Ezekiel 40 – NIV & BPH

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Ezekiel 40:1-49

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 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters 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 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; 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 14 feet or about 4.2 meters deep and its jambs were two cubits40:9 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter 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 18 feet wide and 23 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters 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 44 feet or about 13 meters; 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 105 feet or about 32 meters 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 88 feet or about 27 meters; 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 around, as was the portico; the openings all around 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 around 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 175 feet or about 53 meters; 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 around, 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 around. 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 around. 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 around. 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 2 2/3 feet long and wide and 21 inches high or about 80 centimeters long and wide and 53 centimeters 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 3 1/2 inches or about 9 centimeters long, were attached to the wall all around. 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 25 feet or about 7.4 meters and its projecting walls were40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was three cubits40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters wide on either side. 49The portico was twenty cubits40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters wide, and twelve40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven cubits40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters 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.

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Ezekiels Bog 40:1-49

Ezekiels syn af et nyt tempel

1På den tiende dag i den første måned i det 25. år af vores eksil, 14 år efter Jerusalems fald, kom Herrens kraft over mig, og han førte mig i ånden helt til Jerusalem. 2I mit syn ankom jeg til Israel og blev anbragt på et højt bjerg, hvorfra jeg foran mig40,2 Efter LXX. Den hebraiske tekst siger: „mod syd”. så noget, der lignede en by. 3Jeg fik øje på en mand, der lyste som skinnende bronze. Han stod ved den østlige port i muren omkring tempelpladsen, og i hånden holdt han en målesnor og en målestok. 4„Du menneske,” sagde han til mig. „Hold øjne og ører åbne og læg nøje mærke til alt, hvad jeg viser dig. Du er blevet ført hertil, for at jeg kan vise dig mange ting. Bagefter skal du fortælle det hele til Israels folk.”

5Jeg kunne se muren hele vejen rundt om tempelområdet, og manden målte murens højde og bredde, der svarede præcis til længden af hans målestok, som var 3 m.

6Manden kaldte mig nu hen til østporten i muren. Vi gik op ad trappen, hvorefter han målte tærsklen i portåbningen. Den havde målestokkens længde og var altså 3 meter bred. 7Inden for porten kom vi forbi nogle vagtrum, som alle var 3 gange 3 m, og imellem rummene var der 2,5 m. Dernæst kom vi til tærsklen til den modsatte port, den som førte ind mod templets ydre forgård. Den var også 3 m bred. 8Så målte han forhallen før porten, og den var 4 m. 9Dens søjler var en meter brede og den vendte ind mod templet. 10Af vagtrum var der tre på hver side af passagen mellem den ydre og indre port, og de havde samme mål. Og søjlerne på hver side havde også alle samme mål. 11Indgangspartiet i portåbningen mod øst var 5 m bredt, og passagen imellem portene var 6,5 m bred. 12Foran hvert af vagtrummene ud mod passagen var der stenbænke, som var en halv meter bred og en halv meter høj. 13Derefter målte manden bredden af hele portkomplekset fra ydermuren af vagtrummet på den ene side til ydermuren af vagtrummet, der lå lige overfor på den anden side. Den var 12,5 m. 14Søjlerne ved forhallen blev anslået til at være 30 m høje,40,14 Eller 10 m. Den hebraiske tekst er meget uklar, og det samme er LXX. og forhallen vendte som sagt ud mod templets ydre forgård. 15Der var i alt 25 m fra den ene ende af portkomplekset til den anden. 16Der var gittervinduer i vagtrummene og i murene imellem rummene. Alle søjler var dekoreret med palmemotiver.

17-18Manden førte mig nu videre ind i den ydre forgård, hvor der var 30 rum bygget op ad muren mod nord, øst og syd. Forgården var belagt med fliser i to niveauer. Det nederste niveau gik fra ydermuren og indad i en bredde, der svarede til portkompleksernes længde. Det øverste niveau dækkede resten af forgården ind til indermuren. 19Så målte han afstanden fra porten til den ydre forgård til porten til den indre forgård. Afstanden mellem de to portkomplekser var 50 m, og det gjaldt både mod øst og nord.

20Han førte mig derefter hen til portkomplekset mod nord og målte både dets længde og bredde. 21Det havde også tre vagtrum på hver side, og målene var de samme som for portkomplekset mod øst, 25 m i længden og 12,5 m i bredden. 22Også vinduer, forhal, søjler og palmemotiver var som i østporten. En trappe med syv trin førte op til den ydre portindgang, og forhallen vendte ind mod den ydre forgård. 23Overfor det ydre portkompleks lå der både mod nord og øst et indre portkompleks, som førte ind til den indre forgård. Afstanden mellem de ydre og indre portkomplekser var 50 m.

