Then he brought me out to the outer court, leading me in the direction of the north, and he brought me to the chamber that faced the separated area and the building, toward the north.

Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.

In front of the length of one hundred cubits was the north-facing entrance, and it was fifty cubits wide.

Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

It faced the twenty cubits belonging to the inner court and the pavement belonging to the outer court, with a gallery facing a gallery, set in three tiers.

Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

Opposite the chambers was a walkway ten cubits wide and one cubit long, and their entrances faced the north.

And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

The upper chambers were shorter because the galleries took away space from them, compared to the lower and middle tiers of the building.

Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

These chambers were arranged in three tiers, but they did not have columns like the columns of the courts. Therefore, they were set back from the lower and middle tiers, starting from the ground.

For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

There was a wall on the outside beside the chambers, parallel to the outer court—a wall fifty cubits long.

And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

For the length of the chambers belonging to the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas those that faced the temple were one hundred cubits long.

For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits.

Underneath these chambers was the entrance from the east, which one could use when coming into them from the outer court.

And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.

On the width of the wall of the courtyard, facing the separated area and the building, on the east side, were chambers.

The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.

The passageway in front of them matched the appearance of the chambers on the north; they had the same length and width, with identical exits, designs, and entrances.

And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

Just like the entrances of the chambers facing south, there was an entrance at the head of the way that ran before the wall, directly eastward as one approached them.

And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

Then he said to me, "The chambers on the north and the chambers on the south, which face the separated area, are the holy chambers where the priests who draw near to the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. They will place the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering—there, for the place is holy.

Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

When the priests enter, they must not go out from the holy place to the outer court, but they must leave their garments in which they minister there, for they are holy. They shall wear other garments before they come near to the area accessible to the people.

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.

When he had finished measuring the inner temple area, he brought me out through the gate that faced east, and he measured all around the area.

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

He measured the eastern side with the measuring reed; it was five hundred rods with the measuring reed all around.

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

He measured the northern side; it was five hundred rods with the measuring reed all around.

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

He measured the southern side; it was five hundred rods with the measuring reed.

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

Finally, he turned to the western side and measured five hundred rods with the measuring reed.

He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred rods long and five hundred rods wide, to separate the holy from the common.

He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.