40:1 And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth
year of our captivity, in the first month, on the tenth [day] of the month,
in the fourteenth year after the taking of the city, in that day the hand of
Yehovah was upon me, and brought me
40:2 in a vision of Elohim into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high
mountain, and upon it [there was] as it were the frame of a city before
[me].
40:3 And he brought me in thither, and, behold, [there was] a man, and the
appearance of him was as the appearance of shining brass, and in his hand
was a builder's line, and a measuring reed; and he stood at the gate.
40:4 And the man said to me, Look with thine eyes at him whom thou hast
seen, son of man, and hear with thine ears, and lay up in thine heart all
things that I show thee; for thou hast come in hither that [I] might show
thee, and thou shalt show all things that thou seest to the house of Israel.
40:5 And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man's hand
a reed, the measure [of it was] six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he
measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the
length of it equal to the reed.
40:6 And he entered by seven steps into the gate that looks eastward, and he
measured across the porch of the gate equal to the reed.
40:7 And the chamber was equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth
to the reed; and the porch between the chambers six cubits; and the second
chamber equal in breadth to the reed, and equal in length to the reed, and
the porch five cubits.
40:8 And the third chamber equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth
to the reed.
40:9 And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits;
and the posts there of two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward:
40:10 and the chambers of the gate of the chamber in front [were] three n
one side and three on the other, and [there was] one measure to the three:
[there was] one measure to the porches on this side and on that.
40:11 And he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway, ten cubits;
and the breadth of the gateway thirteen cubits.
40:12 And the space before the chambers was narrowed to a cubit in front of
the chambers on this side and on that side: and the chamber was six cubits
this way, and six cubits that way.
40:13 And he measured the gate from the wall of one chamber to the wall of
the other chamber: the breadth was twenty-five cubits, the one gate over
against the other gate.
40:14 And the open space of the porch of the gate without, was twenty cubits
to the chambers round about the gate.
40:15 And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch
of the gate within was fifty cubits.
40:16 And [there were] secret windows to the chambers, and to the porches
within the gate of the court round about, and in the same manner windows to
the porches round about within: and on the porch [there were] palm-trees on
this side and on that side.
40:17 And he brought me into the inner court, and, behold, [there were]
chambers, and peristyles round about the court; thirty chambers within the
ranges of columns.
40:18 And the porticos were behind the gates; according to the length of the
gates, was the lower peristyle.
40:19 And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the
outer gate inwards to the open space of the gate looking outwards: a hundred
cubits [was the distance to the place] of the gate looking eastward: and he
brought me to the north;
40:20 and behold a gate looking northwards [belonging to] the outer court,
and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth;
40:21 and the chambers, three on this side and three on that; and the posts,
and the porches, and the palm-trees thereof: and they were according to the
measures of the gate that looks eastward: the length thereof was fifty
cubits, and the breadth thereof was twenty-five cubits. 40:22 And its
windows, and its porches, and its palm-trees, were according to [the
dimensions of] the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven
steps; and the porches were within.
40:23 And [there was] a gate to the inner court looking toward the north
gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured
the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
40:24 And he brought me to the south side, and behold a gate looking
southwards: and he measured it, and its chambers, and its posts, and its
porches, according to these dimensions.
40:25 And its windows and its porches round about were according to the
windows of the porch: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth
thereof was five and twenty cubits.
40:26 And it had seven steps, and porches within: and it [had] palm-trees on
the posts, one on one side, and one on the other side.
40:27 And [there was] a gate opposite the gate of the inner court southward:
and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits in breadth
southward.
40:28 And he brought me into the inner court of the south gate: and he
measured the gate according to these measures;
40:29 and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches, according to these
measures: and [there were] windows to it and to the porches round about: its
length was fifty cubits, and [its] breadth twenty-five cubits,
40:30
40:31 from the porch to the outer court: and [there were] palm-trees to the
post [thereof], and eight steps.
40:32 And he brought me in at the gate that looks eastward: and he measured
it according to these measures:
40:33 and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches according to these
measures: and [there were] windows to it, and porches round about: the
length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty-five cubits.
