The temple area restored
1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city – on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me and he took me there. 2In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. 3He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. 4The man said to me, ‘Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.’
The east gate to the outer court
5I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,40:5 That is, about 3.2 metres; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 53 centimetres is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48. each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.
6Then he went to the east gate. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. 7The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits40:7 That is, about 2.7 metres; also in verse 48 thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.
8Then he measured the portico of the gateway; 9it40:8,9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. 9 Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it was eight cubits40:9 That is, about 4.2 metres deep and its jambs were two cubits40:9 That is, about 1 metre thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.
10Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements. 11Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.40:11 That is, about 5.3 metres wide and 6.9 metres long 12In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square. 13Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits40:13 That is, about 13 metres; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 30, 33 and 36 from one parapet opening to the opposite one. 14He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway – sixty cubits.40:14 That is, about 32 metres The measurement was up to the portico40:14 Septuagint; Hebrew projecting wall facing the courtyard.40:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain. 15The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.40:15 That is, about 27 metres; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33 and 36 16The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all round, as was the portico; the openings all round faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
The outer court
17Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all round the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement. 18It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement. 19Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits40:19 That is, about 53 metres; also in verses 23, 27 and 47 on the east side as well as on the north.
The north gate
20Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court. 21Its alcoves – three on each side – its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22Its openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them. 23There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.
The south gate
24Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others. 25The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all round, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 26Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side. 27The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.
The gates to the inner court
28Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others. 29Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all round. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30(The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.) 31Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.
32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others. 33Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all round. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.
35Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others, 36as did its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all round. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 37Its portico40:37 Septuagint (see also verses 31 and 34); Hebrew jambs faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.
The rooms for preparing sacrifices
38A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed. 39In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings40:39 Or purification offerings and guilt offerings were slaughtered. 40By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables. 41So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other – eight tables in all – on which the sacrifices were slaughtered. 42There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high.40:42 That is, about 80 centimetres long and wide and 53 centimetres high On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices. 43And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth40:43 That is, about 9 centimetres long, were attached to the wall all round. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.
The rooms for the priests
44Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east gate and facing north. 45He said to me, ‘The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple, 46and the room facing north is for the priests who guard the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.’
47Then he measured the court: it was square – a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
The new temple
48He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits40:48 That is, about 7.4 metres and its projecting walls were40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was three cubits40:48 That is, about 1.6 metres wide on either side. 49The portico was twenty cubits40:49 That is, about 11 metres wide, and twelve40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven cubits40:49 That is, about 6.4 metres from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.
新聖殿的異象
1在我們被擄的第二十五年，就是耶路撒冷淪陷的第十四年一月十日，耶和華的靈降在我身上。 2在異象中上帝把我帶到以色列的一座高山上，山的南面彷彿有一座城。 3祂把我帶到那裡。城的入口站著一個面色如銅的人，手中拿著一條麻繩和一根量竿。 4那人對我說：「人子啊，你要留心用眼看，專心用耳聽，注意我指示你的一切，因為我帶你來這裡正是為了要指示你。你要把所見到的一切告訴以色列人。」
外院的門
5我看見殿的四周有牆，那人拿了一根三米長的量竿測量這牆，量出牆厚一竿，高一竿。
6然後，他帶我到殿的東門，走上石階，來到門口。他量了門洞，寬一竿。 7門內有守衛室，長度和寬度都是一竿。室與室之間相距二點二米，通往聖殿的內門洞寬一竿， 8通往聖殿的門廊寬度也是一竿， 9連牆柱在內共四點二米寬，牆柱寬一點零五米。 10東門內共有六間守衛室，每邊三間，大小面積都是一樣，兩邊的牆尺寸也相同。 11通道盡頭有一道門廊，寬五米，長六點五米。 12兩邊守衛室前面的矮牆高五十釐米，守衛室都是三米寬的正方形。 13他又量門廊的寬度，即這邊守衛室的屋頂到對面守衛室的屋頂，是十二點五米。 14他從門口的牆量到外院的牆柱，是三十米。 15由門口到通道盡頭的內廊共二十五米， 16守衛室、牆柱上和門廊周圍都有格子窗，牆柱上刻著棕樹。
外院
17他帶我到外院，外院靠牆的四周是鋪石地，上面共有三十間廂房。 18鋪石地在門口的兩邊，比內院低，寬度與入口的長度一樣。 19他從外院的內門口量到內院的門口，距離是五十米。
北門
20他又量了外院的北門， 21通道兩邊各有三間守衛室，牆和廊子長度和寬度跟東門一樣，分別是二十五米和十二點五米。 22它的窗戶、門廊、牆柱上雕刻的棕樹都和東門的尺寸相同。登上七級石階便到達門口，通道的盡頭是門廊。 23內院的北門與外院的北門相對，正如它的東門和外院的東門相對，門與門之間的距離是五十米。
南門
24他又帶我到南門，量了牆柱和門廊，都與其他門的尺寸相同， 25通道與門廊四周的窗戶也和其他的門一樣，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米。 26登上七級石階便到門廊，兩邊的牆柱也同樣刻著棕樹。 27內院也有南門，與外院南門之間的距離是五十米。
內院的門
28他帶我從南門走進內院，量了南門，跟其他門的尺寸一樣。 29守衛室、牆柱和門廊都和其他的尺寸一樣，通道與門廊四周有窗戶，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米。 30內院周圍的門廊都是長十二點五米，寬二點五米。 31這些門廊靠外院，兩邊的牆柱刻著棕樹，上去的石階共有八級。
32他又帶我從東門進入內院，量了東門，跟其他門的尺寸一樣， 33守衛室、牆柱、門廊和其他門的尺寸一樣，通道與門廊的四周也有窗戶，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米。 34門廊靠外院，兩邊的牆柱刻著棕樹，那裡的石階共有八級。
35他又帶我到北門，量了北門，跟其他門的尺寸一樣。 36守衛室、牆柱、門廊和其他門的尺寸一樣，通道長二十五米，寬十二點五米，四周有窗戶。 37門廊靠外院，兩邊的牆柱刻著棕樹，那裡的石階共有八級。
廂房
38門口的牆柱旁邊有一個房間，供祭司洗燔祭牲。 39門廊兩邊各有兩張用來屠宰燔祭牲、贖罪祭牲和贖過祭牲的桌子。 40內院北門的兩邊各有兩張桌子， 41即裡外各有四張桌子，共八張，供祭司屠宰祭牲之用。 42另有四張用石頭鑿成的桌子用來預備燔祭牲，屠宰燔祭牲及其他祭牲的器具都放在桌上。桌子長寬各七十五釐米，高五十釐米。 43廊內四周掛著七點五釐米長的雙鉤。桌上放著祭肉。
44在內院有歌樂手用的廂房，一間向南，在北門旁，一間向北，在南門旁。 45他對我說：「向南的廂房是給殿內供職的祭司用的， 46向北的廂房是給壇前供職的祭司用的。他們都是撒督的子孫，利未的後裔，在耶和華面前專職事奉。」 47他量了殿前的院子，是五十米寬的正方形，祭壇在殿的前面。
聖殿
48他帶我來到殿前通往聖所的門廊，量了兩旁的牆柱，各二點五米寬，門兩邊的牆一點五米厚， 49門廊長十米，寬四點九米。上門廊靠近牆柱的石級兩旁各有一根柱子。
