1 ^wIn the twenty-fifth year ^xof our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, ^yin the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, ^zthe hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.¹ 2 In ^avisions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on ^ba very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. 3 When he brought me there, behold, there was ^ca man whose appearance was ^dlike bronze, with ^ea linen cord and ^fa measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, ^g“Son of man, ^hlook with your eyes, and ^hhear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. ⁱDeclare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

5 And behold, there was ^ja wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, ^keach being a cubit and a handbreadth² in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.

17 Then he brought me into ^uthe outer court. And behold, there were ^vchambers and a ^wpavement, all around the court. ^xThirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court,¹ a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.²

35 Then he brought me to ^qthe north gate, and ^rhe measured it. It had the same size as the others. 36 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others,¹ and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 37 Its vestibule² faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

38 There was ^sa chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate,^{3 t}where the burnt offering was to be washed. 39 And in the vestibule of the gate were two ^utables on either side, on which the ^vburnt offering and the ^wsin offering and the ^xguilt offering were to be slaughtered. 40 And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. 41 ^yFour tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, ^zon which to slaughter. 42 And there were four tables ^aof hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the ^vburnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. 43 And hooks,⁴ a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

44 On the outside of the inner gateway there were two ^bchambers⁵ in the ^cinner court, one⁶ at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south⁷ gate facing north. 45 And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^dwho have charge of the temple, 46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests ^ewho have charge of the altar. These are ^fthe sons of Zadok, who alone⁸ among the sons of Levi may come ^gnear to the Lord to minister to him.” 47 And he measured the court, ^ha hundred cubits long and ^ha hundred cubits broad, a square. And ⁱthe altar was in front of the temple.

48 Then he brought me to ^jthe vestibule of the temple and measured the ^kjambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate⁹ were three cubits on either side. 49 ^lThe length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve¹⁰ cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps.¹¹ And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.