Ezekiel Chapter 40
VISION OF THE NEW TEMPLE AREA
1 At the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of our exile, the tenth month, fourteenth year after the city fell, Yahveh’s hand weighed heavy on me. 2 In visions he took me to Israel and set me on a tall mountain. On it to the south was a structure like a city. 3 He took me over there. Standing in the gate was a bronze-looking man with a flax line and a measuring rod in his hand. 4 He told me,
“Son of man, look, listen, pay attention to everything I show you. That’s why Yahveh brought you here. Tell Israel everything you see.”
Ezek 40:1-4
The East Gate
5 There was a wall all the way around the Temple. The man holding a measuring rod (10' 4" long, each cubit being 17.72" ordinary cubit plus 2.95" ordinary palm = 20.8" royal cubit) measured the thickness and height of the wall at 10' 4" 1 reed each. 6 Then he went to the east gate, up its steps, and measured its threshold at 10' 4" 1 reed wide and deep. 7 The guard rooms were 10' 4" 1 reed square with 8' 7" 5 cubits between them. The threshold of the gate facing inward was 10' 4" 1 reed, 8 and the porch of the gate facing inward was 10' 4" 1 reed. 9 He measured the porch of the gate at 13' 10" 8 cubits; the porch of the gate faced inward. 10 There were 3 guardrooms on each side of the gate, all the same size. The side pillars were square. 11 The opening of the gate was 17' 3" 10 cubits wide and 20' 5" 13 cubits deep. 12 There was a barrier wall in front of the guardrooms 21" 1 cubit thick on each side, and the guardrooms were 10' 4" 6 cubits square. 13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other as 43' 1" 25 cubits wide from one door to the opposite door. 14 He made the side pillars 103' 6" 60 cubits high. The gate extended around to the side pillar of the courtyard. 15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was 86' 3" 50 cubits. 16 There were beveled windows narrowing inward toward their side pillars within the gate all around; the same for the porches. The porch had windows all around inside, and the dividing walls were decorated with palm trees.
Ezek 40:5-16
The Outer Court
17 Then he took me to the outer court. There were rooms and a pavement made for the court all the way around—30 rooms that faced the pavement. 18 The lower pavement ran alongside the gates, corresponding to their length. 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the outside of the inner court at 172' 5" 50 cubits on the east and north.
The North Gate
20He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court that faced north. 21 It had 3 guardrooms on each side, and its side pillars and porches had the same measurements as the first gate. It was 86' 3" long and 43' 1" wide 50 x 25 cubits. 22 Its windows and porches and its palm tree had the same measurements as the gate that faced east. 7 steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them. 23 The inner court had a gate across from the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; he measured 172' 5" 100 cubits from one gate to the other.
Ezek 40:17-23
The South Gate
24 Then he led me south to the south gate. He measured its side pillars and porches; they were the same as the others. 25 The gate and its porches had windows all the way around like the other windows. It was 86' 3" long and 43' 1"wide 50 x 25 cubits. 26 There were 7 steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them. It had palm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side. 27 The inner court had a gate facing south, and he measured 86' 3" 50 cubits from gate to gate.
Gates to the Inner Court
28 Then he took me to the inner court by the south gate. It was the same size as the others. 29 Its guardrooms, side pillars, and porches were the same size as the others. The gate and its porches had windows all the way around; it was 86' 3" by 43' 1" 50 x 25 cubits. 30 There were porches all the way around that measured 43' 1" by 8' 7" 25 x 5 cubits. 31 Its porches faced the outer court. There were palm trees on its side pillars; its stairway had 8 steps.
Ezek 40:24-31
32 He took me to the inner court on the east side. That gate had the same measurements as the others. 33 Its guardrooms, side pillars, and porches measured the same as the others. The gate and its porches had windows all the way around; it was 86' 3" by 43' 1" 50 x 25 cubits. 34 Its porches faced the outer court. There were palm trees on its side pillars on each side; its stairway had 8 steps.
35 Then he took me to the north gate. It also had the same measurements as the others. 36 Its guardrooms, side pillars, and porches were the same as the others. The gate had windows all the way around; it, too, was 86' 3" by 43' 1" 50 x 25 cubits. 37 Its side pillars faced the outer court. There were palm trees on each side of its side pillars; its stairway had 8 steps.
Ezek 40:32-37
Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices
38 There was a room with its doorway by the side pillars at the gates, where they would wash the burnt offering. 39 In the porch of the gate, there were 2 tables on each side for slaughtering the burnt offering, sin offering, and guilt offering. 40 On the outer side, as you went up to the gate toward the north, there were 2 tables on each side of the gate; 41 4 tables were on each side next to the gate—8 tables for slaughtering sacrifices. 42 For the burnt offering there were 4 hewn-stone tables 2' 7" 1½ cubits square and 1' 8" high 1 cubit. On them they lay the instruments for slaughtering the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 The double hooks—4" 1 handbreadth long—were fastened on the Temple all the way around. The meat from the offering was to be laid on the tables
Ezek 40:38-43
Rooms for the Priests
44 From the outside to the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, one of which was at the side of the north gate with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the east gate facing north. 45 He said,
“This room that faces south is for the priests that keep charge of the Temple. 46 The room that faces north is for the priests that are in charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok from the sons of Levi, who approach Yahveh to minister to him.”
The Temple Courtyard and Temple
47 He measured the court at 172' 5" 100 cubits square. The altar stood in front of the Temple.
48 Then he took me to the porch of the Temple and measured each side pillar of it—8' 7" 5 cubits square; each side of the gate was 5' 2" 3 cubits square. 49 The porch measured 34' 6" x 19' 20 x 11 cubits. At the stairway by which it was ascended, were columns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.
Ezek 40:44-49