Ezek 40
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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 YHWH was upon me, and he brought me there.
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In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon
a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
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And he brought me there; 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.
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And the man said to me, Son of man, behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears,
and set your heart upon all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show
them to you, are you brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.
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And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man`s hand
a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured
the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
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Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps:
and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold,
one reed broad.
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And every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the
lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward
the house was one reed.
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He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
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Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits;
and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
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And the lodges 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.
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And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length
of the gate, thirteen cubits;
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and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit
on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
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And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other,
a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.
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He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, round
about the gate.
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And [from] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner
porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
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And there were closed windows to the lodges, 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.
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Then brought he me into the outer court; and, behold, there were chambers and a pavement,
made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
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And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gates,
even the lower pavement.
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Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront
of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.
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And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the
length thereof and its breadth.
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And its lodges were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts
thereof and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: the length
thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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And its windows, and its arches, and the palm-trees thereof, were
after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up
to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.
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And there was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the
north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.
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And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured
its posts and its arches according to these measures.
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And there were windows in it and in its arches round about, like those windows:
the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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And there were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them;
and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts
thereof.
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And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate
to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
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Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south
gate according to these measures;
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and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to
these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches round about;
it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
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And its arches were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts
thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according
to these measures;
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and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to
these measures: and there were windows therein and in its arches round about;
it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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And its arches were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts
thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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And he brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;
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its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows
therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty
cubits.
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And its posts were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts
thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
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And a chamber with its door was by the posts at the gates; there they washed
the burnt-offering.
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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.
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And on the [one] side without, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the
north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the
gate, were two tables.
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Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate;
eight tables, whereupon they slew [the sacrifices].
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And there were four tables for the burnt-offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half
long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments
wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.
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And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the
tables was the flesh of the oblation.
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And without the inner gate were chambers for 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.
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And he said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests,
the keepers of the charge of the house;
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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, who from among the sons of
Levi come near to YHWH to minister to him.
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And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare;
and the altar was before the house.
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Then 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.
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The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even 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.