| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north. | 1Then the man led me out by way of the north gate into the outer court. He brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple yard and opposite the building to the north. |
| 2Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. | 2Along the length of the chambers, which was 175 feet, there was an entrance on the north; the width was 87 1/2 feet. |
| 3Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. | 3Opposite the 35 foot space belonging to the inner court and opposite the paved surface belonging to the outer court, the structure rose gallery by gallery in three tiers. |
| 4In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north. | 4In front of the chambers was a walkway toward the inside, 17 1/2 feet wide and 175 feet long, and their entrances were on the north. |
| 5Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building. | 5The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building. |
| 6For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up. | 6For they were arranged 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 middle stories. |
| 7And 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. | 7A wall on the outside ran in front of the chambers, parallel to them, toward the outer court; it was 87 1/2 feet long. |
| 8The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits. | 8For the chambers on the outer court were 87 1/2 feet long, while those facing the great hall were 175 feet long. |
| 9At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court. | 9At the base of these chambers there was an entryway on the east side as one enters them from the outer court. |
| 10Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. | 10In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the south, there were chambers facing the temple yard and the western building, |
| 11There 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. | 11with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that faced north. Their length and width, as well as all their exits, measurements, and entrances, were identical. |
| 12And 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. | 12The entrance at the beginning of the passageway, the way in front of the corresponding wall as one enters on the east side, was similar to the entrances of the chambers that were on the south side. |
| 13Then 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 shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—for the place is holy. | 13Then the man said to me, "The northern and southern chambers that face the courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will deposit the most holy offerings--the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings--for the place is holy. |
| 14When 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.” | 14Once the priests have entered, they are not to go out from the holy area to the outer court until they have removed the clothes they minister in, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the public area." |
| 15Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around. | 15When he finished measuring inside the temple complex, he led me out by way of the gate that faced east and measured all around the complex. |
| 16He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. | 16He measured the east side with a measuring rod; it was 875 feet by the measuring rod. |
| 17He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. | 17He measured the north side; it was 875 feet by the measuring rod. |
| 18He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. | 18He measured the south side; it was 875 feet by the measuring rod. |
| 19He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. | 19Then he turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring rod. |
| 20He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common. | 20He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy from the common. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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