The Man Measures the Outer Court |
Ezekiel 42:1-20 The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks] |
Then, he brought me, [out] & into the [outer] court, [by] the [road facing] North,. And he brought me into the [room] that was over [next to] the separate [courtyard, in front of] the building [facing] North. |
[In front,] the length [to] the North door, [was] 100 cubits & [its width] 50 cubits. Over [next to] the 20 cubits [that belonged to] the inner court & [next to] the pavement [walkway for] the [outer] court, was [a] gallery, [on top of a] gallery, [a.k.a. hallway or walkway] in 3 stories. |
[Ezekiel 40:17 Then he brought me into the [outer] court & [look,] there were [rooms] & pavement made for the court [all around it.] 30 rooms [faced] the pavement.] |
And [in front of] the rooms, [of which] their doors [faced] North, was [an inner walkway] 10 cubits [wide] & [a] 1 cubit [path.] Now, the upper [rooms] were shorter: [because] the [upper] [hallways] [were larger,] than the lower & [middle] [stories] of the building. |
For they were in 3 stories, but [they] [didn't] have [the] pillars, [like] the pillars, [a.k.a. columns,] of the courts. Therefore, the [upper story of] the building was [shortened] more than the lowest & [middle stories] from the ground. |
And the wall was 50 cubits [long,] that was [outside next to] the rooms, toward the [outer] court [facing] the [front] of the rooms. For the length was 50 cubits [for] the [rooms] that were in the [outer] court & [the front of] the temple [was] 100 cubits. |
From [the lower rooms,] was the East [entrance] as [someone enters] into them from the [outer] court. The [rooms] were [within the thick walls of the court facing] East & [facing] the separate [courtyard facing] & the building. |
And the [walkway in front] of them, [looked] like the [rooms facing] North & were [the same length & width] as they [were.] And all their [exits] & doors were both according to their [plans.] |
And similarly,] the doors of the [rooms facing] South, was a door in the [front] of the [hallway,] as [someone] enters into [it] & even the [path] directly [in front of] the wall [facing] East. |
Then, he said to me, The North & South [rooms in front of] the separate [courtyard are] holy [rooms,] where the priests, [who] approach the Lord, shall eat the Most Holy things. |
They shall lay the Most Holy things there: the meat/grain offering; sin offering & the trespass offering: for the place is Holy. When the priests enter [there,] they shall not go out of the Holy Place into the [outer] court. But they shall lay their garments, [in which] they minister [there;] for they are Holy. |
And [they] shall put on other [clothing] & shall [come] to those things [that] are for the people. Now, when he had [finished] measuring the inner house [of the Lord,] he brought me [out] toward the gate [facing] East, & measured [all around it.] |
With the measuring reed, he measured the East side [of the Lord's house:] 500 reeds, [a.k.a. 3,000 cubits.] With the measuring reed, he measured the North side, [of the Lord's house:] 500 reeds. |
With the measuring reed, he measured the South side, [of the Lord's house:] 500 reeds. He [turned around] to the West side, & with the measuring reed, he measured 500 reeds. |
He measured it [on] the 4 sides. It had a wall [all around it,] 500 reeds long & 500 reeds [wide,] to make a separation between the Sanctuary & the [common] place. |