40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was smitten, in the same day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there.
40:2 In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which [was] a structure like a city on the south.
40:3 And he brought me there, and, behold, [there was] a man, whose appearance [was] like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
40:4 And the man said to me, Son of man, behold with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee; for to the intent that I might show [them] to thee [art] thou brought here: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the mans hand a measuring reed of six cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
40:6 Then he came to the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, [which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold [of the gate, which was] one reed broad.
40:7 And [every] little chamber [was] one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers [were] five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within [was] one reed.
40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
40:9 Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate [was] inside.
40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward [were] three on this side, and three on that side; they three [were] of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
40:12 The space also before the little chambers [was] one cubit [on this side], and the space [was] one cubit on that side: and the little chambers [were] six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of [one] little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth [was] five and twenty cubits, door against door.
40:14 He made also posts of sixty cubits, even to the post of the court around to the gate.
40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner gate [were] fifty cubits.
40:16 And [there were] narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate on every side, and likewise to the arches: and windows [were] all around inside: and upon [each] post [were] palm trees.
40:17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and, lo, [there were] chambers, and a pavement made for the court all around: thirty chambers [were] upon the pavement.
40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates [was] as wide as the length of the gates; [was to] the lower pavement.
40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate to the front of the inner court on the other side, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
40:20 And the gate of the outer court that looked toward the north, he measured its length, and its breadth.
40:21 And its little chambers [were] three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length [was] fifty cubits, and its breadth five and twenty cubits.
40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, [were] after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches [were] before them.
40:23 And the gate of the inner court [was] opposite the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.
40:25 And [there were] windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
40:26 And [there were] seven steps to go up to it, and its arches [were] before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon its posts.
40:27 And [there was] a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
40:29 And its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and [there were] windows in it and in its arches all around: [it was] fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
40:30 And the arches all around [were] five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
40:31 And its arches [were] toward the outer court; and palm trees [were] upon its posts: and the ascent to it [had] eight steps.
40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
40:33 And its little chambers, and its posts, and its arches, [were] according to these measures: and [there were] windows in it and in its arches all around: [it was] fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
40:34 And its arches [were] toward the outer court; and palm trees [were] upon its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it [had] eight steps.
40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured [it] according to these measures;
40:36 Its little chambers, its posts, and its arches, and the windows all around: the length [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
40:37 And its posts [were] toward the outer court; and palm trees [were] upon its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it [had] eight steps.
40:38 And the chambers and its entrances [were] by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
40:39 And in the porch of the gate [were] two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay on it the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
40:40 And on the outside, as one goeth up to the entrance of the north gate, [were] two tables; and on the other side, which [was] at the porch of the gate, [were] two tables.
40:41 Four tables [were] on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, upon which they slew [their sacrifices].
40:42 And the four tables [were] of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: upon which also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
40:43 And within [were] hooks, an hand broad, fastened all around: and upon the tables [was] the flesh of the offering.
40:44 And outside the inner gate [were] the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which [was] at the side of the north gate; and their prospect [was] toward the south: one at the side of the east gate [having] the prospect toward the north.
40:45 And he said to me, This chamber, whose prospect [is] toward the south, [is] for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
40:46 And the chamber whose prospect [is] toward the north [is] for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these [are] the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, who come near to the LORD to minister to him.
40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house.
40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured [each] post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate [was] three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
40:49 The length of the porch [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and [he brought me] by the steps by which they went up to it: and [there were] pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.