[1] In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on
the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was
conquered, on that very day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, [2] and
brought me in the visions of God into the land of Israel, and set me down
upon a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city opposite
me. [3] When he brought me there, behold, there was a man, whose appearance
was like bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring reed in his hand; and
he was standing in the gateway. [4] And the man said to me, "Son of man,
look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your mind upon all
that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show
it to you; declare all that you see to the house of Israel." [5] And
behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the
length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each
being a cubit and a handbreadth in length; so he measured the thickness of
the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. [6] Then he went into the
gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the
gate, one reed deep; [7] and the side rooms, one reed long, and one reed
broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold
of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed. [8]
Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; [9] and its
jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end. [10]
And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate; the three
were of the same size; and the jambs on either side were of the same size.
[11] Then he measured the breadth of the opening of the gateway, ten
cubits; and the breadth of the gateway, thirteen cubits. [12] There was a
barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side; and the side rooms
were six cubits on either side. [13] Then he measured the gate from the
back of the one side room to the back of the other, a breadth of five and
twenty cubits, from door to door. [14] He measured also the vestibule,
twenty cubits; and round about the vestibule of the gateway was the court.
[15] From the front of the gate at the entrance to the end of the inner
vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. [16] And the gateway had windows
round about, narrowing inwards into their jambs in the side rooms, and
likewise the vestibule had windows round about inside, and on the jambs
were palm trees. [17] Then he brought me into the outer court; and behold,
there were chambers and a pavement, round about the court; thirty chambers
fronted on the pavement. [18] And the pavement ran along the side of the
gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower
pavement. [19] Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the
lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits.  Then
he went before me to the north, [20] and behold, there was a gate which
faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court. He measured its
length and its breadth. [21] Its side rooms, three on either side, and its
jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate;
its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. [22] And
its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as
those of the gate which faced toward the east; and seven steps led up to
it; and its vestibule was on the inside. [23] And opposite the gate on the
north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court; and he measured from
gate to gate, a hundred cubits. [24] And he led me toward the south, and
behold, there was a gate on the south; and he measured its jambs and its
vestibule; they had the same size as the others. [25] And there were
windows round about in it and in its vestibule, like the windows of the
others; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
[26] And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was on
the inside; and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. [27]
And there was a gate on the south of the inner court; and he measured from
gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits. [28] Then he brought me to
the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it was
of the same size as the others; [29] Its side rooms, its jambs, and its
vestibule were of the same size as the others; and there were windows round
about in it and in its vestibule; its length was fifty cubits, and its
breadth twenty-five cubits. [30] And there were vestibules round about,
twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad. [31] Its vestibule faced the
outer court, and palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight
steps. [32] Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he
measured the gate; it was of the same size as the others. [33] Its side
rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others;
and there were windows round about in it and in its vestibule; its length
was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. [34] Its vestibule
faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either
side; and its stairway had eight steps. [35] Then he brought me to the
north gate, and he measured it; it had the same size as the others. [36]
Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the
others; and it had windows round about; its length was fifty cubits, and
its breadth twenty-five cubits. [37] Its vestibule faced the outer court,
and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side; and its stairway
had eight steps. [38] There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of
the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed. [39] And in the
vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side, on which the burnt
offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be
slaughtered. [40] And on the outside of the vestibule at the entrance of
the north gate were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of
the gate were two tables. [41] Four tables were on the inside, and four
tables on the outside of the side of the gate, eight tables, on which the
sacrifices were to be slaughtered. [42] And there were also four tables of
hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and
a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid
with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. [43]
And hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened round about within. And on the
tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid. [44] Then he brought me
from without into the inner court, and behold, there were two chambers in
the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other
at the side of the south gate facing north. [45] And he said to me, This
chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,
[46] and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge
of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi
may come near to the LORD to minister to him. [47] And he measured the
court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and
the altar was in front of the temple. [48] Then he brought me to the
vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule, five
cubits on either side; and the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits; and
the sidewalls of the gate were three cubits on either side. [49] The length
of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits; and ten
steps led up to it; and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

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