| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then he brought me out into the outer court, by the way toward the north; and he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard, and which was opposite the building toward the north. | 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. |
| 2Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. | 2The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide. |
| 3Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. | 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. |
| 4In front of the chambers, toward the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a distance of one cubit; and their doors faced north. | 4In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north. |
| 5Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building. | 5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. |
| 6For they were in three stories and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up. | 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. |
| 7And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at the front of the chambers, toward the outer court; its length was fifty cubits. | 7An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court. |
| 8The length of the chambers toward the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one hundred cubits. | 8For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long. |
| 9At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court. | 9And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court. |
| 10Also there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. | 10On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building, |
| 11There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north; they were as long and as wide as the others, and all their exits and entrances were according to plan. | 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. |
| 12And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east. | 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. |
| 13Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—for the place is holy. | 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. |
| 14When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people.” | 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.” |
| 15Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around. | 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: |
| 16He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. | 16With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long. |
| 17He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. | 17He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long. |
| 18He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. | 18He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long. |
| 19He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. | 19And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long. |
| 20He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common. | 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. |
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