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.
Os Quartos dos Sacerdotes
1Depois disso o homem conduziu-me para o lado norte, para o pátio externo, e levou-me aos quartos opostos ao pátio do templo e ao muro externo do lado norte. 2O prédio cuja porta dava para o norte tinha cinquenta metros42.2 Hebraico: 100 côvados. O côvado longo era uma medida linear de cerca de meio metro. de comprimento e vinte e cinco metros de largura. 3Tanto na seção que ficava a dez metros de distância do pátio interno quanto na seção oposta ao piso do pátio externo, havia uma galeria frente à outra nos três andares. 4Em frente dos quartos havia uma passagem interna com cinco metros de largura e cinquenta metros42.4 Conforme a Septuaginta e a Versão Siríaca. O Texto Massorético diz 1 côvado. de comprimento. Suas portas ficavam no lado norte. 5Ora, os quartos superiores eram mais estreitos, pois as galerias tomavam mais espaço deles do que dos quartos do andar inferior e médio. 6Os quartos do terceiro andar não tinham colunas, ao passo que os pátios tinham. Por isso a área deles era menor do que a dos quartos do andar inferior e do meio. 7Havia uma parede externa paralela aos quartos e ao pátio externo; sua extensão era de vinte e cinco metros, em frente dos quartos. 8A fileira de quartos junto ao pátio interno tinha vinte e cinco metros de comprimento, e a que ficava mais próxima do santuário tinha cinquenta metros de comprimento. 9Os quartos de baixo tinham entrada pelo lado leste, quando se vem do pátio externo.
10No lado sul, ao longo da parede do pátio externo, adjacentes ao pátio do templo e no lado oposto do muro externo, havia quartos 11com uma passagem em frente deles. Eram como os quartos do lado norte; tinham o mesmo comprimento e a mesma largura, com saídas e dimensões semelhantes. As portas do lado norte 12eram semelhantes às portas dos quartos do lado sul. Havia uma entrada no início do corredor paralelo ao muro correspondente que se estendia para leste; e havia uma entrada para os quartos.
13Depois o homem me disse: “Os quartos do norte e do sul que dão para o pátio do templo são os quartos em que os sacerdotes que se aproximam do Senhor comerão e guardarão as ofertas santíssimas, isto é, as ofertas de cereal, as ofertas pelo pecado e as ofertas pela culpa, pois o local é santo. 14Assim que os sacerdotes entrarem nos recintos sagrados, só poderão ir para o pátio externo após tirarem as vestes com as quais ministram, pois elas são santas. Porão outras vestes antes de se aproximarem dos lugares reservados para o povo”.
15Quando ele acabou de medir o que havia dentro da área do templo, levou-me para fora pela porta leste e mediu a área em redor. 16Mediu o lado leste com a vara de medir; tinha duzentos e cinquenta metros42.16 Com base na Septuaginta. O Texto Massorético diz 500 varas (1.500 metros); também nos versículos 17-20.. 17Mediu o lado norte; tinha duzentos e cinquenta metros, segundo a vara de medir. 18Mediu o lado sul; tinha duzentos e cinquenta metros, segundo a vara de medir. 19Depois ele foi para o lado oeste e o mediu; tinha duzentos e cinquenta metros, segundo a vara de medir. 20Assim ele mediu a área nos quatro lados. Em torno dela havia um muro de duzentos e cinquenta metros de comprimento e duzentos e cinquenta metros de largura, para separar o santo do comum.
