Chambers for the Priests 1 UEB Next the man sent me out to the outer courtyard on the north side, and he brought me to rooms in front of the outer courtyard and the northern outer wall. BSB BSB: Then 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.
2 UEB Those rooms were one hundred cubits along their front and fifty cubits in width. BSB BSB: The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
3 UEB Some of those rooms faced the inner courtyard and were twenty cubits away from the sanctuary. There were three levels of rooms, and the ones above looked down on the ones below and were open to them, having a walkway. Some of the rooms looked out onto the outer courtyard. BSB BSB: Gallery 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.
4 UEB A passage ten cubits in width and one hundred cubits in length ran in front of the rooms. The rooms' doors were toward the north. BSB BSB: In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
5 UEB But the upper halls were smaller, for the walkways took away from them more space than they did in the lowest and middle levels of the building. BSB BSB: Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.
6 UEB For the halls on the third story had no columns, unlike the courtyards, which did have columns. So the highest level's rooms were smaller in size compared to the rooms in the lowest and middle levels. BSB BSB: For 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.
7 UEB The outside wall ran along the rooms toward the outer courtyard, the courtyard that was in front of the rooms. That wall was fifty cubits in length. BSB BSB: An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.
8 UEB The length of the rooms of the outer courtyard was fifty cubits, and the rooms facing the sanctuary were one hundred cubits in length. BSB BSB: For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
9 UEB There was an entrance to the lowest rooms from the east side, coming from the outer courtyard. BSB BSB: And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
10 UEB Along the wall of the outer courtyard on the eastern side of the outer courtyard, in front of the sanctuary's inner courtyard, there were also rooms BSB BSB: On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,
11 UEB with a walkway in front of them. They were as the appearance of the rooms on the northern side. They had the same length and breadth and the same exits and arrangements and doors. BSB BSB: with 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.
12 UEB On the south side were doors into rooms that were just the same as on the north side. A passage on the inside had a door at its head, and the passage opened into the various rooms. On the east side there was a doorway into the passage at one end. BSB BSB: And 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.
13 UEB Then the man said to me, "The northern rooms and the southern rooms that are in front of the outer courtyard are holy rooms where the priests who work nearest to Yahweh may eat the most holy food. They will put the most holy things there—the food offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering—for this is a holy place. BSB BSB: Then 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.
14 UEB When the priests enter there, they must not go out of the holy place to the outer court, without laying aside the clothes in which they served, since these are holy. So they must dress in other clothes before going near the people." BSB BSB: Once 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.”
The Outer Measurements 15 UEB The man completed measuring the inner house and then took me out to the gate that faced the east and measured all the surrounding area there. BSB BSB: Now 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:
16 UEB He measured the east side with a measuring stick—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. BSB BSB: With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.
17 UEB He measured the north side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. BSB BSB: He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.
18 UEB He also measured the south side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. BSB BSB: He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.
19 UEB He also turned and measured the west side—five hundred cubits with the measuring stick. BSB BSB: And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.
20 UEB He measured it on four sides. It had a wall around it that was five hundred cubits in length, and five hundred cubits in width, to separate the holy from that which is common. BSB BSB: So 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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