The Temple's Chambers

Ezekiel 42

1 Then he a brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the b north; and he brought me into c the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north. 2 Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. 3 Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the d pavement of the outer court, was e gallery against gallery in three stories. 4 In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building. 6 For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was 1 shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up. 7 And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits. 8 The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one f hundred cubits. 9 At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

10 Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. 11 g There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan. 12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a 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 chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD h shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings - i the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering - for the place is holy. 14 j "When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people."

15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner 2 temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the k east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured the east side with the 3 measuring rod, 4 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 side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. 20 He measured it on the four sides; l it had a wall all around, m five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the 5 common.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:1
    Then he brought me into the sanctuary and measured the doorposts, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side - the width of the tabernacle.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:20
    On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:12
    The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
    Ezekiel 41:15
    He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:17
    Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:15
    He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court.
    Ezekiel 41:16
    Their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows - the windows were covered -
    Ezekiel 42:5
    Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:13
    So he measured the temple, one hundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was one hundred cubits long.
    Ezekiel 41:14
    Also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was one hundred cubits.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 42:4
    In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:16
    And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it.
    Leviticus 6:26
    The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting.
    Leviticus 24:9
    "And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the LORD made by fire, by a perpetual statute."
    Ezekiel 43:19
    You shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,' says the Lord GOD.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.
    Leviticus 2:10
    And what is left of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.
    Leviticus 6:14
    This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the LORD.
    Leviticus 6:17
    It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the trespass offering.
    Leviticus 6:25
    Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the LORD. It is most holy.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:19
    When they go out to the outer court, to the outer court to the people, they shall take off their garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and put on other garments; and in their holy garments they shall not sanctify the people.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:6
    Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide.
    Ezekiel 43:1
    Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:18
    Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call your walls Salvation, And your gates Praise.
    Ezekiel 40:5
    Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
    Zechariah 2:5
    'For I,' says the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'"
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:2
    Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, five hundred by five hundred rods, with fifty cubits around it for an open space.
    Revelation 21:16
    The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.
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