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outer courtyard between the outer and inner
gateways; the distance was 175 feet.*
The North Gateway
20 The man measured the gateway on the north
just like the one on the east. 21 Here, too, there
were three guard alcoves on each side, with
dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway.
The gateway passage was 871⁄2 feet long and
433⁄4 feet wide between the back walls of facing
guard alcoves. 22 The windows, the entry room,
and the palm tree decorations were identical
to those in the east gateway. There were seven
steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and
the entry room was at the inner end of the gateway passage. 23 Here on the north side, just as
on the east, there was another gateway leading
to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between
the two gateways was 175 feet.
The South Gateway
24 Then the man took me around to the south
gateway and measured its various parts, and
they were exactly the same as in the others. 25 It
had windows along the walls as the others did,
and there was an entry room where the gateway
passage opened into the outer courtyard. And
like the others, the gateway passage was 871⁄2
feet long and 433⁄4 feet wide between the back
walls of facing guard alcoves. 26 This gateway
also had a stairway of seven steps leading up
to it, and an entry room at the inner end, and
palm tree decorations along the dividing walls.
27 And here again, directly opposite the outer
gateway, was another gateway that led into the
inner courtyard. The distance between the two
gateways was 175 feet.
Gateways to the Inner Courtyard
28 Then the man took me to the south gateway
leading into the inner courtyard. He measured
it, and it had the same measurements as the
other gateways. 29 Its guard alcoves, dividing
walls, and entry room were the same size as
those in the others. It also had windows along
its walls and in the entry room. And like the
others, the gateway passage was 871⁄2 feet long
and 433⁄4 feet wide. 30 (The entry rooms of the
gateways leading into the inner courtyard were
14 feet* across and 433⁄4 feet wide.) 31 The entry
room to the south gateway faced into the outer
courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its
40:19 Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 40:23, 27, 47.
40:30 As in 40:9, which reads 8 cubits [14 feet or 4.2 meters];
here the Hebrew reads 5 cubits [83⁄4 feet or 2.7 meters]. Some
Hebrew manuscripts and the Greek version lack this entire
verse. 40:37 As in Greek version (compare parallels at
40:26, 31, 34); Hebrew reads Its dividing wall. 40:42 Hebrew
11 ⁄2 cubits [80 centimeters] long and 11 ⁄2 cubits wide and
1 cubit [53 centimeters] high. 40:43 Hebrew a handbreadth
[8 centimeters]. 40:44a As in Greek version; Hebrew reads
rooms for singers. 40:44b As in Greek version; Hebrew
reads east.
EZEKIEL 40
columns, and there were eight steps leading to
its entrance.
32 Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and
it had the same measurements as the other gateways. 33 Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and
entry room were the same size as those of the
others, and there were windows along the walls
and in the entry room. The gateway passage
measured 871⁄2 feet long and 433⁄4 feet wide. 34 Its
entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had
palm tree decorations on its columns, and there
were eight steps leading to its entrance.
35 Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured
it, and it had the same measurements as the
other gateways. 36 The guard alcoves, dividing
walls, and entry room of this gateway had the
same measurements as in the others and the
same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 871⁄2 feet long and 433⁄4 feet wide.
37 Its entry room* faced into the outer courtyard,
and it had palm tree decorations on the columns.
There were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices
38 A door led from the entry room of one of the
inner gateways into a side room, where the meat
for sacrifices was washed. 39 On each side of this
entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial
animals were slaughtered for the burnt offerings,
sin offerings, and guilt offerings. 40 Outside the
entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to
the north entrance, were two more tables. 41 So
there were eight tables in all—four inside and
four outside—where the sacrifices were cut up
and prepared. 42 There were also four tables of
finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 311⁄2 inches square and 21 inches
high.* On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals. 43 There were hooks,
each 3 inches* long, fastened all around the foyer
walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.
Rooms for the Priests
44 Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms,*
one beside the north gateway, facing south,
and the other beside the south* gateway, facing north. 45 And the man said to me, “The room
beside the north inner gate is for the priests who
supervise the Temple maintenance. 46 The room
beside the south inner gate is for the priests in
charge of the altar—the descendants of Zadok—
for they alone of all the Levites may approach
the Lord to minister to him.”
The Inner Courtyard and Temple
47 Then the man measured the inner courtyard,
and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet
across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front
of the Temple. 48 Then he brought me to the