1Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. 2Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 3Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. 4And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. 5Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.42.5 were higher…: or, did eat of these42.5 than the lower…: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost 6For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 7And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. 8For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. 9And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.42.9 from under: or, from the place42.9 the entry: or, he that brought me42.9 as…: or, as he came 10The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. 11And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12And 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 wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
13¶ Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. 14When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
15Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. 16He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.42.16 side: Heb. wind 17He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 18He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
19¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 20He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
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。
