祭司用的廂房
1那人帶我出了聖殿，向北來到外院的廂房，一排在空地對面，一排在北邊的建築物對面。 2廂房長五十米，寬二十五米，有北門。 3內院十米寬的空地和外院的鋪石地對面有三層高的走廊彼此相對。 4在兩排廂房之間有一條五米寬、五十米長的通道，廂房的門都向北。 5上層的廂房比下層和中層的窄，因為上層走廊佔去較大的面積。 6這建築物不像外院那樣有柱子，所以上層比中層和下層窄。 7廂房旁邊的外牆與廂房及外院平行，長二十五米。 8靠近外院的廂房長二十五米，靠近聖殿的廂房則長五十米。 9下層廂房的東面有一道門，可以從外院進入。
10南面42·10 「南面」希伯來文是「東面」。的院牆有兩排廂房，一排在空地對面，一排在南面的建築物對面， 11廂房前面有通道。這些廂房與北面的廂房一樣，長寬相同，出入口和結構也一樣。 12廂房的東面通道的前端有一道門。
13他對我說：「這些在南北兩面對著聖殿空地的廂房都是聖潔的，供事奉耶和華的祭司在那裡吃至聖的祭物，並放置素祭、贖罪祭和贖過祭，因為這是聖潔的地方。 14祭司在聖所供職後，不可直接到外院，要先在這些廂房裡脫下供職時所穿的聖衣，換上普通衣服，才可以到外面的百姓那裡。」
15他量完聖殿裡面，便帶我出了東門，量聖殿外圍。 16他用量竿量了東面，長二百五十米； 17又量了北面，長二百五十米； 18又量了南面，長二百五十米； 19然後又去量西面，長二百五十米。 20他量了聖殿四圍的牆，長寬都是二百五十米，這牆是為了把聖地和俗地隔開。
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.
