Then he abrought me out into the bouter
court
, the way
ctoward
the north
; and he brought
me to the dchamber
which
was opposite
the eseparate
area
and opposite
the fbuilding
toward
the north
.
Along the length
, which was a ahundred
cubits
, was the north
door
; the width
was fifty
cubits
.
Opposite the atwenty
cubits which
belonged to the inner
court
, and opposite
the bpavement
which
belonged to the outer
court
, was 1 cgallery
corresponding
to 1gallery
in three
stories.
Before the achambers
was an inner
walk
ten
cubits
wide
, a way
of one
hundred cubits
; and their openings
were on the north
.
Now the upper chambers
were 1smaller
because
the 2 agalleries
took
more
space away
from them than
from the lower
and middle
ones
in the building
.
For they were in athree stories and had
no
pillars
like the pillars
of the courts
; therefore
the upper chambers were 1set
back
from the ground
upward, more
than
the lower
and middle
ones
.
As for the aouter wall
by the side
of the chambers
, toward
the outer
court
facing
the chambers
, its length
was fifty
cubits
.
For the length of the chambers
which
were in the outer
court
was fifty
cubits
; and behold
, the length of those facing
the temple
was a ahundred
cubits
.
Below these
chambers
was the aentrance
on the east
side
, as one enters
them from the outer
court
.
In the 1thickness of the awall
of the court
toward
the east
, facing
the bseparate
area
and facing
the building
, there were cchambers
.
The away in front
of them was like the appearance
of the chambers
which
were on the north
, according to their length
so
was their width
, and all
their exits
were both according to their arrangements
and openings
.
Corresponding to the openings of the chambers
which
were toward
the south
was an opening
at the head
of the way
, the way
in front
of the awall
toward
the east
, as one enters
them.
Then he said to me, "The north
chambers
and the south
chambers
, which
are opposite
the aseparate
area
, they are the bholy
chambers
where
the priests
who
are cnear
to the LORD
shall eat
the dmost
holy
things
. There
they shall lay
the most
holy
things
, the grain offering
, the sin
offering
and the guilt
offering
; for the place
is holy
.
"When the priests enter
, then they shall not go
out into the outer
court
from the sanctuary
1without alaying
there
their bgarments
in which
they minister
, for they are holy
. They shall put
on other
garments
; then they shall approach
that which
is for the people
."
Now when he had finished measuring
the inner
house
, he brought
me out by the way
of the agate
which
faced
toward
the east
and measured
it all
around
.
He measured on the east
side
with the measuring
reed
five
hundred
reeds
by the ameasuring
reed
.
He measured on the north
side
five
hundred
reeds
by the measuring
reed
.
On the south side
he measured
five
hundred
reeds
with the measuring
reed
.
He turned to the west
side
and measured
five
hundred
reeds
with the measuring
reed
.
He measured it 1on the four
sides
; it had a awall
all
around
, the blength
five
hundred
and the bwidth
five
hundred
, to cdivide
between
the holy
and the profane
.