In the five and twentiethyear of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenthyearafterthat the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whoseappearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuringreed; and he stood in the gate.
And the man saidunto me, Son of man, beholdwiththineeyes, and hearwiththineears, and set thineheartupon all that I shallshewthee; for to the intentthat I mightshewthemuntothee art thoubroughthither: declare all thatthouseest to the house of Israel.
And behold a wall on the outside of the houseroundabout, and in the man’shand a measuringreed of six cubitslong by the cubit and an handbreadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
Thencame he unto the gatewhichlookethtoward the east, and went up the stairsthereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reedbroad; and the otherthreshold of the gate, which was one reedbroad.
And everylittlechamber was one reedlong, and one reedbroad; and between the littlechamberswerefivecubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gatewithin was one reed.
And the littlechambers of the gateeastwardwerethree on thisside, and three on thatside; theythreewere of one measure: and the posts had one measure on thisside and on thatside.
The spacealsobefore the littlechambers was one cubit on thisside, and the space was one cubit on thatside: and the littlechamberswere six cubits on thisside, and six cubits on thatside.
And therewerenarrowwindows to the littlechambers, and to theirpostswithin the gateroundabout, and likewise to the arches: and windowswereroundaboutinward: and uponeachpostwerepalmtrees.
And the littlechambersthereofwerethree on thisside and three on thatside; and the poststhereof and the archesthereofwereafter the measure of the firstgate: the lengththereof was fiftycubits, and the breadthfive and twentycubits.
And theirwindows, and theirarches, and theirpalmtrees, wereafter the measure of the gatethatlookethtoward the east; and theywent up unto it by sevensteps; and the archesthereofwerebeforethem.
Afterthat he brought me toward the south, and behold a gatetoward the south: and he measured the poststhereof and the archesthereofaccording to thesemeasures.
And thereweresevensteps to go up to it, and the archesthereofwerebeforethem: and it had palmtrees, one on thisside, and another on thatside, upon the poststhereof.
And the littlechambersthereof, and the poststhereof, and the archesthereof, according to thesemeasures: and therewerewindows in it and in the archesthereofroundabout: it was fiftycubitslong, and five and twentycubitsbroad.
And the littlechambersthereof, and the poststhereof, and the archesthereof, wereaccording to thesemeasures: and therewerewindowstherein and in the archesthereofroundabout: it was fiftycubitslong, and five and twentycubitsbroad.
And the archesthereofweretoward the outwardcourt; and palmtreeswereupon the poststhereof, on thisside, and on thatside: and the going up to it had eightsteps.
The littlechambersthereof, the poststhereof, and the archesthereof, and the windows to it roundabout: the length was fiftycubits, and the breadthfive and twentycubits.
And the poststhereofweretoward the uttercourt; and palmtreeswereupon the poststhereof, on thisside, and on thatside: and the going up to it had eightsteps.
And in the porch of the gatewere two tables on thisside, and two tables on thatside, to slaythereon the burntoffering and the sin offering and the trespassoffering.
And at the sidewithout, as one goeth up to the entry of the northgate, were two tables; and on the otherside, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
And the fourtableswere of hewnstone for the burntoffering, of a cubit and an halflong, and a cubit and an halfbroad, and one cubithigh: whereuponalsotheylaid the instrumentswherewiththeyslew the burntoffering and the sacrifice.
And without the innergatewere the chambers of the singers in the innercourt, which was at the side of the northgate; and theirprospect was toward the south: one at the side of the eastgatehaving the prospecttoward the north.
And the chamberwhoseprospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadokamong the sons of Levi, whichcomenear to the LORD to ministerunto him.
And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measuredeachpost of the porch, fivecubits on thisside, and fivecubits on thatside: and the breadth of the gate was threecubits on thisside, and threecubits on thatside.
The length of the porch was twentycubits, and the breadthelevencubits; and he brought me by the stepswherebytheywent up to it: and therewerepillars by the posts, one on thisside, and another on thatside.