40:1In the twenty and fifth year of our removal, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in this self-same day hath a hand of Jehovah been upon me, and He bringeth me in thither;

40:2in visions of God He hath brought me in unto the land of Israel, and causeth me to rest on a very high mountain, and upon it is as the frame of a city on the south.

40:3And He bringeth me in thither, and lo, a man, his appearance as the appearance of brass, and a thread of flax in his hand, and a measuring-reed, and he is standing at the gate,

40:4and the man speaketh unto me: `Son of man, see with thine eyes, And with thine ears hear, And set thy heart to all that I am shewing thee, For, in order to shew it thee, Thou hast been brought in hither, Declare all that thou art seeing to the house of Israel.'

40:5And lo, a wall on the outside of the house all round about, and in the hand of the man a measuring-reed, six cubits by a cubit and a handbreadth, and he measureth the breadth of the building one reed, and the height one reed.

40:6And he cometh in unto the gate whose front is eastward, and he goeth up by its steps, and he measureth the threshold of the gate one reed broad, even the one threshold one reed broad,

40:7and the little chamber one reed long and one reed broad, and between the little chambers five cubits, and the threshold of the gate, from the side of the porch of the gate from within, one reed.

40:8And he measureth the porch of the gate from within one reed,

40:9and he measureth the porch of the gate eight cubits, and its posts two cubits, and the porch of the gates from within,

40:10and the little chambers of the gate eastward, three on this side, and three on that side; one measure is to them three, and one measure is to the posts, on this side and on that side.

40:11And he measureth the breadth of the opening of the gate ten cubits, the length of the gate thirteen cubits;

40:12and a border before the little chambers, one cubit, and one cubit is the border on this side, and the little chamber is six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

40:13And he measureth the gate from the roof of the one little chamber to the roof of another; the breadth twenty and five cubits, opening over-against opening.

40:14And he maketh the posts of sixty cubits, even unto the post of the court, the gate all round about;

40:15and by the front of the gate of the entrance, by the front of the porch of the inner gate, fifty cubits;

40:16and narrow windows are unto the little chambers, and unto their posts at the inside of the gate all round about -- and so to the arches -- and windows all round about are at the inside, and at the post are palm-trees.

40:17And he bringeth me in unto the outer court, and lo, chambers and a pavement made for the court all round about -- thirty chambers on the pavement --

40:18and the pavement unto the side of the gates over-against the length of the gates is the lower pavement;

40:19and he measureth the breadth from before the lower gate, to the front of the inner court, on the outside, a hundred cubits, eastward and northward.

40:20As to the gate of the outer court whose front is northward, he hath measured its length and its breadth;

40:21and its little chambers, three on this side, and three on that side, and its posts and its arches have been according to the measure of the first gate, fifty cubits its length, and the breadth five and twenty by the cubit;

40:22and its windows, and its arches, and its palm-trees are according to the measure of the gate whose face is eastward, and by seven steps they go up on it, and its arches are before them.

40:23And the gate of the inner court is over-against the gate at the north and at the east; and he measureth from gate unto gate, a hundred cubits.

40:24And he causeth me to go southward, and lo, a gate southward, and he hath measured its posts and its arches according to these measures;

40:25and windows are to it and to its arches all round about, like these windows, fifty cubits the length, and the breadth five and twenty cubits;

40:26and seven steps are its ascent, and its arches are before them, and palm-trees are to it, one on this side, and one on that side, at its posts;

40:27and the gate of the inner court is southward, and he measureth from gate unto gate southward, a hundred cubits.

40:28And he bringeth me in unto the inner court by the south gate, and he measureth the south gate according to these measures;

40:29and its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches are according to these measures, and windows are to it and to its arches all round about; fifty cubits the length, and the breadth twenty and five cubits.

40:30As to the arches all round about, the length is five and twenty cubits, and the breadth five cubits;

40:31and its arches are unto the outer court, and palm-trees are unto its posts, and eight steps are its ascent.

40:32And he bringeth me in unto the inner court eastward, and he measureth the gate according to these measures;

40:33and its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches are according to these measures: and windows are to it and to its arches all round about, the length fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits;

40:34and its arches are toward the outer court, and palm-trees are toward its posts, on this side and on that side, and eight steps are its ascent.

40:35And he bringeth me in unto the north gate, and hath measured according to these measures;

40:36its little chambers, its posts, and its arches; and windows are to it all round about: the length fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits;

40:37and its posts are to the outer court, and palm-trees are unto its posts, on this side and on that side, and eight steps are its ascent.

40:38And the chamber and its opening is by the posts of the gates, there they purge the burnt-offering.

40:39And in the porch of the gate are two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slaughter on them the burnt-offering, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering;

40:40and at the side without, at the going up to the opening of the north gate, are two tables; and at the other side that is at the porch of the gate, are two tables;

40:41four tables are on this side, and four tables on that side, at the side of the gate, eight tables on which they slaughter.

40:42And the four tables for burnt-offering are of hewn stone: the length one cubit and a half, and the breadth one cubit and a half, and the height one cubit: on them they place the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.

40:43And the boundaries are one handbreadth, prepared within all round about: and on the tables is the flesh of the offering.

40:44And on the outside of the inner gate are chambers of the singers, in the inner court, that are at the side of the north gate, and their fronts are southward, one at the side of the east gate hath the front northward.

40:45And he speaketh unto me: `This chamber, whose front is southward, is for priests keeping charge of the house;

40:46and the chamber, whose front is northward, is for priests keeping charge of the altar: they are sons of Zadok, who are drawing near of the sons of Levi unto Jehovah, to serve Him.'

40:47And he measureth the court: the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, square, and the altar is before the house.

