| Chapter
40 |
| 1 | In the
five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the
tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten,
in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me
thither. |
| 2 | In the visions
of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high
mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. |
| 3 | And he brought me thither, and, behold,
there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line
of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. |
| 4 | And the man said unto me, Son of
man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon
all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee
art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of
Israel. |
| 5 | And behold a
wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring
reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the
breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. |
| 6 | Then came he unto the gate which looketh
toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of
the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which
was one reed broad. |
| 7 | And
every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the
little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of
the gate within was one reed. |
| 8
| He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. |
| 9 | Then measured he the porch of the
gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the
gate was inward. |
| 10 | And
the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on
that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on
this side and on that side. |
| 11
| And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and
the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. |
| 12 | The space also before the little chambers was one cubit
on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers
were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. |
| 13 | He measured then the gate from the
roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and
twenty cubits, door against door. |
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14 | He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of
the court round about the gate. |
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15 | And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of
the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. |
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16 | And there were narrow windows to the little
chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the
arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm
trees. |
| 17 | Then brought
he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made
for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. |
| 18 | And the pavement by the side of
the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. |
| 19 | Then he measured the breadth
from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court
without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward. |
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20 | And the gate of the outward court that looked
toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. |
| 21 | And the little chambers
thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof
and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length
thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. |
| 22 | And their windows, and their
arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh
toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches
thereof were before them. |
| 23 |
And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north,
and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits. |
| 24 | After that he brought me
toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts
thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures. |
| 25 | And there were windows in it and in
the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty
cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. |
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26 | And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the
arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and
another on that side, upon the posts thereof. |
| 27 | And there was a gate in the inner court toward the
south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred
cubits. |
| 28 | And he
brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate
according to these measures; |
| 29
| And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches
thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the
arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty
cubits broad. |
| 30 | And the
arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. |
| 31 | And the arches thereof
were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and
the going up to it had eight steps. |
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32 | And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he
measured the gate according to these measures. |
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33 | And the little chambers thereof, and the posts
thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there
were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits
long, and five and twenty cubits broad. |
| 34 | And the arches thereof were toward the outward court;
and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and
the going up to it had eight steps. |
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35 | And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according
to these measures; |
| 36 |
The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the
windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five
and twenty cubits. |
| 37 |
And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the
posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight
steps. |
| 38 | And the
chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they
washed the burnt offering. |
| 39
| And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two
tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering
and the trespass offering. |
| 40
| And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north
gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the
gate, were two tables. |
| 41 |
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of
the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices. |
| 42 | And the four tables were of hewn stone
for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half
broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith
they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. |
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43 | And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round
about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. |
| 44 | And without the inner gate were the
chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north
gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate
having the prospect toward the north. |
| 45 | And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is
toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the
house. |
| 46 | And the
chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of
the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi,
which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. |
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47 | So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long,
and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the
house. |
| 48 | And he brought
me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits
on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was
three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. |
| 49 | The length of the porch was twenty
cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby
they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and
another on that side. |
