| New King James Version | NET 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 he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north. |
| 2Facing the length, which was one hundred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was the north door. | 2Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87 1/2 feet. |
| 3Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. | 3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. |
| 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 a walkway on the inner side, 17 1/2 feet wide at a distance of 1 3/4 feet, and their entrances 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 narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers 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 in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones. |
| 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. | 7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87 1/2 feet long. |
| 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 87 1/2 feet long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet long. |
| 9At the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court. | 9Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters 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. | 10At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers |
| 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 passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances |
| 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. | 12were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters. |
| 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 he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are 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 offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because 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.” | 14When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are." |
| 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 he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around. |
| 16He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. | 16He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick. |
| 17He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around. | 17He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. |
| 18He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod. | 18He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. |
| 19He came around to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod. | 19He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick. |
| 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. | 20He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places. |
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