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So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>On the south side<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.” <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">The Outer Measurements<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around: <A name="17"></a><p class="list1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="18"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long. <A name="19"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long. <A name="20"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> The building was approximately 175 feet long and 87.5 feet wide (53.3 meters long and 26.7 meters wide).<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>20 (long) cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 35 feet or 10.7 meters.<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> LXX. The walkway was approximately 17.5 feet wide and 175 feet long (5.3 meters wide and 53.3 meters long). Hebrew <i>ten cubits wide and a cubit long.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>east side</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> See LXX; <i>five hundred cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> from verse 17 LXX and implied in verses 16, 18, 19, and 20 is approximately 875 feet or 266.7 meters in length. Hebrew <i>five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about</i><span class="thin"> </span>, that is approximately 5,250 feet or 1,600 meters; similarly in verses 17, 18, 19, and 20.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. 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