40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile (593 BCE), in the start of the year, on the tenth [day] of the

month, in the fourt

Jehovah proved to be upon me, so that he brought me to that place. 2 In the visions of God he brought me to the land o
something like the structure of a city to the south.
3
 And he proceeded to bring me there, and, look! there was a man. His appearance was like the appearance of copp
in the gate. 4 And the man began to speak to me: “Son of man, see with your eyes, and with your ears hear, and set yo
you have been brought here. Tell everything that you are seeing to the house of Israel.”
5
 And, look! there was a wall outside the house all round about. And in the hand of the man there was the measuring
breadth of the thing built, one reed; and the height, one reed.
Verse 5: “A cubit of 44.5 cm (17.5 in.) and a handbreadth of 7.4 cm (2.9 in.) equaled about 51.8 cm (20.4 in.) and repre
(NW, ftn).
6
 Then he came to the gate, the front of which is toward the east, and went up by its steps (j). And he began to mea
(across the doorway from it), one reed in width (depth; a1). 7 And the guard chamber (b) was one reed in length and on
cubits; and the threshold of the gate beside the porch of the gate (depth; a2) toward the interior was one reed.
8
 And he proceeded to measure the porch of the gate toward the interior, one reed (?; see comments). 9 So he mea
cubits (depth; e); and the porch of the gate was toward the interior.
10
 And the guard chambers of the gate (b) toward the east were three on this side and three on that side. The three
the same measurement, on this side and on that side.
11
 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits (a1); the length of the gate, thirteen cubits (hei
12
 And the fenced area (g) in front of the guard chambers (b) was one cubit (thick), and there was a fenced area (g)
area in front of the guard chambers on either side [i.e., on both sides of the gate complex] was one cubit”; NW2). And t
interior).
13
 And he went on to measure the gate from the roof (“Possibly referring to the top of the wall of the guard chamber”
chamber), a width of twenty-five cubits (exterior to exterior; see vs 21); entrance (to the one guard chamber) was acro
cubits (being equal to the height of the entire structure), even to the side pillar[s] of the courtyard in the gate[s] all aroun
inner gate (f) was fifty cubits (outside to outside).
16
 And there were windows of narrowing frames (h) for the guard chambers (windows for guard chambers not depic
of the gate all around, and that is the way it was for the porches. And the windows were all around toward the inside, an
 17
 And he gradually brought me into the outer courtyard, and, look! there were dining rooms
(C), and a pavement made for the courtyard all around. There were thirty dining rooms upon
the pavement. 18 And the pavement (D) at the side of the gates (A) was exactly (as deep) as
the length of the gates—the lower pavement (D; the lower pavement extending in from the
outer wall the same depth as the outer gateway).
19
 And he proceeded to measure the width from in front of the lower gate (A) to the front of
the inner courtyard (E) (“from the front of the lower gate to the perimeter of the inner
courtyard”; NW2). Outside (the inner courtyard) it was a hundred cubits (from the inner
courtyard to the outer gate), to the east and to the north.
20
 And the outer courtyard had a gate the front of which was toward the north. He
measured its length and its width. 21 And its guard chambers were three on this side and three
on that side. And its own side pillars and its own porch proved to be according to the
measurement of the first gate. Fifty cubits was its length, and its width was twenty-five in
cubits (see vss 13, 15). 22 And its windows and its porch and its palm-tree figures were of the
same measurement as those of the gate the front of which is toward the east. And by seven
steps (Outer gateway diagram, j) people could go up into it, and its porch was to their front.
23
 And the gate of the inner courtyard was opposite the gate to the north; also [one] to the
east. And he proceeded to measure from (inner) gate (F) to (outer) gate (A) a hundred cubits.
24
 And he gradually brought me toward the south, and, look! there was a gate toward the
south, and he measured its side pillars and its porch as of the same measurements as these.
