In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenthdayof the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of theLORDwas upon me, and brought me thither.
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by whichwasas the frame of a city on the south.
And he brought me thither, and, behold,there wasa man, whose appearancewaslike the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
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 shewthemunto theeartthou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubitslongby the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
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 wasone reed broad; and the other thresholdof the gate, which wasone reed broad.
Andeverylittle chamberwasone reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chamberswerefive cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate withinwasone reed.
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gatewasinward.
And the little chambers of the gate eastwardwerethree on this side, and three on that side; they threewereof one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits;andthe length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
The space also before the little chamberswasone cubiton this side, and the spacewasone cubit on that side: and the little chambersweresix cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
He measured then the gate from the roof ofonelittle chamber to the roof of another: the breadthwasfive and twenty cubits, door against door.
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gatewerefifty cubits.
Andthere werenarrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windowswereround about inward: and uponeachpostwerepalm trees.
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo,there werechambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chamberswereupon the pavement.
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gateswasthe lower pavement.
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.
And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
And the little chambers thereofwerethree on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereofwasfifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees,wereafter the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereofwerebefore them.
And the gate of the inner courtwasover against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
After that he brought 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.
Andthere werewindows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the lengthwasfifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
Andthere wereseven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereofwerebefore them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
Andthere wasa gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: andthere werewindows in it and in the arches thereof round about:it wasfifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
And the arches round aboutwerefive and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
And the arches thereofweretoward the utter court; and palm treeswereupon the posts thereof: and the going up to ithadeight steps.
And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof,wereaccording to these measures: andthere werewindows therein and in the arches thereof round about:it wasfifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
And the arches thereofweretoward the outward court; and palm treeswereupon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to ithadeight steps.
And he brought me to the north gate, and measureditaccording to these measures;
The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the lengthwasfifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
And the posts thereofweretoward the utter court; and palm treeswereupon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to ithadeight steps.
And the chambers and the entries thereofwereby the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
And in the porch of the gateweretwo tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate,weretwo tables; and on the other side, whichwasat the porch of the gate,weretwo tables.
Four tableswereon this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slewtheir sacrifices.
And the four tableswereof 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.
And withinwerehooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tableswasthe flesh of the offering.
And without the inner gatewerethe chambers of the singers in the inner court, whichwasat the side of the north gate; and their prospectwastoward the south: one at the side of the east gatehavingthe prospect toward the north.
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospectistoward the south,isfor the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
And the chamber whose prospectistoward the northisfor the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: thesearethe sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to theLORDto minister unto him.
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altarthat wasbefore the house.
And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measuredeachpost of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gatewasthree cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
The length of the porchwastwenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; andhe brought meby the steps whereby they went up to it: andthere werepillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.