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| 1Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north. | 1Then he brought me to the outer, north-facing courtyard into the chamber that stood opposite the structure that was facing north. |
| 2Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87 1/2 feet. | 2It stood 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide, with a door in the middle. |
| 3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. | 3Opposite the 20 cubits wide inner court, and opposite the paved area that comprised the outer court, there were three stories of galleries that faced each other. |
| 4In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17 1/2 feet wide at a distance of 1 3/4 feet, and their entrances were on the north. | 4In front of the chambers there was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and 100 cubits wide, the openings to which were on the north. |
| 5Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. | 5The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building. |
| 6For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones. | 6The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers. |
| 7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87 1/2 feet long. | 7The outer wall by the side of the chambers toward the outer court and facing the chambers was 50 cubits long. |
| 8For the chambers on the outer court were 87 1/2 feet long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet long. | 8While the chambers in the outer court were 50 cubits in length, the chambers facing the Temple were 100 cubits long. |
| 9Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court. | 9Below these chambers, as one might enter from the outer court, was the east side entrance. |
| 10At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers | 10There were chambers built into the thick part of the wall of the court facing the east; that is, facing the separate area toward the front of the building, |
| 11with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances | 11with a passageway in front of them, similar in appearance to the chambers that were on the north, proportional to their length and width, with all of their exits according to their arrangements and doorways. |
| 12were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters. | 12Corresponding to the chamber doorways facing the south was an opening at the beginning of the passage; that is, the passage in front of the corresponding part of the wall facing east as one might enter. |
| 13Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings--the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy. | 13Then he told me, "The north and south chamber, which are opposite the courtyard, are consecrated areas where the priests who approach the LORD will eat consecrated offerings and lay the consecrated grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, because the area is holy. |
| 14When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are." | 14When the priest enters, they will not enter the outer court from the sanctuary without having removed their garments worn during their time of ministry, because they are holy. They will put on different clothes, and then they will approach the area reserved for the people." |
| 15Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around. | 15After he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the east-facing gate and measured it all around. |
| 16He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick. | 16He measured the east side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 17He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. | 17the north side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 18He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. | 18the south side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 19He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick. | 19and the west side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick. |
| 20He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places. | 20He measured a wall that encompassed all four sides, 500 hundred long and 500 wide, dividing between the sacred and common areas. |
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