25
 And it and its porch had windows all around, like these windows. Fifty cubits was the length,
and the breadth was twenty-five cubits. 26 And there were seven steps for going up to it, and
its porch was to their front. And it had palm-tree figures, one on this side and one on that side
on its side pillars.
27
 And the inner courtyard had a gate toward the south. And he measured from (inner) gate
(F) to (outer) gate (A) toward the south a hundred cubits. 28 And he gradually brought me into
the inner courtyard by the gate of the south. And he proceeded to measure the gate of the
south as of the same measurements as these. 29 And its guard chambers and its side pillars
and its porch were of the same measurements as these. And it and its porch had windows
round about. Fifty cubits was the length, and the width was twenty-five cubits. 30 And there
were porches all around (underneath the outer perimeter of the inner courtward, E; see
Perspective view); the length (depth of each) was twenty-five cubits, and the width five cubits
(there being several on each side of the perimeter of the inner courtyard). 31 And its (the
gate’s) porch was to the outer courtyard (B; see inline notes on vs 34), and palm-tree figures
were on its side pillars, and its ascent was eight steps (F).
 32
 And he gradually brought me into the inner courtyard by way of the east, and he
proceeded to measure the gate (F) as of the same measurements as these. 33 And its guard
chambers and its side pillars and its porch were of the same measurements as these, and it
and its porch had windows all around. The length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five
cubits. 34 And its porch was toward the outer courtyard (and facing away from the sanctuary;
the porch of the outer gateways was also toward the outer courtyard, but facing toward the
sanctuary), and palm-tree figures were on its side pillars on this side and on that side. And its
ascent was eight steps (F).
35
 And he proceeded to bring me into the north gate, and he measured, with the same
measurements as these, 36 its guard chambers, its side pillars and its porch. And it had
windows all around. The length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits. 37 And to the
outer courtyard were its side pillars, and palm-tree figures were on its side pillars on this side
and on that side. And its ascent was eight steps. 38 And a dining room with its entrance was by
the side pillars of the gates (G or J). There it was that they would rinse the whole burnt
offering.
39
 And in the porch of the gate (just inside the entrance of the inner gateway to the north)
there were two tables (H) on this side and two tables on that side, for slaughtering upon them
the whole burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering. 40 And on the outer side, as
one goes up to the entrance of the north gate (F), there were two tables. And on the other side
that belongs to the porch of the gate there were two tables. 41 There were four tables over
here and four tables over there at the side of the gate—eight tables, upon which they would do
the slaughtering. 42 And the four tables for the whole burnt offering were of hewn stone. The
length was one cubit and a half, and the width one cubit and a half, and the height one cubit.
Upon them they would also deposit the implements with which they would slaughter the whole
burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 And the ledges for setting down things were of one
handbreadth (2.9 in.), firmly fixed on the interior, all around (“Shelves, one handbreadth wide,
were attached all around the interior walls”; NW2); and upon the tables [they would deposit]
the flesh of the gift offering.
44
 And on the outside of the inner gate there were the dining rooms of the singers (I), in the
inner courtyard, which is on the side of the north gate. And their front side was toward the
south. There was one on the side of the east gate (J). The front was toward the north.
45
 And he proceeded to speak to me: “This one, the dining room the front of which is toward
the south, is for the priests who are taking care of the obligation of the house (I). 46 And the
dining room the front of which is toward the north (J) is for the priests who are taking care of
the obligation of the altar. They are the sons of Za´dok, who, from the sons of Le´vi, are
approaching Jehovah to minister to him.”
47
 And he went measuring the [inner] courtyard (E; i.e., the part of it bounded by the pillars,
T, and the sanctuary). The length was a hundred cubits, and the width a hundred cubits,
foursquare. And the altar (K) was before the house.
