Ezekiel 42

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The guiding man led Ezekiel from the sanctuary into the outer court to inspect two symmetrical blocks of northern and southern chambers situated near the temple courtyard. These three-story structures featured galleries, inner walkways, and northern and southern doors, with the upper rooms set back because of the galleries. The man explained that these specific chambers were designated for the priests to consume the most holy offerings and to store sacred items before entering the outer court. After completing these inner measurements, the man led Ezekiel to the east gate to measure the outer area using a measuring rod. He measured the east, north, south, and west sides, each totaling five hundred cubits in length. A surrounding wall enclosed the entire area, establishing a precise boundary between the holy and the common spaces.

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¹Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side. ²The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide. ³Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court. ⁴In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north. ⁵Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. ⁶For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors. ⁷An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court. ⁸For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long. ⁹And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court. ¹⁰On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building, ¹¹with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. ¹²And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward. ¹³Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy. ¹⁴Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.” ¹⁵Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around: ¹⁶With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long. ¹⁷He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long. ¹⁸He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long. ¹⁹And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long. ²⁰So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.