24Derefter førte han mig videre til portkomplekset mod syd. Der var også en forhal og søjler, som han målte, og det var de samme mål som før. 25Hele portkomplekset var 25 m langt og 12,5 m bredt som de andre, og der var vinduer i væggene og i forhallen som i de andre. 26Der var syv trappetrin op til den ydre indgang, forhallen vendte ind mod den ydre forgård, og der var palmemotiver på søjlerne. 27Overfor det ydre sydlige portkompleks lå det indre sydportkompleks, som førte ind til den indre forgård. Afstanden mellem de to portkomplekser var 50 m.

28Så førte han mig gennem det indre sydportkompleks ind i den indre forgård. Undervejs målte han portkomplekset, og det havde samme mål som de andre. 29Vagtrummene, søjlerne og forhallen havde nøjagtig samme mål som i de ydre porte, og der var vinduer i væggene og i forhallen. Portkomplekset var 25 m langt og 12,5 m bredt. 30Hver forhal i de tre portkomplekser omkring den indre gård var 12,5 m i bredden og 2,5 m dyb. 31Otte trappetrin førte op til portens indgang, forhallen vendte ud mod den ydre forgård, og der var palmemotiver på søjlerne.

32Derpå førte han mig hen til det indre østlige portkompleks. Dets mål svarede til de øvrige portes: 33Vagtrummene, søjlerne og forhallen var de samme, og der var vinduer i væggene og i forhallen. Portkomplekset var 25 m langt og 12,5 m bredt. 34Forhallen vendte ud mod den ydre forgård, og der var palmemotiver på søjlerne. Også her var der otte trappetrin.

35Så førte han mig til det indre nordlige portkompleks, hvis mål svarede til de øvrige portes. 36Vagtrummene, søjlerne og forhallen var nøjagtig som de andre, og portkomplekset var 25 m langt og 12,5 m bredt. 37Forhallen vendte ud mod den ydre forgård, og der var palmemotiver på søjlerne. Også her førte otte trappetrin op til porten.

38Der ved det indre nordportkompleks40,38 Selv om Ezekiel kun beskriver det, han ser her ved nordporten, hvor han står, var der sandsynligvis tilsvarende rum og borde ved de andre to porte mod øst og syd. så jeg tæt ved søjlerne til forhallen et rum med en dør. Rummet var beregnet til at vaske offerkødet, før det blev lagt på alteret. 39I forhallen stod der på hver side af midtergangen to borde, der blev brugt til at lægge kødet fra de slagtede offerdyr på, hvad enten det var brændofre, syndofre eller skyldofre. 40Uden for forhallen var der tilsvarende to borde på hver side af indgangen. 41I alt var der altså otte borde, som blev brugt til at lægge de slagtede offerdyr på,40,41 Ordret: „til slagtningen”, dvs. til brug ved slagtningen. Selve slagtningen foregik i den ydre forgård og v. 43 klargør, at indvoldene og kødstykkerne fra de slagtede dyr blev lagt på bordene, så præsterne kunne tage dem derfra og bringe dem ind i den indre forgård til alteret. fire borde inde i forhallen og fire borde udenfor. 42Ved siden af trappetrinene op til porten stod der fire borde af tilhugne sten, hvorpå man opbevarede knivene og de øvrige redskaber, der blev brugt ved slagtningen. Stenbordene var 75 gange 75 cm med en højde på 50 cm. 43På ydermuren af portkomplekset var der fastgjort en lang række kroge af en håndsbreds længde til brug ved parteringen af offerdyrene. Efter parteringen og afvaskningen blev de udskårne stykker anbragt på bordene.

44Derpå førte han mig ind i den indre forgård, og jeg så, at der var bygget to rum til præsterne. Det ene lå tæt ved nordporten og havde indgang mod syd, og den anden lå tæt ved sydporten og havde indgang mod nord.

45Manden forklarede mig, at rummet ved nordporten skulle bruges af de præster, der havde ansvar for den daglige tjeneste i templet, 46mens rummet ved sydporten var for de præster, der skulle forrette altertjenesten, altså Zadoks efterkommere, de eneste levitter, der måtte nærme sig Herren og udføre denne tjeneste.

47Derefter målte han den indre forgård: Den var 50 m på hver led. Alteret stod foran tempelbygningen. 48Så førte han mig hen til selve tempelbygningens forhal. Den havde to enorme søjler hver på 2,5 gange 2,5 m. Indgangen var 7 m bred og de to sidemure var hver 1,5 m brede. 49Forhallen målte 10 m gange 5,5 m. En trappe førte op til forhallen, og der var søjler på begge sider af trappen.