 48
 And he proceeded to bring me into the porch of the house, and he went
measuring the side pillar of the porch (depth; a), five cubits on this side and
five cubits on that side (of the doorway). And the width of the gate (between
the pillars, b) was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
49
 The length of the porch (width; L) was twenty cubits, and the width
eleven cubits (depth; L; “Or possibly, ‘12’; NW2, ftn). And by steps was how
they would go up to it. And there were pillars (b) by the side posts (a), one
over here and one over there.
41 And he proceeded to bring me into the temple, and he went measuring
the side pillars (c), six cubits being the width (depth) over here and six cubits
the width over there, the width (depth) of the side pillar. 2 And the width of the
entrance was ten cubits (between the side pillars, c), and the sides
(“sidewalls”; NW2) of the entrance were five cubits over here and five cubits
over there (the width of each side pillar, c). And he went measuring its
length, forty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits (the holy, M).
3
 And he went inside and proceeded to measure the side pillar of the
entrance, two cubits (deep, d); and the entrance, six cubits (“and the
entrance was six cubits wide”; NW2); and the width of the entrance was
seven cubits (“The sidewalls of the entrance are seven cubits”; NW2). 4 And
he went measuring its length, twenty cubits; and [its] width, twenty cubits,
before the temple. Then he said to me: “This is the Most Holy (N).”
5
 And he proceeded to measure the wall of the house, six cubits (inner
wall of holy and most holy, N and M). And the width of the side chamber was
four cubits (e), round about; all around the house it was, round about. 6 And
the side chambers were side chamber upon side chamber, three [stories]
(see Sectional view), and for thirty times; and they were entering into the wall
that belonged to the house, that is, the side chambers all around, in order
that they might be held in, but they were not held in in the wall of the house
(“There were ledges around the wall of the temple that served as supports
for the side chambers, so that the supports did not go into the wall of the
temple itself”; NW2). 7 And there was a widening out and turning around
upward and upward to the side chambers, for the winding passage (f) of the
house was upward and upward all around the house (“On both sides of the
temple was a winding passage [Circular staircases; ftn] that widened as it
ascended to the upper chambers”; NW2). Therefore there was a widening to
the house upward (see Sectional view showing how the higher side
chambers increased in width), and from the lowest [story] one could go up to
the uppermost [story], by the middle [story] (“The width increased from story
to story as one ascended from the lowest story to the uppermost story by
passing through the middle story”; NW2).
8
 And I saw that there was a high platform for the house all around. As
regards the foundations of the side chambers, there was a full reed of six
cubits to the joining (“corner”; NW2; see Sectional view; 6 cubit width of
sanctuary inner wall at bottom of side chambers, where they joined to
Temple; inner wall became thinner as it rose higher). 9 The width of the wall
that belonged to the side chamber, to the outside, was five cubits (outer wall
of house). And there was a space left open (5117‫ נּוח‬munnah, g) [by] the
construction of the side chambers that belonged to the house (“There was an
open space [Apparently a narrow walkway around the temple; ftn] alongside
the structure of the side chambers that was part of the temple”; NW2).
10
 And between the dining rooms (R) the width was twenty cubits round
about the house (between the dining rooms and the house foundation; P on
Temple plotplan), all around. 11 And the entrance of the side chamber (e) was
to the space left open (g), one entrance being toward the north (h) and one
entrance to the south (h); and the width of the area of the space left open (g)
was five cubits, all around.
 12
 And the building (Q) that was before the separated area (P), the side
[of which] was toward the west, was seventy cubits wide (deep). And the
wall of the building was five cubits in width, it being all around; and its length
(width, not including its walls) was ninety cubits.
13
 And he measured the house, a hundred cubits in length (the house
itself, not including its platform); and the separated area (P) and the building
and its walls (Q), a hundred cubits in length (depth). 14 And the width of the
front of the house and the separated area to the east was a hundred cubits
(from the front of the house, to the west end, of the east inner gateway, F).
15
 And he measured the length (width) of the building (Q) before the
separated area (P) that was behind it and its galleries on this side and on
that side (galleries not shown in diagram of Q), a hundred cubits (width,
including its walls; vs 12).
