The Chambers for the Priests
1 Then hebrought me out into the outer court, by the way toward thenorth; and he brought me intothe chamber whichwasopposite the separating courtyard, and whichwasopposite the building toward the north.
2 Facing the length,whichwasone hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door.
3 Opposite the inner court of twentycubits,and opposite thepavement of the outer court,wasgallery against gallery in threestories.
4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside,wasa walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.
5 Now the upper chamberswereshorter, because the galleries took awayspacefrom them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.
6 For theywerein threestoriesand did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; thereforetheupperlevelwas shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.
7 And a wall whichwasoutside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its lengthwasfifty cubits.
8 The length of the chambers toward the outer courtwasfifty cubits, whereas that facing the templewasonehundred cubits.
9 At the lower chamberswasthe entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.
10 Alsotherewerechambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building.
11 Therewasa walk in front of them also, and their appearancewaslike the chambers whichweretoward the north; theywereas long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entranceswereaccording to plan.
12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers thatwerefacing south, as one enters them,therewasa door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east.
13 Then he said to me, “The north chambersandthe south chambers, whichareopposite the separating courtyard,arethe holy chambers where the priests who approach theLordshall 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 placeisholy.
14 When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holychamberinto the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for theyareholy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approachthatwhichisfor the people.”
Outer Dimensions of the Temple
15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward theeast, and measured it all around.
16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.
17 He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.
18 He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
19 He came around to the west sideandmeasured five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
20 He measured it on the four sides;it had a wall all around,five hundredcubitslong and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common.