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Vision
of the Man with a Measuring Rod |
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Ezekiel 40:1
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In 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 city was taken, on that same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and He brought
me there. |
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Ezekiel 40:2
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In the visions of God He brought me into the
land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there
was a structure like a city. |
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Ezekiel 40:3
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So He brought me there; and behold, there was
a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax
and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. |
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Ezekiel 40:4
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The man said to me, "Son of man, see with your
eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you;
for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house
of Israel all that you see." |
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Measurements Relating to the Temple |
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Ezekiel 40:5
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And behold, there was a wall on the outside
of the temple all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring rod of six cubits,
each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the
wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. |
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Ezekiel 40:6
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Then he went to the gate which faced east, went
up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width; and the
other threshold was one rod in width. |
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Ezekiel 40:7
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The guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide;
and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate
by the porch of the gate facing inward was one rod. |
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Ezekiel 40:8
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Then he measured the porch of the gate facing
inward, one rod. |
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Ezekiel 40:9
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He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits;
and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was faced inward. |
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Ezekiel 40:10
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The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered
three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars
also had the same measurement on each side. |
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Ezekiel 40:11
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And he measured the width of the gateway, ten
cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. |
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Ezekiel 40:12
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There was a barrier wall one cubit wide in front
of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each
side. |
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Ezekiel 40:13
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He measured the gate from the roof of the one
guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door
to the door opposite. |
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Ezekiel 40:14
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He made the side pillars sixty cubits high;
the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard. |
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Ezekiel 40:15
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From the front of the entrance gate to the front
of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. |
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Ezekiel 40:16
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There were shuttered windows looking toward
the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and
likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each
side pillar were palm tree ornaments. |
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Ezekiel 40:17
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Then he brought me into the outer court, and
behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty
chambers faced the pavement. |
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Ezekiel 40:18
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The pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was
by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. |
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Ezekiel 40:19
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Then he measured the width from the front of
the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a hundred cubits
on the east and on the north. |
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Ezekiel 40:20
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As for the gate of the outer court which faced
the north, he measured its length and its width. |
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Ezekiel 40:21
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It had three guardrooms on each side; and its
side pillars and its porches had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length
was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. |
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Ezekiel 40:22
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Its windows and its porches and its palm tree
ornaments had the same measurements as the gate which faced toward the east; and
it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them. |
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Ezekiel 40:23
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The inner court had a gate opposite the gate
on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred cubits
from gate to gate. |
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Ezekiel 40:24
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Then he led me toward the south, and behold,
there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches
according to those same measurements. |
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Ezekiel 40:25
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The gate and its porches had windows all around
like those other windows; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five
cubits. |
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Ezekiel 40:26
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There were seven steps going up to it, and its
porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree ornaments on its side pillars,
one on each side. |
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Ezekiel 40:27
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The inner court had a gate toward the south;
and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits. |
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Ezekiel 40:28
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Then he brought me to the inner court by the
south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.
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Ezekiel 40:29
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Its guardrooms also, its side pillars and its
porches were according to those same measurements. And the gate and its porches
had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. |
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Ezekiel 40:30
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There were porches all around, twenty-five cubits
long and five cubits wide. |
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Ezekiel 40:31
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Its porches were toward the outer court; and
palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps. |
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Ezekiel 40:32
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He brought me into the inner court toward the
east. And he measured the gate according to those same measurements. |
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Ezekiel 40:33
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Its guardrooms also, its side pillars and its
porches were according to those same measurements. And the gate and its porches
had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. |
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Ezekiel 40:34
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Its porches were toward the outer court; and
palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had
eight steps. |
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Ezekiel 40:35
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Then he brought me to the north gate; and he
measured it according to those same measurements, |
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Ezekiel 40:36
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with its guardrooms, its side pillars and its
porches. And the gate had windows all around; the length was fifty cubits and
the width twenty-five cubits. |
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Ezekiel 40:37
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Its side pillars were toward the outer court;
and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway
had eight steps. |
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Ezekiel 40:38
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A chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars
at the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering. |
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Ezekiel 40:39
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In the porch of the gate were two tables on
each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the
guilt offering. |
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Ezekiel 40:40
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On the outer side, as one went up to the gateway
toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side of the porch of the gate
were two tables. |
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Ezekiel 40:41
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Four tables were on each side next to the gate;
or, eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. |
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Ezekiel 40:42
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For the burnt offering there were four tables
of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and one cubit
high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt offering
and the sacrifice. |
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Ezekiel 40:43
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The double hooks, one handbreadth in length,
were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the
offering. |
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Ezekiel 40:44
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From the outside to the inner gate were chambers
for the singers in the inner court, one of which was at the side of the north
gate, with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the south gate facing
toward the north. |
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Ezekiel 40:45
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He said to me, "This is the chamber which faces
toward the south, intended for the priests who keep charge of the temple; |
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Ezekiel 40:46
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but the chamber which faces toward the north
is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok,
who from the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister to Him." |
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Ezekiel 40:47
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He measured the court, a perfect square, a hundred
cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the temple. |
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Ezekiel 40:48
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Then he brought me to the porch of the temple
and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the
width of the gate was three cubits on each side. |
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Ezekiel 40:49
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The length of the porch was twenty cubits and
the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended were columns
belonging to the side pillars, one on each side. |
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