Verse 13: House 100 cubits long: This would be the sum of the following
(according to the sanctuary plotplan above): The outer wall (5 c.; 41:9) + e
(4 c.; 41:5) + inner wall (6 c; 41:5) + Most Holy (N; 20 c.; 41:4) + d (2 c;
41:3) + Holy (M; 40 c.; 41:2) + c (6 c.; 41:1) + Porch (L; 12 c.; 40:49; NW2,
ftn) + a (5 c.; 40:48)
Verse 14: From front of sanctuary to east gate 100 cubits (i.e., the Inner
Courtyard): This amount causes all the other widths across the temple
complex to add up to 500 cubits (42:16-20): Building (Q; 80 c.; 41:12) + P
(20 c.; 41:10) + Sanctuary (100 c.; 41:13) + Inner Courtyard (100 c.; 40:47)
+ inner gate (50 c.; 40:29) + B (100 c.; 40:19) + outer gate (50 c.; 40:15)
 Also (“He also measured”; NW2) the temple (M) [and] the inner place (N)
and the porches of the courtyard (see 40:30; also see Perspective view);
16
 the thresholds, and the windows with narrowing frames, and the galleries
(of the priest’s dining blocks, R and V, Temple plotplan; 42:3, 5) were round
about the three of them (the temple, the inner place, the porches of the
courtyard). In front of the threshold (of the temple entrance between the
pillars, b) there was paneling of wood all around, and [from] the floor up to
the windows; and the windows were covered ones (with wood). 17 To above
the entrance and as far as the inner house and on the outside (of the inner
house) and upon the whole wall all around, on the inner [house] and on the
outside (of the inner house), there were measurements (“Measurements
were taken above the entrance and in the inner temple and on the outside
and on the entire wall all around”; NW2), 18 even carved cherubs and palm-
tree figures (see Sectional view), with a palm-tree figure between a cherub
and a cherub, and the cherub had two faces. 19 And the face of a man was
toward the palm-tree figure on this side, and the face of a maned young lion
was toward the palm-tree figure on that side, they being carved on the
whole house all around. 20 From the floor to above the entrance there were
carved cherubs and palm-tree figures, [on] the wall of the temple.
21
 As for the temple, the doorpost (“into the holy”; NW2, ftn) was
squared; and [in] front of the holy place there was an appearance like the
[following] appearance: 22 the wooden altar (i; altar of incense) was three
cubits high, and its length was two cubits, and it had its corner posts. And
its length (“base”; NW2) and its walls were of wood. And he proceeded to
speak to me: “This is the table that is before Jehovah.”
23
 And the temple (“the outer sanctuary”; NW2) and the holy place had
two doors (j and k). 24 And two door leaves belonged to the doors, the two
being turnable (“two swinging leaves”; NW2). One door had two door
leaves, and the other had two door leaves. 25 And there were made upon
them, upon the doors of the temple, cherubs and palm-tree figures, like
those made for the walls, and there was a canopy of wood over the front of
the porch outside (“There was also a wooden overhang on the front of the
porch on the outside”; NW2; this means an exterior overhang, being
different from the understanding shown as 1 at the top of Temple plotplan).
26
 And there were windows of narrowing frames and palm-tree figures over
here and over there along the sides of the porch (L) and the side chambers
of the house (e) and the canopies (ceilings of the side chambers, e).
 42 And he gradually brought me forth to the outer courtyard (B) by the way toward the north. And
he proceeded to bring me to the dining-room [block] (R) that was in front of the separated area (P)
and that was in front of the building to the north (“north of the adjoining building [building Q]”; NW2).
