| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side. | 1Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard. |
| 2The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide. | 2This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet long and 87 1/2 feet wide. |
| 3Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court. | 3One block of rooms overlooked the 35-foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other. |
| 4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north. | 4Between the two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 17 1/2 feet wide. It extended the entire 175 feet of the complex, and all the doors faced north. |
| 5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. | 5Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them. |
| 6For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors. | 6Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it. |
| 7An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court. | 7There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87 1/2 feet long. |
| 8For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long. | 8This wall added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only 87 1/2 feet, while the inner block—the rooms toward the Temple—extended for 175 feet. |
| 9And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court. | 9There was an eastern entrance from the outer courtyard to these rooms. |
| 10On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building, | 10On the south side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north. |
| 11with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. | 11There was a walkway between the two blocks of rooms just like the complex on the north side of the Temple. This complex of rooms was the same length and width as the other one, and it had the same entrances and doors. The dimensions of each were identical. |
| 12And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward. | 12So there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway. |
| 13Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy. | 13Then the man told me, “These rooms that overlook the Temple from the north and south are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices to the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. And because these rooms are holy, they will be used to store the sacred offerings—the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. |
| 14Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.” | 14When the priests leave the sanctuary, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering, because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public.” |
| 15Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around: | 15When the man had finished measuring the inside of the Temple area, he led me out through the east gateway to measure the entire perimeter. |
| 16With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long. | 16He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it was 875 feet long. |
| 17He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long. | 17Then he measured the north side, and it was also 875 feet. |
| 18He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long. | 18The south side was also 875 feet, |
| 19And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long. | 19and the west side was also 875 feet. |
| 20So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common. | 20So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common. |
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