth  of the building,  one  reed;  and the height,  one  reed.  [6] Then came  he unto the gate  which looketh  toward  the east,  and went up  the stairs  thereof, and measured  the threshold  of the gate,  which was one  reed  broad;  and the other  threshold  of the gate, which was one  reed  broad.  [7] And every little chamber  was one  reed  long,  and one  reed  broad;  and between the little chambers  were five  cubits;  and the threshold  of the gate  by  the porch  of the gate  within  was one  reed.  [8] He measured  also the porch  of the gate  within,  one  reed.  [9] Then measured  he the porch  of the gate,  eight  cubits;  and the posts  thereof, two  cubits;  and the porch  of the gate  was inward.  [10] And the little chambers  of the gate  eastward  were three  on this side,  and three  on that side;  they three  were of one  measure:  and the posts  had one  measure  [11] And he measured  the breadth  of the entry  of the gate,  ten  cubits;  and the length  of the gate,  thirteen  cubits.  [12] The space  also before  the little chambers  was one  cubit  on this side, and the space  was one cubit  on that side: and the little chambers  were six  cubits  on this side, and six  cubits  [13] He measured  then the gate  from the roof  of one little chamber  to the roof  of another: the breadth  was five  and twenty  cubits,  door  [14] He made  also posts  of threescore  cubits,  even unto the post  of the court  round about  the gate.  [15] And from the face  of the gate  of the entrance  unto the face  of the porch  of the inner  gate  were fifty  cubits.  [16] And there were narrow  windows  to the little chambers,  and to their posts  within  the gate  round about,  and likewise to the arches:  and windows  were round about  inward:  and upon each post  were palm trees.  [17] Then brought  he me into the outward  court,  and, lo, there were chambers,  and a pavement  made  for the court  round about:  thirty  chambers  were upon the pavement.  [18] And the pavement  by the side  of the gates  over against  the length  of the gates  was the lower  pavement.  [19] Then he measured  the breadth  from the forefront  of the lower  gate  unto the forefront  of the inner  court  without,  an hundred  cubits  eastward  and northward.  [20] And the gate  of the outward  court  that looked  toward  the north,  he measured  the length  thereof, and the breadth  [21] And the little chambers  thereof were three  on that side; and the posts  thereof and the arches  thereof were after the measure  of the first  gate:  the length  thereof was fifty  cubits,  and the breadth  five  and twenty  cubits.  [22] And their windows,  and their arches,  and their palm trees,  were after the measure  of the gate  that looketh  toward  the east;  and they went up  unto it by seven  steps;  and the arches  thereof were before  them. [23] And the gate  of the inner  court  was over against the gate  toward the north,  and toward the east;  and he measured  from gate  an hundred  cubits.  [24] me toward  the south,  and behold a gate  toward  the south:  and he measured  the posts  thereof and the arches  thereof according to these measures.  [25] And there were windows  in it and in the arches  thereof round about,  like those windows:  the length  was fifty  cubits,  and the breadth  five  and twenty  cubits.  [26] And there were seven  steps  to go up  to it, and the arches  thereof were before  them: and it had palm trees,  one  on that side, upon the posts  thereof. [27] And there was a gate  in the inner  court  toward  the south:  and he measured  from gate  toward  the south  an hundred  cubits.  [28] And he brought  me to the inner  court  by the south  gate:  and he measured  the south  gate  according to these measures;  [29] And the little chambers  thereof, and the posts  thereof, and the arches  thereof, according to these measures:  and there were windows  in it and in the arches  thereof round about:  it was fifty  cubits  long,  and five  and twenty  cubits  broad.  [30] And the arches  round about  were five  and twenty  cubits  long,  and five  cubits  broad.  [31] And the arches  thereof were toward the utter  court;  and palm trees  were upon the posts  thereof: and the going up  to it had eight  steps.  [32] And he brought  me into the inner  court  toward  the east:  and he measured  the gate  according to these measures.  [33] And the little chambers  thereof, and the posts  thereof, and the arches  thereof, were according to these measures:  and there were windows  therein and in the arches  thereof round about:  it was fifty  cubits  long,  and five  and twenty  cubits  broad.  [34] And the arches  thereof were toward the outward  court;  and palm trees  were upon the posts  thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up  to it had eight  steps.  [35] And he brought  me to the north  gate,  and measured  it according to these measures;  [36] The little chambers  thereof, the posts  thereof, and the arches  thereof, and the windows  to it round about:  the length  was fifty  cubits,  and the breadth  five  and twenty  cubits.  [37] And the posts  thereof were toward the utter  court;  and palm trees  were upon the posts  thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up  to it had eight  steps.  [38] And the chambers  and the entries  thereof were by the posts  of the gates,  where they washed  the burnt offering.  [39] And in the porch  of the gate  were two  tables  on that side, to slay  thereon the burnt offering  and the sin offering  and the trespass offering.  [40] And at the side  without,  as one goeth up  to the entry  of the north  gate,  were two  tables;  and on the other  side,  which was at the porch  of the gate,  were two  tables.  [41] Four  tables  were on this side, and four  tables  on that side, by the side  of the gate;  eight  tables,  whereupon they slew  [42] And the four  tables  were of hewn  stone  for the burnt offering,  of a cubit  and an half  long,  and a cubit  and an half  broad,  and one  cubit  high:  whereupon also they laid  the instruments  wherewith they slew  the burnt offering  and the sacrifice.  [43] And within  were hooks,  an  hand  broad, fastened  round about:  and upon the tables  was the flesh  of the offering.  [44] And without  the inner  gate  were the chambers  of the singers  in the inner  court,  which was at the side  of the north  gate;  and their prospect  was toward  the south:  one  at the side  of the east  gate  having the prospect  toward  the north.  [45] And he said  unto me, This  chamber,  whose prospect  is toward  the south,  is for the priests,  the keepers  of the charge  of the house.  [46] And the chamber  whose prospect  is toward  the north  is for the priests,  the keepers  of the charge  of the altar:  these are the sons  of Zadok  among the sons  of Levi,  which come near  to the LORD  to minister  [47] So he measured  the court,  an hundred  cubits  long,  and an hundred  cubits  broad,  foursquare;  and the altar  that was before  the house.  [48] And he brought  me to the porch  of the house,  and measured  each post  of the porch,  five  cubits  on this side, and five  cubits  on that side: and the breadth  of the gate  was three  cubits  on this side, and three  cubits 

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