Then he brought me forth into the utter
court
, the way toward
the north
: and he brought
me into the chamber
that was over against the separate place
, and which was before the building
toward the north
.
Before the length
of an hundred
cubits
was the north
door
, and the breadth
was fifty
cubits
.
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner
court
, and over against the pavement
which was for the utter
court
, was gallery
against
gallery
in three
stories .
And before the chambers
was a walk
of ten
cubits
breadth
inward
, a way
of one
cubit
; and their doors
toward the north
.
Now the upper chambers
were shorter
: for the galleries
were higher
than these
, than the lower
, and than the middlemost
of the building
.
For they were in three stories , but had not pillars
as the pillars
of the courts
: therefore the building was straitened
more than the lowest
and the middlemost
from the ground
.
And the wall that was without
over against
the chambers
, toward
the utter
court
on the forepart
of the chambers
, the length
thereof was fifty
cubits
.
For the length of the chambers
that were in the utter
court
was fifty
cubits
: and, lo, before
the temple
were an hundred
cubits
.
And from under these chambers was the entry
on the east side
, as one goeth
into them
from the utter
court
.
The chambers were in the thickness
of the wall
of the court
toward
the east
, over against
the separate place
, and over against
the building
.
And the way before
them was like the appearance
of the chambers
which were toward
the north
, as long as
they, and as broad as
they: and all their goings out
were both according to their fashions
, and according to their doors
.
And according to the doors of the chambers
that were toward
the south
was a door
in the head
of the way
, even the way
directly
before
the wall
toward
the east
, as one entereth
into them.
Then said he unto me, The north
chambers
and the south
chambers
, which are before
the separate place
, they be holy
chambers
, where the priests
that approach
unto the LORD
shall eat
the most
holy things
: there shall they lay
the most
holy things
, and the meat offering
, and the sin offering
, and the trespass offering
; for the place
is holy
.
When the priests enter
therein, then shall they not go out
of the holy
place into the utter
court
, but there they shall lay
their garments
wherein they minister
; for they are holy
; and shall put
on other
garments
, and shall approach
to those things which are for the people
.
Now when he had made an end of measuring
the inner
house
, he brought me forth
toward
the gate
whose prospect
is toward
the east
, and measured
it round about
.
He measured the east
side
with the measuring
reed
, five
hundred
reeds
, with the measuring
reed
round about
.
He measured the north
side
, five
hundred
reeds
, with the measuring
reed
round about
.
He measured the south
side
, five
hundred
reeds
, with the measuring
reed
.
He turned about to the west
side
, and measured
five
hundred
reeds
with the measuring
reed
.
He measured it by the four
sides
: it had a wall
round about
, five
hundred
reeds long
, and five
hundred
broad
, to make a separation
between the sanctuary
and the profane place
.