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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezekiel 42 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/42.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/42-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Ezekiel 42</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/41.htm" title="Ezekiel 41">◄</a> Ezekiel 42 <a href="../ezekiel/43.htm" title="Ezekiel 43">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Two Buildings Near the Temple</h3><p class="par"><span class="v26_42_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.1" class="v26_42_1">1</span>Then the man took me into the outer courtyard and led me to a building on the north side of the Temple, not far from the building at the west end of the Temple. </span><span class="v26_42_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.2" class="v26_42_2">2</span>This building was 168 feet long and 84 feet wide. </span><span class="v26_42_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.3" class="v26_42_3">3</span>On one side it faced the space 34 feet wide which was alongside the Temple, and on the other side it faced the pavement of the outer courtyard. It was built on three levels, each one set further back than the one below it. </span><span class="v26_42_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.4" class="v26_42_4">4</span>Along the north side of this building was a passageway 16 feet wide and 168 feet long,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.42.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> with entrances on that side. </span><span class="v26_42_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.5" class="v26_42_5">5</span>The rooms at the upper level of the building were narrower than those at the middle and lower levels because they were set further back. </span><span class="v26_42_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.6" class="v26_42_6">6</span>The rooms at all three levels were on terraces and were not supported by columns like the other buildings in the courtyard. </span><span class="v26_42_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.7-Ezek.42.8" class="v26_42_7">7-8</span>At the lower level the outer wall of the building was solid for 84 feet, half its length; and there were rooms in the remaining 84 feet. At the top level there were rooms in the entire length of the building. </span><span class="v26_42_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.9-Ezek.42.10" class="v26_42_9">9-10</span>Below these rooms at the east end of the building, where the wall of the courtyard began,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.42.9-Ezek.42.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> there was an entrance into the outer courtyard.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_42_9">At the south<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.42.9-Ezek.42.10!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> side of the Temple there was an identical building not far from the building at the west end of the Temple. </span><span class="v26_42_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.11" class="v26_42_11">11</span>In front of the rooms there was a passageway just like the one on the north side. It had the same measurements, the same design, and the same kind of entrances. </span><span class="v26_42_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.12" class="v26_42_12">12</span>There was a door under the rooms on the south side of the building, at the east end where the wall began.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v26_42_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.13" class="v26_42_13">13</span>The man said to me, “Both these buildings are holy. In them the priests who enter the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s presence eat the holiest offerings. Because the rooms are holy, the priests will place the holiest offerings there: the offerings of grain and the sacrifices offered for sin or as repayment offerings. </span><span class="v26_42_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.14" class="v26_42_14">14</span>When priests have been in the Temple and want to go to the outer courtyard, they must leave in these rooms the holy clothing they wore while serving the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. They must put on other clothes before going out to the area where the people gather.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Measurements of the Temple Area</h3><p class="par"><span class="v26_42_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.15" class="v26_42_15">15</span>When the man had finished measuring inside the Temple area, he took me out through the east gate and then measured the outside of the area. </span><span class="v26_42_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.16" class="v26_42_16">16</span>He took the measuring rod and measured the east side, and it was 840 feet. </span><span class="v26_42_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.17-Ezek.42.19" class="v26_42_17">17-19</span>Then he measured the north side, the south side, and the west side; each side had the same length, 840 feet,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ezek.42.17-Ezek.42.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v26_42_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ezek.42.20" class="v26_42_20">20</span>so that the wall enclosed a square 840 feet on each side. The wall served to separate what was holy from what was not.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">42.4: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">168 feet long; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">a way of 20 inches.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">42.9-10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">where the wall of the courtyard began; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">in the breadth of the wall of the courtyard.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">42.9-10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">south; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">east.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">42.17-19: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verses 16-19 in Hebrew are unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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