45 north. And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keep46) ers of the charge of the house. 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, which 'from among the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister unto him. (47 And he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

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Then 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 49 side. The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even 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. 411 And he brought me to the temple,

and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was 2 the breadth of the tabernacle. And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the lentrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty 3 cubits. Then went he inward, and measured 'each' post of the entrance', two cubits and the entrance1, six cubits; and the breadth of the len4 trance, seven cubits. And he

measured the length thereof, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. 5 Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. 6 And the side-chambers were in!

three 'stories', one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which 'belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that

1 The Sept. has, and by ten steps they went &c.

2 Heb. tent. See Ex. xxvi. 22-25.

3 Heb. shoulders.

4 See 1 Kings vi. 5.

5 Or, there was an enlarging, and a

they might have hold 'therein, and' not have hold in the wall of the house. 7)°And "the side-chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so lone went up from the lowest chamber to the high8 est by the middle chamber. I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full 9 reed of six great cubits. The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers, on the outside', was five cubits and that which was left was the place of the side-chambers 10 that 'belonged to the house. And between the chambers was 'a breadth of twenty cubits round about the 11 house on every side. And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five 12 cubits round about. And the building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof 13 ninety cubits. So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits 14 long; also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.

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And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and 16 the porches of the court; the thresholds', and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the 'threshold', cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows; now the windows were cov17 ered to the space above the door,

7 Heb. height.

8 Or, of six cubits to the joining The Sept. has, and that which was left between the side-chambers that belonged to the house and between the chambers was &c.

XLI. 1 Afterward;

even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. (18 And it was made with cherubim

and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and 19) every cherub had two faces; so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: thus was it made through all the house round 20 about. From the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm trees made: 21thus was the wall of 21) the temple. As for the temple, the door posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance thereof was as the ap22) pearance of the temple. "The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. 23 And the temple and the sanctuary (24 had two doors. And the doors had

two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two 25 leaves for the other. And there were

made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim' and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick beams of wood' upon the face of the porch without. 26 And there were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch : Ithus were the side-chambers of the house, and 'the' thick 'beams'. 421 Then he brought me forth into

the outer court, the way toward the north and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was lover against the building toward the north. 2 Before the length of an hundred

cubits was the north door, and the 3 breadth was fifty cubits. Over against the twenty cubits which belonged to! the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gal4 lery in the third story'. And before

1 Heb. measures. Another reading is, And as for the

wall of the temple, the door posts were squared.

3 Or, as the former appearance

one..

the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the (5 north. Now the upper chambers were shorter for the galleries 'took away from these, more than 'from' the lower and the middlemost, 'in the 6 building. For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost 7 from the ground. And the 10wall that was without by the side of the chambers, 'toward the outer court 'before the chambers, the length 8 thereof was fifty cubits. °For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred 9 cubits. And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the 10) 'outer court. In the thickness of the 10wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and 'before the building, 'there were cham11 bers. And the way before them was like the appearance of the way of the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. * 12 °And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the 10wall toward the east, as one entereth 13 into them. Then said he unto me,

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The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. 14 °When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy 'they' shall put on other garments,

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and shall approach to that which 'pertaineth to the people.

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, 16 and measured it round about. He measured on the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 17 He measured on the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measur18 ing reed round about. He measured on the south side, five hundred 19 reeds, with the measuring reed.

He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the 20 measuring reed. "He measured it 21on the four sides: it had a wall round about, 'the length' five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy' and 'that which was common'.

431 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh to2 ward the east: and behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters: and 3 the earth shined with his glory. And

it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar: and I fell 4 upon my face. And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward 5 the east. And the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the 6 LORD filled the house. And I heard lone speaking unto me out of the house; and a man stood by me. 7) And he said unto me, Son of man,

this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever: and the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, 'and' by the carcases of their kings in their 8 high places; in their setting of their threshold by my threshold', and

their door post beside my door post', and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed 9 them in mine anger. Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

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Thou, son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let 11 them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof, and write it in their sight: that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 12 This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

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And these are the measures of the altar by cubits: (the cubit is a cubit and 'an handbreadth :) the "bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span: and this shall be the base of the altar. *(14 °And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle to the greater settle shall be four cubits, 15 and the breadth a cubit. And the 91 upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the 10altar hearth' and upward 16 there shall be four horns. And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the 17 four sides thereof. And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long 'by' fourteen broad in the four 'sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east. And he said unto me, Son of man,

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8 Or, ledge

Heb. Harel.

10 Heb. Ariel. See Is. xxix. 1.

reeds long.. broad.. the sanct7 nor; 8 thresholds.. by.. posts higher place; 14 (even) .. (oven)

thus saith the Lord GOD: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle (19 blood thereon. Thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which are near unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin *20 offering. And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about thus shalt thou cleanse it and 21) make atonement for it. Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without 22 the sanctuary. And on the second day thou shalt offer a 'he-goat' without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did 23 cleanse it with the bullock. "When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the 24 flock without blemish. And thou

shalt bring them near before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 25 °Ŝeven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without 26) blemish. Seven days shall they

Imake atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate (27 it!. And when they have accom

plished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.

441 Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it 2) was shut. And the LORD said unto me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, neither shall 'any' man enter in by it, 'for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; 3) therefore it shall be shut. As for the prince, he shall sit therein as! prince to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the

1 Heb. fill the hands thereof. See Ex. xxix. 24.

4) way of the same. Then he brought me the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD and I fell upon my face. 5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and 2mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of 6 the sanctuary. And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you 7 of all your abominations, in that ye have brought in aliens', uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profanel it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, "to add unto all your abominations. 8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanct9 uary for yourselves. "Thus saith the Lord GOD, No 'alien', uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any alien that is among the (10 children of Israel. But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray from me after their idols; they shall 11 bear their iniquity. Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having loversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto 12) them. Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity untol the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall (13 bear their iniquity. And they shall not come near unto me, to executel the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, Junto the things that are most holy: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have 14) committed. Yet will I make them

4 Or, link all

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keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith 16 the Lord GOD: they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, 17 and they shall keep my charge.

And

it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner 18 court, and 1within. They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. 19) And when they go forth into the louter court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they 'minister', and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people 20 with their garments. Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall 21 only poll their heads. Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter 22 into the inner court. Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow 23 of a priest. And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common', and cause them to discern between the unclean 24) and the clean. And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my judgements shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 25 °And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may 26 defile themselves. And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him

1 Or, in the house

2 Or, heave offering

27 seven days. And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, 28 saith the Lord GOD. And 'they shall have an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their pos29 session. They shall eat the 'meal! offering, and the sin offering, and the Iguilt offering; and every devoted 30) thing in Israel shall be theirs. And the first of all the firstfruits of levery thing, and every oblation of every 'thing', of all your oblations, shall be for the priests: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, Ito cause a blessing to rest on 31 thine house. The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

451 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be 'ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border thereof round about. 2)°Of this there shall be for the 'holy place five hundred in length 'by five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits for the sub3 urbs thereof round about. °And of this measure shalt thou measure, 'al length of five and twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is (4 most holy. It is an holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, which come near to minister unto the LORD; and it shall be a place for their houses, and 'an' holy place for the sanctuary. (5) And five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand 'in' breadth, shall be unto the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession Junto themselves, for twenty cham6 bers. And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, 'side by side with the oblation of the holy portion : it shall be for the (7) whole house of Israel. And 'whatsoever is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the

The Sept. has, cities to dwell in.