40:34 And [there were] porches [opening] into the inner court, and
palm-trees on the posts on this side and on that side: and it [had] eight
steps.
40:35 And he brought me in at the northern gate, and measured [it] according
to these measures;
40:36 and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches: and it [had] windows
round about, and [it had] its porches: the length of it was fifty cubits,
and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
40:37 And its porches were toward the inner court; and [there were]
palm-trees to the posts on this side and on that side: and it [had] eight
steps.
40:38 Its chambers and its door-ways, and its porches at the second gate
[served as] a drain,
40:39 that they might slay in it the sin-offerings, and the
trespass-offerings.
40:40 And behind the drain for the whole-burnt-offerings at the north
[gate], two tables eastward behind the second gate; and [behind] the porch
of the gate two tables eastward.
40:41 Four on one side and four on the other side behind the gate; upon them
they kill the victims, in front of the eight tables of sacrifices.
40:42 And [there were] four tables of hewn stone for whole-burnt-offerings,
the breadth [of them was] a cubit and a half, and the length [of them] two
cubits [and] a half, and [their] height was a cubit: on them they shall
place the instruments with which they slay there the whole-burnt-offerings
and the victims.
40:43 And they shall have within a border of hewn stone round about of a
span broad, and over the tables above screens for covering [them] from the
wet and from the heat.
40:44 And he brought me into the inner court, and behold [there were] two
chambers in the inner court, one behind the gate looking to the north,
turning southward, and one behind the southern gate, but which looks to the
north.
40:45 And he said to me, This chamber that looks to the south, is for the
priests that keep the charge of the house.
40:46 And the chamber that looks to the north is for the priests that keep
the charge of the altar: they are the sons of Sadduc, those of the tribe of
Levi who draw near to Yehovah to serve him.
40:47 And he measured the court, the length [whereof was] a hundred cubits,
and the breadth a hundred cubits, on its four sides; and the altar in front
of the house.
40:48 And he brought me into the porch of the house; and he measured the
post of the porch, the breadth was five cubits on one side and five cubits
on the other side; and the breadth of the door [was] fourteen cubits, and
the side-pieces of the door of the porch [were] three cubits on one side,
and three cubits on the other side.
40:49 And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve
cubits; and they went up to it by ten steps; and [there were] pillars to the
porch, one on this side and one on that side. |
40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our
captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in
the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the
hand of Yehovah was upon me, and brought me thither.
40:2 In the visions of Elohim brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me
upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose
appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his
hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear
with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to
the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare
all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the
man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand
breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the
height, one reed.
40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up
the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one
reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and
between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate
by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts
thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side,
and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had
one measure on this side and on that side.
40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and
the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side,
and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six
cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the
roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the
court round about the gate.
40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the
porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their
posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows
were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were
chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers
were upon the pavement.
40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of
the gates was the lower pavement.
40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto
the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and
northward.
40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he
measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on
that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the
measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits.
40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after
the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto
it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the
north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred
cubits.
40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward
the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof
according to these measures.
40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about,
like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and
twenty cubits.
40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were
before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that
side, upon the posts thereof.
40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he
measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he
measured the south gate according to these measures;
40:29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in
the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad.
40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five
cubits broad.
40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees
were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he
measured the gate according to these measures.
40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein
and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five
and twenty cubits broad.
40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees
were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going
up to it had eight steps.
40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to
these measures;
40:36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and
the breadth five and twenty cubits.
40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were
upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to
it had eight steps.
40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the
gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two
tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering
and the trespass offering.
40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north
gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the
gate, were two tables.
40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the
side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a
cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high:
whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt
offering and the sacrifice.
40:43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon
the tables was the flesh of the offering.
40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the
inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was
toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect
toward the north.
40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south,
is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests,
the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among
the sons of Levi, which come near to Yehovah to minister unto him.
40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred
cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of
the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the
breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that
side.
40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there
were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. |