Ezekiel 40:35-49

English Standard Version

³⁵ Then he brought me to ^(A)the north gate, and ^(B)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,^[a] and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. ³⁷ Its vestibule^[b] faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

³⁸ There was ^(C)a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate,^{[c] (D)}where the burnt offering was to be washed. ³⁹ And in the vestibule of the gate were two ^(E)tables on either side, on which the ^(F)burnt offering and the ^(G)sin offering and the ^(H)guilt offering were to be slaughtered. ⁴⁰ And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. ^41 (I)Four tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, ^(J)on which to slaughter. ⁴² And there were four tables ^(K)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 ^(L)burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. ⁴³ And hooks,^[d] a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

Chambers for the Priests

⁴⁴ On the outside of the inner gateway there were two ^(M)chambers^[e] in the ^(N)inner court, one^[f] at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south^[g] gate facing north. ⁴⁵ And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^(O)who have charge of the temple, ⁴⁶ and the chamber that faces north is for the priests ^(P)who have charge of the altar. These are ^(Q)the sons of Zadok, who alone^[h] among the sons of Levi may come ^(R)near to the Lord to minister to him.” ⁴⁷ And he measured the court, ^(S)a hundred cubits long and ^(T)a hundred cubits broad, a square. And ^(U)the altar was in front of the temple.

The Vestibule of the Temple

⁴⁸ Then he brought me to ^(V)the vestibule of the temple and measured the ^(W)jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate^[i] were three cubits on either side. ^49 (X)The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve^[j] cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps.^[k] And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.