祭司用的厢房
1那人带我出了圣殿，向北来到外院的厢房，一排在空地对面，一排在北边的建筑物对面。 2厢房长五十米，宽二十五米，有北门。 3内院十米宽的空地和外院的铺石地对面有三层高的走廊彼此相对。 4在两排厢房之间有一条五米宽、五十米长的通道，厢房的门都向北。 5上层的厢房比下层和中层的窄，因为上层走廊占去较大的面积。 6这建筑物不像外院那样有柱子，所以上层比中层和下层窄。 7厢房旁边的外墙与厢房及外院平行，长二十五米。 8靠近外院的厢房长二十五米，靠近圣殿的厢房则长五十米。 9下层厢房的东面有一道门，可以从外院进入。
10南面42:10 “南面”希伯来文是“东面”。的院墙有两排厢房，一排在空地对面，一排在南面的建筑物对面， 11厢房前面有通道。这些厢房与北面的厢房一样，长宽相同，出入口和结构也一样。 12厢房的东面通道的前端有一道门。
13他对我说：“这些在南北两面对着圣殿空地的厢房都是圣洁的，供事奉耶和华的祭司在那里吃至圣的祭物，并放置素祭、赎罪祭和赎过祭，因为这是圣洁的地方。 14祭司在圣所供职后，不可直接到外院，要先在这些厢房里脱下供职时所穿的圣衣，换上普通衣服，才可以到外面的百姓那里。”
15他量完圣殿里面，便带我出了东门，量圣殿外围。 16他用量竿量了东面，长二百五十米； 17又量了北面，长二百五十米； 18又量了南面，长二百五十米； 19然后又去量西面，长二百五十米。 20他量了圣殿四围的墙，长宽都是二百五十米，这墙是为了把圣地和俗地隔开。
The Rooms for the Priests
1Then the man led me north into the outer courtyard of the temple. He brought me to the rooms that were across from the inner courtyard. They were across from the outer wall of the temple on the north side. 2The rooms were in a building north of the temple. The building had a door that faced north. It was 175 feet long. It was 88 feet wide. 3One row of rooms was next to the inner courtyard. The other row was across from the sidewalk of the outer courtyard. Each room was 35 feet long. Walkways in front of each row faced each other on all three floors. 4Between the two rows was an inner sidewalk. It was 18 feet wide and 175 feet long. Each of the rooms had a door on the north side. 5The rooms on the top floor were narrower than the others. The walkways took up more space from these rooms. The walkways took up less space from the rooms on the other two floors. 6The courtyards had pillars. But the rooms on the top floor didn’t. So their floor space was smaller than the space in the rooms on the other floors. 7The building had an outer wall. It was even with the outer row of rooms and with the outer courtyard. The wall continued east of the outer row for 88 feet. 8So there were two rows of rooms. The row next to the outer courtyard was 88 feet long. The one closest to the temple was 175 feet long. 9The first floor of the building had an entrance on the east side. It led to the outer courtyard.
10There were also two rows of rooms in a building next to the south side of the inner courtyard. The building was across from the south wall of the outer courtyard. 11Between the two rows was an inner sidewalk. The rooms were like the ones in the north building. They were as long and wide as the rooms on the north. The doorways of the rooms on the south were like the ones on the north. 12People entered the south rooms through the doorway at the east end of the inner sidewalk. The south wall continued east of the outer row of rooms.
13The man said to me, “The north and south rooms face the inner courtyard. They are the priests’ rooms. That is where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the very holy offerings. They will also store them there. That includes the grain offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings. This place is holy. 14The priests who enter these holy rooms must leave behind the clothes they served in. Then they can go into the outer courtyard. The clothes they served in are holy. So the priests must put other clothes on. They have to do that before they go near the places where other people go.”
15The man finished measuring what was inside the temple area. Then he led me out through the east gate. He measured all around the area. 16He measured the east side with his measuring rod. It was 875 feet long. 17He measured the north side. It was 875 feet long. 18He measured the south side. It was 875 feet long. 19Finally, he turned and measured the west side. It was 875 feet long. 20So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it. The wall was 875 feet long and 875 feet wide. It separated what was holy from what was not.
