Ezekiel 40 NLT HCSB Parallel

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1On April 28, during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the LORD took hold of me.

1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been captured, on that very day the LORD's hand was on me, and He brought me there.

2In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city.

2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On its southern slope was a structure resembling a city.

3As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.

3He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.

4He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.” The East Gateway

4He spoke to me: "Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel."

5I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1/2 feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1/2 feet thick and 10 1/2 feet high.

5Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man's hand was six units of 21 inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was about 10 feet, and its height was the same.

6Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10 1/2 feet front to back.

6Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 feet deep--the first threshold was 10 feet deep.

7There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1/2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3/4 feet along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1/2 feet front to back.

7Each recess was about 10 feet long and 10 feet deep, and there was a space of 8 3/4 feet between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate's portico was about 10 feet.

8He also measured the entry room of the gateway.

8Next he measured the portico of the gate;

9It was 14 feet across, with supporting columns 3 1/2 feet thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.

9it was 14 feet, and its pilasters were 3 1/2 feet. The portico of the gate was on the temple side.

10There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical.

10There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the pilasters on either side also had the same measurements.

11The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 1/2 feet wide at the opening and 22 3/4 feet wide in the gateway passage.

11Then he measured the width of the gate's entrance; it was 17 1/2 feet, while the width of the gateway was 22 3/4 feet.

12In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1/2 feet on each side.

12There was a barrier of 21 inches in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10 1/2 feet square.

13Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43 3/4 feet.

13Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43 3/4 feet. The openings of the recesses faced each other.

14He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.

14Next, he measured the pilasters--105 feet. The gate extended around to the pilaster of the court.

15The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet from one end to the other.

15The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate's portico on the inside was 87 1/2 feet.

16There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees. The Outer Courtyard

16The recesses and their pilasters had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each pilaster was decorated with palm trees.

17Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement.

17Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,

18This pavement flanked the gates and extended out from the walls into the courtyard the same distance as the gateway entrance. This was the lower pavement.

18which flanked the gates and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

19Then the man measured across the Temple’s outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet. The North Gateway

19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet. This was the east; next the north is described.

20The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east.

20He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.

21Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.

21Its three recesses on each side, its pilasters, and its portico had the same measurements as the first gate: 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

22The windows, the entry room, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east gateway. There were seven steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and the entry room was at the inner end of the gateway passage.

22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them.

23Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet. The South Gateway

23The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.

24Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its various parts, and they were exactly the same as in the others.

24He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its pilasters and portico; they had the same measurements as the others.

25It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.

25Both the gate and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

26This gateway also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and an entry room at the inner end, and palm tree decorations along the dividing walls.

26Its stairway had seven steps, and its portico was ahead of them. It had palm trees on its pilasters, one on each side.

27And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner courtyard. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet. Gateways to the Inner Courtyard

27The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.

28Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

28Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

29Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

29Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

30(The entry rooms of the gateways leading into the inner courtyard were 14 feet across and 43 3/4 feet wide.)

30(There were porticoes all around, 43 3/4 feet long and 8 3/4 feet wide.)

31The entry room to the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.

31Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.

32Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

33Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the entry room. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

33Its recesses, pilasters, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

34Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.

34Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

35Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

35Then he brought me to the north gate. When he measured it, it had the same measurements as the others,

36The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

36as did its recesses, pilasters, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.

37Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard, and it had palm tree decorations on the columns. There were eight steps leading to its entrance. Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices

37Its portico faced the outer court, and its pilasters were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

38A door led from the entry room of one of the inner gateways into a side room, where the meat for sacrifices was washed.

38There was a chamber whose door opened into the portico of the gate. The burnt offering was to be washed there.

39On each side of this entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.

39Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and restitution offering.

40Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two more tables.

40Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate's portico.

41So there were eight tables in all—four inside and four outside—where the sacrifices were cut up and prepared.

41So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done.

42There were also four tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31 1/2 inches square and 21 inches high. On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.

42There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31 1/2 inches long, 31 1/2 inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.

43There were hooks, each 3 inches long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables. Rooms for the Priests

43There were three-inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.

44Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms, one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south gateway, facing north.

44Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north.

45And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance.

45Then the man said to me: "This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.

46The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar—the descendants of Zadok—for they alone of all the Levites may approach the LORD to minister to him.” The Inner Courtyard and Temple

46The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the LORD to serve Him."

47Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.

47Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

48Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8 3/4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 24 1/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5 1/4 feet long.

48Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the pilasters of the portico; they were 8 3/4 feet thick on each side. The width of the gateway was 24 1/2 feet, and the side walls of the gate were 5 1/4 feet wide on each side.

49The entry room was 35 feet wide and 21 feet deep. There were ten steps leading up to it, with a column on each side.

49The portico was 35 feet across and21 feet deep, and 10 steps led up to it. There were pillars by the pilasters, one on each side.

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