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. 6 Then he went into ^lthe gateway facing east, ^mgoing up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep.³ 7 And ⁿthe side rooms, one reed long and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed. 8 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; ^oand its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end. 10 And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. ^pThe three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size. 11 Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side. And the side rooms were six cubits on either side. 13 Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other. 14 He measured also ^qthe vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court.⁴ 15 From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And the gateway had ^rwindows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their ^sjambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were ^tpalm trees.

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,⁵ a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.⁶

20 As for ^ythe gate that faced toward the north, belonging to ^uthe outer court, he measured its length and its breadth. 21 Its ⁿside rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of ^zthe first gate. Its length was ^afifty cubits, and its breadth ^btwenty-five cubits. 22 And ^cits windows, its vestibule, and ^cits palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps ^dpeople would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them. 23 And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to ^ethe inner court. And ^fhe measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

24 And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And ^ghe measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others. 25 Both it and its vestibule ^hhad windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 26 And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had ⁱpalm trees on its jambs, one on either side. 27 And there was a gate on the south of ^jthe inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me to ^jthe inner court through the south gate, and ^khe measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others. 29 Its ^lside rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule ^mhad windows all around. ^mIts length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 30 And there were vestibules all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad. 31 Its vestibule faced the outer court, and ⁱpalm trees were on its jambs, and ⁿits stairway had eight steps.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and ^ohe measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others. 33 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 34 ^pIts vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

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,⁷ and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 37 Its vestibule⁸ 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,^{9 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,¹⁰ 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 ^bchambers¹¹ in the ^cinner court, one¹² at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south¹³ 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 alone¹⁴ 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 gate¹⁵ were three cubits on either side. 49 ^lThe length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve¹⁶ cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps.¹⁷ And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.

1 Then he brought me to ^mthe nave and measured the ⁿjambs. On each side six cubits¹⁸ was the breadth of the jambs.¹⁹ 2 And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave,^{20 o}forty cubits, and its breadth, ^ptwenty cubits. 3 Then he went ^qinto the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side²¹ of the entrance, seven cubits. 4 And he measured ^rthe length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across ^sthe nave. And he said to me, “This is ^tthe Most Holy Place.”

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of ^uthe side chambers, four cubits, ^uall around the temple. 6 And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, ^vthirty in each story. There were offsets²² all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, ^wso that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 7 And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and ^xso one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. 8 I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of ^ysix long cubits. 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. ^zThe free space between the side chambers of the temple 10 and the ^aother chambers was a breadth of ^btwenty cubits all around the temple on every side. 11 And the doors of the ^cside chambers opened on ^dthe free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.

12 The building that was facing ^ethe separate yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

13 Then he measured the temple, ^fa hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long; 14 also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits.

15 Then he measured the length of ^gthe building facing the yard that was at the back and ^hits galleries²³ on either side, a hundred cubits.

The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court, 16 ⁱthe thresholds and ^jthe narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 17 to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern.²⁴ 18 It was carved of ^kcherubim and ^lpalm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces: 19 ^ma human face toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around. 20 From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave.

21 The doorposts of ⁿthe nave were squared, and in front of ^othe Holy Place was something resembling 22 ^pan altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad.²⁵ Its corners, its base,²⁶ and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is ^qthe table that is before the Lord.” 23 The nave and the Holy Place had each ^ra double door. 24 The double doors had two leaves apiece, ^stwo swinging leaves for each door. 25 And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, ^tsuch as were carved on the walls. And there was ^ua canopy²⁷ of wood in front of ^vthe vestibule outside. 26 And there were ^jnarrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, ^wthe side chambers of the temple, and the ^ucanopies.

1 Then he led me out into ^xthe outer court, ^ytoward the north, and he brought me to ^xthe chambers that were opposite ^zthe separate yard and opposite ^athe building on the north. 2 The length of the building whose door faced north was ^ba hundred cubits,²⁸ and ^cthe breadth fifty cubits. 3 Facing ^dthe twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing ^ethe pavement that belonged to the outer court, was ^fgallery²⁹ against gallery in three stories. 4 And ^gbefore the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and ^ha hundred cubits long,³⁰ and ^gtheir doors were on the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 6 For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the courts. Thus the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones. 7 And ⁱthere was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, ^jfifty cubits long. 8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite ^kthe nave³¹ were ^la hundred cubits long. 9 Below these chambers was ^man entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

10 In the thickness of ⁿthe wall of the court, on the south³² also, opposite ^othe yard and opposite ^othe building, there were ^pchambers 11 with ^qa passage in front of them. They were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits³³ and arrangements and ^qdoors, 12 as were the entrances of the chambers on the south. There was an entrance at the beginning of the passage, the passage before ⁿthe corresponding wall on the east as one enters them.³⁴

13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite ^othe yard are the holy chambers, ^rwhere the priests who approach the Lord ^sshall eat the ^tmost holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings—^tthe grain offering, ^uthe sin offering, and ^uthe guilt offering—for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court ^vwithout laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. ^vThey shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people.”

15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by ^wthe gate that faced east, and measured the temple area all around. 16 He measured the east side with ^xthe measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 17 He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around. 18 He measured the south side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured, 500 cubits by the measuring reed. 20 He measured it on the four sides. It had ^ya wall around it, ^z500 cubits long and ^z500 cubits broad, ^ato make a separation between the holy and the common.

1 ^d“Let not your hearts be troubled. ^eBelieve in God;¹ believe also in me. 2 In ^fmy Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^gI go to prepare a place for you?² 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^hto myself, that ⁱwhere I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”³ 5 ^jThomas said to him, “Lord, ^kwe do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am ^lthe way, and ^mthe truth, and ⁿthe life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 ^oIf you had known me, you would have ^pknown my Father also.⁴ From now on you do know him and ^qhave seen him.”

8 ^rPhilip said to him, “Lord, ^sshow us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? ^tWhoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that ^uI am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you ^vI do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that ^uI am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^wbelieve on account of the works themselves.

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^xwhoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^yam going to the Father. 13 ^zWhatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^athe Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 ^zIf you ask me⁵ anything in my name, I will do it.

15 ^b“If you love me, you will ^ckeep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^dHelper,⁶ to be with you forever, 17 even ^ethe Spirit of truth, ^fwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^gwill be⁷ in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; ^hI will come to you. 19 ⁱYet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^jyou will see me. ^kBecause I live, you also will live. 20 ^lIn that day you will know that ^mI am in my Father, and ⁿyou in me, and ^oI in you. 21 ^pWhoever has my commandments and ^qkeeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^rhe who loves me ^swill be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^tmanifest myself to him.” 22 ^uJudas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^vthat you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, ^w“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^xwe will come to him and ^ymake our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^zthe word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the ^aHelper, the Holy Spirit, ^bwhom the Father will send in my name, ^che will teach you all things and ^dbring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 ^ePeace I leave with you; ^fmy peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^gLet not your hearts be troubled, neither ^hlet them be afraid. 28 ⁱYou heard me say to you, ^j‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^kam going to the Father, for ^lthe Father is greater than I. 29 And ^mnow I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for ⁿthe ruler of this world is coming. ^oHe has no claim on me, 31 but I do ^pas the Father has commanded me, ^qso that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.