40:48And he bringeth me in unto the porch of the house, and he measureth the post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side, and the breadth of the gate, three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side;

40:49the length of the porch twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and by the steps whereby they go up unto it: and pillars are at the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.

41:1And he bringeth me in unto the temple, and he measureth the posts, six cubits the breadth on this side, and six cubits the breadth on that side -- the breadth of the tent.

41:2And the breadth of the opening is ten cubits; and the sides of the opening are five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and he measureth its length forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

41:3And he hath gone inward, and measureth the post of the opening two cubits, and the opening six cubits, and the breadth of the opening seven cubits.

41:4And he measureth its length twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, unto the front of the temple, and he saith unto me, `This is the holy of holies.'

41:5And he measureth the wall of the house six cubits, and the breadth of the side-chamber four cubits, all round the house round about.

41:6And the side-chambers are side-chamber by side-chamber, three and thirty times; and they are entering into the wall -- which the house hath for the side-chambers all round about -- to be taken hold of, and they are not taken hold of by the wall of the house.

41:7And a broad place and a turning place still upwards are to the side-chambers, for the turning round of the house is still upwards all round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house is upwards, and so the lower one goeth up unto the higher by the midst.

41:8And I have looked at the house, the height all round about: the foundations of the side-chambers are the fulness of the reed, six cubits by the joining.

41:9The breadth of the wall that is to the side-chamber at the outside is five cubits; and that which is left is the place of the side-chambers that are to the house.

41:10And between the chambers is a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house, all round about.

41:11And the opening of the side-chamber is to the place left, one opening northward, and one opening southward, and the breadth of the place that is left is five cubits all round about.

41:12As to the building that is at the front of the separate place at the corner westward, the breadth is seventy cubits, and the wall of the building five cubits broad all round about, and its length ninety cubits.

41:13And he hath measured the house, the length is a hundred cubits; and the separate place, and the building, and its walls, the length is a hundred cubits;

41:14and the breadth of the front of the house, and of the separate place eastward, a hundred cubits.

41:15And he hath measured the length of the building unto the front of the separate place that is at its hinder part, and its galleries on this side and on that side, a hundred cubits, and the inner temple and the porches of the court,

41:16the thresholds, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about them three, over-against the threshold, a ceiling of wood all round about, and the ground unto the windows and the covered windows,

41:17over above the opening, and unto the inner-house, and at the outside, and by all the wall all round about within and without by measure.

41:18And it is made with cherubs and palm-trees, and a palm-tree is between cherub and cherub, and two faces are to the cherub;

41:19and the face of man is unto the palm-tree on this side, and the face of a young lion unto the palm-tree on that side; it is made unto all the house all round about.

41:20from the earth unto above the opening are the cherubs and the palm-trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

41:21Of the temple the side post is square, and of the front of the sanctuary, the appearance is as the appearance.

41:22Of the altar, the wood is three cubits in height, and its length two cubits; and its corners are to it, and its length, and its walls are of wood, and he speaketh unto me, `This is the table that is before Jehovah.'

41:23And two doors are to the temple and to the sanctuary;

41:24and two leaves are to the doors, two turning leaves are to the doors, two to the one door, and two leaves to the other.

41:25And made on them, on the doors of the temple, are cherubs and palm-trees as are made on the walls, and a thickness of wood is at the front of the porch on the outside.

41:26And narrow windows and palm-trees are on this side, and on that side, at the sides of the porch, and the side-chambers of the house, and the thick places.

42:1And he bringeth me forth unto the outer court, the way northward, and he bringeth me in unto the chamber that is over-against the separate place, and that is over-against the building at the north.

42:2At the front of the length is a hundred cubits at the north opening, and the breadth fifty cubits.

42:3Over-against the twenty cubits that are to the inner court, and over-against the pavement that is to the outer court, is gallery over-against gallery, in the three storeys.

42:4And at the front of the chambers is a walk of ten cubits in breadth unto the inner part, a way of one cubit, and their openings are at the north.

42:5And the upper chambers are short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

42:6for they are threefold, and they have no pillars as the pillars of the court, therefore it hath been kept back -- more than the lower and than the middle one -- from the ground.

42:7As to the wall that is at the outside, over-against the chambers, the way of the outer-court at the front of the chambers, its length is fifty cubits;

42:8for the length of the chambers that are to the outer court is fifty cubits, and of those on the front of the temple a hundred cubits.

42:9And under these chambers is the entrance from the east, in one's going into them from the outer court.

42:10In the breadth of the wall of the court eastward, unto the front of the separate place, and unto the front of the building, are chambers.

42:11And the way before them is as the appearance of the chambers that are northward, according to their length so is their breadth, and all their outlets, and according to their fashions, and according to their openings.

42:12And according to the openings of the chambers that are southward is an opening at the head of the way, the way directly in the front of the wall eastward in entering them.

42:13And he saith unto me, `The north chambers, the south chambers, that are at the front of the separate place, they are holy chambers, where the priests (who are near to Jehovah) eat the most holy things, there they place the most holy things, and the present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, for the place is holy.

42:14In the priests' going in, they come not out from the sanctuary unto the outer court, and there they place their garments with which they minister, for they are holy, and have put on other garments, and have drawn near unto that which is for the people.'

42:15And he hath finished the measurements of the inner house, and hath brought me forth the way of the gate whose front is eastward, and he hath measured it all round about.

42:16He hath measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.

42:17He hath measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

42:18The south side he hath measured, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.

42:19He hath turned round unto the west side, he hath measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.

42:20At the four sides he hath measured it, a wall is to it all round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to separate between the holy and the profane place.