Ezekiel 42

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Then he led me north to the outer court, bringing me to some chambers on the north that lay across the free area and which were also across from the building.	1 And he brought me forth into the outward court by the way that leadeth to the north, and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate building, and over against the house toward the north.
2 Their length was a hundred cubits on the north side, and they were fifty cubits wide.	2 In the face of the north door was the length of a hundred cubits, and the breadth of fifty cubits.
3 Across the twenty cubits of the inner court and the pavement of the outer court, there were three parallel rows of them on different levels.	3 Over against the twenty cubits of the inner court, and over against the pavement of the outward court that was paved with stone, where there was a gallery joined to a triple gallery.
4 In front of the chambers, to the inside, was a walk ten cubits broad and a wall of one cubit; but the entrances of the chambers were on the north.	4 And before the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one cubit. And their doors were toward the north.
5 The outermost chambers were the lowest, for the system of levels set them at a level lower than the closest chambers and those in between;	5 Where were the store chambers lower above: because they bore up the galleries, which appeared above out of them from the lower parts, and from the midst of the building.
6 for they were in three rows and had no foundations to conform with the foundations of the courts, therefore they were on a lower terrace of the ground than the closest and the middle chambers.	6 For they were of three stories, and had not pillars, as the pillars of the courts: therefore did they appear above out of the lower places, and out of the middle places, fifty cubits from the ground.
7 On the far side there was a wall running parallel to the chambers along the outer court; its length before these chambers was fifty cubits,	7 And the outward wall that went about by the chambers, which were towards the outward court on the forepart of the chambers, was fifty cubits long.
8 for the length of the chambers belonging to the outer court was fifty cubits, but along its entire length the wall measured one hundred cubits.	8 For the length of the chambers of the outward court was fifty cubits: and the length before the face of the temple, a hundred cubits.
9 Below these chambers there was the way in from the east, so that one could enter from the outer court	9 And there was under these chambers, an entrance from the east, for them that went into them out of the outward court.
10 where the wall of the court began. To the south along the side of the free area and the building there were also chambers,	10 In the breadth of the outward wall of the court that was toward the east, over against the separate building, and there were chambers before the building.
11 before which was a passage. These looked like the chambers to the north, just as long and just as wide, with the same exits and plan and entrances.	11 And the way before them was like the chambers which were toward the north: they wore as long as they, and as broad as they: and all the going is to them, and their fashions, and their doors were alike.
12 Below the chambers to the south there was an entrance at the beginning of the way which led to the back wall, by which one could enter from the east.	12 According to the doors of the chambers that were towards the south : there was a door in the head of the way, which way was before the porch, separated towards the east as one entereth in.
13 He said to me, "The north and south chambers which border on the free area are the sanctuary chambers; here the priests who draw near to the LORD shall eat the most sacred meals, and here they shall keep the most sacred offerings: cereal offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings; for it is a holy place.	13 And he said to me: The chambers of the north, and the chambers of the south, which are before the separate building: they are holy chambers, in which the priests shall eat, that approach to the Lord into the holy of holies: there they shall lay the most holy things, and the offering for sin, and for trespass: for it is a holy place.
14 When the priests have once entered, they shall not leave the holy place for the outer court until they have left here the clothing in which they ministered, for it is holy. They shall put on other garments, and then approach the place destined for the people."	14 And when the priests shall have entered in, they shall not go out of the holy places into the outward court: but there they shall lay their vestments, wherein they minister, for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and so they shall go forth to the people.
15 When he had finished measuring the inner temple area, he brought me out by way of the gate which faces east and measured all the limits of the court.	15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate that looked toward the east: and he measured it on every side round about.
16 He measured the east side: five hundred cubits by his measuring rod. Then he turned	16 And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
17 and measured the north side: five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. He turned	17 And he measured toward the north five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
18 to the south and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.	18 And towards the south he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
19 Then he turned to the west and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.	19 And toward the west he measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
20 Thus he measured it in the four directions, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide. It was surrounded by a wall, to separate the sacred from the profane.	20 By the four winds he measured the wall thereof on every side round about, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits broad, making a separation between the sanctuary and the place of the people.