42:1 And he brought me into the inner court
eastward, opposite the northern gate: and he brought me in, and behold five
chambers near the vacant space, and near the northern partition,
42:2 a hundred cubits in length toward the north, and in breadth fifty,
42:3 ornamented accordingly as the gates of the inner court, and arranged
accordingly as the peristyles of the outer court, [with] triple porticos
fronting one another.
42:4 And in front of the chambers was a walk ten cubits in breadth, the
length [reaching] to a hundred cubits; and their doors were northward.
42:5 And the upper walks were in like manner: for the peristyle projected
from it, [even] from the range of columns below, and [there was] a space
between; so [were there] a peristyle and a space between, and so [were
there] two porticos.
42:6 For they were triple, and they had not pillars like the pillars of the
outer ones: therefore they projected from the lower ones and the middle ones
from the ground.
42:7 And [there was] light without, corresponding to the chambers of the
outer court looking toward the front of the northern chambers; the length
[of them was] fifty cubits.
42:8 For the length of the chambers looking toward the inner court was fifty
cubits, and these are the ones that front the others; the whole was a
hundred cubits.
42:9 And [there were] doors of these chambers for an outlet toward the east,
so that one should go through them out of the outer court,
42:10 by the opening of the walk at the corner; and the south parts were
toward the south, toward the remaining space, and toward the partition, and
[so were] the chambers.
42:11 And the walk was in front of them, according to the measures of the
chambers toward the north, both according to the length of them, and
according to the breadth of them, and according to all their openings, an
according to all their turnings, and according to their lights, and
according to their doors.
42:12 [So were the measures] of the chambers toward the south, and according
to the doors at the entrance of the walk, as it were the distance of a reed
for light, and eastward as one went in by them.
42:13 And he said to me, The chambers toward the north, and the chambers
toward the south, in front of the void spaces, these are the chambers of the
sanctuary, wherein the priests the sons of Sadduc, who draw night to the
Lord, shall eat the most holy things: and there shall they lay the most holy
things, and the meat-offering, and the sin-offerings, and the
trespass-offerings; because the place is holy.
42:14 None shall go in thither except the priests, [and] they shall not go
forth of the holy place into the outer court, that they that draw nigh [to
me] may be continually holy, and may not touch their garments in which they
minister, [with defilement], for they are holy; and they shall put on other
garments whenever they come in contact with the people.
42:15 So the measurement of the house within was accomplished: and he
brought me forth by the way of the gate that looks eastward, and measured
the plan of the house round about in order.
42:16 And he stood behind the gate looking eastward, and measured five
hundred [cubits] with the measuring reed.
42:17 An he turned to the north and measured in front of the north [side]
five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
42:18 And he turned to the west, and measured in front of the west side,
five hundred [cubits] with the measuring reed.
42:19 And he turned to the south, and measured in front of the south side,
five hundred [cubits] by the measuring reed.
42:20 The [four sides he measured] by the same reed, and he marked out the
house and the circumference of the parts round about, [a space] of five
hundred [cubits] eastward, and a breadth of five hundred cubits, to make a
division between the sanctuary and the outer wall, that [belonged to] the
design of the house. |
42:1 Then he brought me forth into the utter
court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was
over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward
the north.
42:2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the
breadth was fifty cubits.
42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over
against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against
gallery in three stories.
42:4 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way
of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than
these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
42:6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of
the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and
the middlemost from the ground.
42:7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the
utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty
cubits.
42:8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty
cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.
42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one
goeth into them from the utter court.
42:10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the
east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
42:11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which
were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their
goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their
doors.
42:12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south
was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall
toward the east, as one entereth into them.
42:13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which
are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that
approach unto Yehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay
the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the
trespass offering; for the place is holy.
42:14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy
place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein
they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall
approach to those things which are for the people.
42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought
me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it
round about.
42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds,
with the measuring reed round about.
42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring
reed round about.
42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring
reed.
42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with
the measuring reed.
42:20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five
hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the
sanctuary and the profane place. |