Ezekiel 42 NLT ISV Parallel

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1Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.

1Then he brought me to the outer, north-facing courtyard into the chamber that stood opposite the structure that was facing north.

2This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet long and 87 1/2 feet wide.

2It stood 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide, with a door in the middle.

3One block of rooms overlooked the 35-foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other.

3Opposite the 20 cubits wide inner court, and opposite the paved area that comprised the outer court, there were three stories of galleries that faced each other.

4Between the two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 17 1/2 feet wide. It extended the entire 175 feet of the complex, and all the doors faced north.

4In front of the chambers there was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and 100 cubits wide, the openings to which were on the north.

5Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.

5The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building.

6Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it.

6The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers.

7There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87 1/2 feet long.

7The outer wall by the side of the chambers toward the outer court and facing the chambers was 50 cubits long.

8This wall added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only 87 1/2 feet, while the inner block—the rooms toward the Temple—extended for 175 feet.

8While the chambers in the outer court were 50 cubits in length, the chambers facing the Temple were 100 cubits long.

9There was an eastern entrance from the outer courtyard to these rooms.

9Below these chambers, as one might enter from the outer court, was the east side entrance.

10On the south side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north.

10There were chambers built into the thick part of the wall of the court facing the east; that is, facing the separate area toward the front of the building,

11There was a walkway between the two blocks of rooms just like the complex on the north side of the Temple. This complex of rooms was the same length and width as the other one, and it had the same entrances and doors. The dimensions of each were identical.

11with a passageway in front of them, similar in appearance to the chambers that were on the north, proportional to their length and width, with all of their exits according to their arrangements and doorways.

12So there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway.

12Corresponding to the chamber doorways facing the south was an opening at the beginning of the passage; that is, the passage in front of the corresponding part of the wall facing east as one might enter.

13Then the man told me, “These rooms that overlook the Temple from the north and south are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices to the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. And because these rooms are holy, they will be used to store the sacred offerings—the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.

13Then he told me, "The north and south chamber, which are opposite the courtyard, are consecrated areas where the priests who approach the LORD will eat consecrated offerings and lay the consecrated grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, because the area is holy.

14When the priests leave the sanctuary, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering, because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public.”

14When the priest enters, they will not enter the outer court from the sanctuary without having removed their garments worn during their time of ministry, because they are holy. They will put on different clothes, and then they will approach the area reserved for the people."

15When the man had finished measuring the inside of the Temple area, he led me out through the east gateway to measure the entire perimeter.

15After he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the east-facing gate and measured it all around.

16He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it was 875 feet long.

16He measured the east side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,

17Then he measured the north side, and it was also 875 feet.

17the north side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,

18The south side was also 875 feet,

18the south side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick,

19and the west side was also 875 feet.

19and the west side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick.

20So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common.

20He measured a wall that encompassed all four sides, 500 hundred long and 500 wide, dividing between the sacred and common areas.

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