Ezekiel 42

1Then he brought me out into the outer court, to the east, in front of the gate which faces north; and he brought me, and behold, there were five halls adjoining the open space and five halls adjoining the boundary facing north,

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2up to a hundred cubits long toward the north, and the width was fifty cubits,

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3laid out in a pattern the same way as the gates leading into the inner court and the pillars of the outer court, and broken up into galleries of three stories in height.

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4In front of the halls there was a walk ten cubits wide and up to a hundred cubits in length. Their doorways faced north.

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5Now the upper walkways were just the same, because the pillars projected out from them, namely, the pillar which was below; thus was the pillar and the layout for the porches.

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6For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the outer courts; therefore, the upper level was projected out more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up.

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7There was light from without, as in the halls of the outer court which were facing the halls toward the north; they were fifty cubits in length.

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8Because the length of the halls which face the outer court was fifty cubits, and these were standing over against them, thus the whole was one hundred cubits.

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9Now there were doors of these halls at the entrance way for an outlet to the east, so one might enter through them from the outer court,

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10by the light which strikes at the head of the entrance. Along to the south, along the open space and the boundary, there were halls,

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11and there was a walk in front of them also, according to the measurement of the halls facing north. They were as long and as wide as the others, and so were all their exits and entrances and all their lights and doorways.

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12So were the measures of the entrances toward the south, according to the doorways at the head of the walkway, as it were, the distance of a reed for light, and eastward as one went in by them.

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13Then he said to me, 'The halls toward the north and the halls toward the south, according to the pattern of the layout, are the halls of the holy place, where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings, the sacrifices—the sin offering and the trespass offering—for the place is holy.

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14They shall not enter there, except for the priests. They shall not go out of there into the outer court, so those who draw near may be holy continually, and that nothing might touch their vestments in which they serve, because it is the holy place. They shall put on other garments when they touch the people.'

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15Now the measurement of the whole house was completed within. Then he led me along the way of the gate which faces east, and measured the whole pattern of the house all around in its plan.

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16He stood behind the gate which faces east and measured five hundred measuring stick units of measurement.

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17Then he turned to the north side and measured five hundred measuring stick units of measurement.

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18Then he turned toward the west and measured five hundred measuring stick units of measurement.

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19Then he turned toward the south and measured five hundred measuring stick units of measurement.

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20The four directions were the same measurement, and he planned it out, and the enclosing wall all around was five hundred units to the east and five hundred units in width for setting out the boundary wall between the holy precinct and the remaining layout of the house.

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