Chapter 40

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 ⁶²⁴⁰ year after that the city was smitten,⁹⁰ in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought⁵⁵ me thither.

In the visions of God brought⁵² he me into the land of Israel, and set⁵⁵ me upon a very high mountain, by which [was] as the frame of a city on the south.

And he brought⁵⁵ 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 stood⁶ in the gate.

And the man said¹⁷ unto me, Son of man, behold³ with thine eyes, and hear³ with thine ears, and set³ thine heart upon all that I shall shew⁵⁶ thee; for to the intent that I might shew⁵³ [them] unto thee [art] thou brought⁹⁰ hither: declare⁵⁴ all that thou seest⁶ to the house of Israel.

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, ⁵⁴³⁹ and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured⁴ the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Then came⁴ he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up⁴ the stairs thereof, and measured⁴ the threshold of the gate, [which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold [of the gate, which was] one reed broad.

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.

He measured⁴ also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

Then measured⁴ he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate [was] inward.

And the little chambers of the gate eastward ⁶⁹²¹ [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.

And he measured⁴ the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen ⁶²⁴⁰ cubits.

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.

He measured⁴ 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.

He made⁴ also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.

And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate [were] fifty cubits.

And [there were] narrow⁵ windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, ⁵⁴³⁹ and likewise to the arches: and windows [were] round about ⁵⁴³⁹ inward: and upon [each] post [were] palm trees.

Then brought⁵⁵ he me into the outward court, and, lo, [there were] chambers, and a pavement made⁷ for the court round about: ⁵⁴³⁹ thirty chambers [were] upon the pavement.

And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates [was] the lower pavement.

Then he measured⁴ the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured¹ the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

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.

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 up⁴ unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof [were] before them.

And the gate of the inner court [was] over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured⁴ from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

After that he brought⁵⁵ me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured¹ the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

And [there were] windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, ⁵⁴³⁹ like those windows: the length [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

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.

And [there was] a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured⁴ from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

And he brought⁵⁵ me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured⁴ the south gate according to these measures;

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: ⁵⁴³⁹ [it was] fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

And the arches round about ⁵⁴³⁹ [were] five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

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.

And he brought⁵⁵ me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured⁴ the gate according to these measures.

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: ⁵⁴³⁹ [it was] fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

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.

And he brought⁵⁵ me to the north gate, and measured¹ [it] according to these measures;

The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: ⁵⁴³⁹ the length [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

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.

And the chambers and the entries thereof [were] by the posts of the gates, where they washed⁵⁵ the burnt offering.

And in the porch of the gate [were] two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay² thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

And at the side without, as one goeth up⁶ 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.

Four tables [were] on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew⁴ [their sacrifices].

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 laid⁵⁵ the instruments wherewith they slew⁴ the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

And within [were] hooks, an hand broad, fastened⁹⁴ round about: ⁵⁴³⁹ and upon the tables [was] the flesh of the offering.

And without the inner gate [were] the chambers of the singers⁶ 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.

And he said¹⁷ unto me, This chamber, whose prospect [is] toward the south, [is] for the priests, the keepers⁶ of the charge of the house.

And the chamber whose prospect [is] toward the north [is] for the priests, the keepers⁶ of the charge of the altar: these [are] the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister¹⁵ unto him.

So he measured⁴ the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare;³⁰ and the altar [that was] before the house.

And he brought⁵⁵ me to the porch of the house, and measured⁴ [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.

The length of the porch [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven ⁶²⁴⁰ cubits; and [he brought me] by the steps whereby they went up⁴ to it: and [there were] pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.