| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then 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. | 1Then he brought me to the outer, north-facing courtyard into the chamber that stood opposite the structure that was facing north. |
| 2Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. | 2It stood 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide, with a door in the middle. |
| 3Over 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. | 3Opposite the 20 cubits wide inner court, and opposite the paved area that comprised the outer court, there were three stories of galleries that faced each other. |
| 4And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. | 4In front of the chambers there was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and 100 cubits wide, the openings to which were on the north. |
| 5Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. | 5The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building. |
| 6For 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. | 6The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers. |
| 7And 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. | 7The outer wall by the side of the chambers toward the outer court and facing the chambers was 50 cubits long. |
| 8For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. | 8While the chambers in the outer court were 50 cubits in length, the chambers facing the Temple were 100 cubits long. |
| 9And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. | 9Below these chambers, as one might enter from the outer court, was the east side entrance. |
| 10The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. | 10There were chambers built into the thick part of the wall of the court facing the east; that is, facing the separate area toward the front of the building, |
| 11And 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. | 11with a passageway in front of them, similar in appearance to the chambers that were on the north, proportional to their length and width, with all of their exits according to their arrangements and doorways. |
| 12And 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. | 12Corresponding to the chamber doorways facing the south was an opening at the beginning of the passage; that is, the passage in front of the corresponding part of the wall facing east as one might enter. |
| 13Then 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. | 13Then he told me, "The north and south chamber, which are opposite the courtyard, are consecrated areas where the priests who approach the LORD will eat consecrated offerings and lay the consecrated grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, because the area is holy. |
| 14When 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. | 14When the priest enters, they will not enter the outer court from the sanctuary without having removed their garments worn during their time of ministry, because they are holy. They will put on different clothes, and then they will approach the area reserved for the people." |
| 15Now 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. | 15After he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the east-facing gate and measured it all around. |
| 16He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. | 16He measured the east side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 17He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. | 17the north side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 18He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. | 18the south side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 19He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. | 19and the west side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick. |
| 20He 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. | 20He measured a wall that encompassed all four sides, 500 hundred long and 500 wide, dividing between the sacred and common areas. |
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