Ezekiel 42

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 He then took me out into the outer court on the north side and led me to the room facing the court, thatis to say, to the front of the building on the north side.	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.
2 Along the front, it was a hundred cubits long on the north side and fifty cubits wide.	2 Their length was a hundred cubits on the north side, and they were fifty cubits wide.
3 Facing the gateways of the inner court and facing the paving of the outer court was a gal ery in front ofthe triple gal ery,	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.
4 and in front of the rooms was a walk, ten cubits measured inwards and a hundred cubits long; theirdoors looked north.	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.
5 The top-floor rooms were narrow because the gal eries took up part of the width, being narrower thanthose on the ground floor or those on the middle floor of the building;	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;
6 these were divided into three storeys and had no columns such as the court had. Hence they werenarrower than the ground floor ones or the middle-floor ones (below them).	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.
7 The outer wal paral el to the rooms, facing them and giving onto the outer court, was fifty cubits long,	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,
8 the length of the rooms facing the outer court being fifty cubits, while for those facing the hal of theTemple it was a hundred cubits.	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.
9 Beneath the rooms there was an entrance from the east, leading in from the outer court.	9 Below these chambers there was the way in from the east, so that one could enter from the outer court
10 In the thickness of the wal of the court, on the south side fronting the court and the building, wererooms.	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,
11 A walk ran in front of them, as with the rooms built on the north side; they were of the same lengthand breadth, and were of similar design with similar doors in and out.	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.
12 Before the rooms on the south side there was an entrance at the end of each walk, opposite thecorresponding wall on the east side, at their entries.	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.
13 He said to me, 'The northern and southern rooms giving onto the court are the rooms of thesanctuary, in which the priests who approach Yahweh will eat the most holy things. In them will be placed themost holy things: the oblation, the sacrifice for sin and the sacrifice of reparation, since this is a holy place.	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.
14 Once the priests have entered, they wil not go out of the holy place into the outer court withoutleaving their liturgical vestments there, since these vestments are holy; they will put on other clothes beforegoing near places assigned to the people.'	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."
15 When he had finished measuring the inside of the Temple, he took me out to the east gate andmeasured it right round the sides.	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.
16 He measured the east side with his measuring rod: a total of five hundred cubits by the measuringrod.	16 He measured the east side: five hundred cubits by his measuring rod. Then he turned
17 He then measured the north side: a total of five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.	17 and measured the north side: five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. He turned
18 He then measured the south side: five hundred cubits by the measuring rod	18 to the south and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
19 was the total. On the west side he measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.	19 Then he turned to the west and measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
20 He measured the entire enclosing wall on al four sides: length five hundred, breadth five hundred,separating the sacred from the profane.	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.