2
 Before the length of a hundred cubits (of R) there was the north entrance (W), and the width was fifty
cubits (of building with R and V). 3 In front of the twenty [cubits] (P) that belonged to the inner
courtyard (E) and in front of the pavement that belonged to the outer courtyard (B) there was gallery
opposite gallery in three [stories] (building with R and V; also see Perspective view and Sectional
view). 4 And before the dining rooms there was a walkway ten cubits in width to the inside (S), a way
of one cubit (reading of Masoretic text; “and a 100 cubits long [According to Greek Septuagint; ftn]”;
NW2), and their (galleries’) entrances were to the north (W). 5 And as for the dining rooms, the
uppermost ones (as a group) were shorter, for the galleries (the walkways in front of the rooms) took
away from them, more than the lowest ones and than the middle ones, as regards [the] building. 6 For
they were in three stories, and they had no pillars (to hold up the walkways) like the pillars of the
courtyards. That is why more room (“floor space”; NW2) was taken away (from the higher levels) than
from the lowest ones and from the middle ones from the floor (since with no pillars, the middle and
highest floors could not extend as far in depth; see Perspective view and Sectional view). (“The
building rose in terraces … and so each of the two upper stories receded from the one below it” –
Barnes).
7
 And the stone wall that was outside was close by the dining rooms toward the outer courtyard
before the [other] dining rooms. Its length was fifty cubits (U). 8 For the length of the dining rooms that
were toward the outer courtyard was fifty cubits (V), and, look! before the temple it was a hundred
cubits (R) (“but for those facing the sanctuary, it was 100 cubits”; NW2). 9 And from below these
dining rooms the entryway was to the east (eastern end of dining complex), when one comes in to
them from the outer courtyard (W).
10
 (The dining room complex south of the sanctuary:) In the width of (meaning, as wide as) the
stone wall (X) of the courtyard toward the east (E), before the separated area (P) and before the
building (Q), there were dining rooms (R and V). 11 And there was a way before them (“walkway of ten
cubits in width” in vs 4) like the appearance of the dining rooms that were toward the north, so their
length was [and] so their width was; and all their exits [were alike], and their plans alike and their
entrances alike. 12 And like the entrances of the dining rooms that were toward the south (R and V)
was the entrance (gate of X; meaning it was the same width as each dining room’s entrance) at the
head of the way (S), the way before the corresponding stone wall toward the east (X), when one
comes in to them.
13
 And he proceeded to say to me: “The dining rooms of the north (R and V) [and] the dining rooms
of the south (R and V) that are before the separated area (P), they are the holy dining rooms, where
the priests who are approaching Jehovah eat the most holy things. There they deposit the most holy
things and the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.
14
 When they, the priests, have come in, they will not also go out from the holy place to the outer
courtyard (B, without changing garments), but there (in R and V) they will deposit their garments in
which they customarily minister, for they are something holy. They will clothe themselves with other
garments, and must approach to what has to do with the people.”
15
 And he finished the measurements of the inner house, and he brought me out by the way of the
gate the front of which was toward the east (F), and he measured it all around.
 He measured the eastern side with the measuring reed. It was five hundred reeds, by the
16

measuring reed, round about.

17
 He measured the northern side, five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed, round about.
18
 The southern side he measured, five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed.
19
 He went around to the western side. He measured five hundred reeds, by the measuring reed.
20
 For the four sides he measured it. It had a wall all around (the outer perimeter at a distance of
2000 feet from the sanctuary wall), with a length of five hundred [reeds] and a width of five hundred
[reeds], to make a division between what is holy and what is profane.
Verses 16-20: Brenton, rendering the LXX, gives 500 cubits as the measurement for all of these
lengths. Several translations give the equivalent of 500 cubits in feet (CEV; NET; NLT; TEV).

43 13 “And these are the measurements of the altar in cubits, a cubit being a cubit and a
handbreadth. And [its] bottom (a) is a cubit (high). And a cubit is the width (of its exposed top). And its
border (b) is upon its lip round about, one span (high according to the drawing; NW2 adds, “in width”).
And this is the base of the altar. 14 And from the bottom (a) (which is) on the floor to the lower
surrounding ledge (c) there are two cubits (of height), and the width (of its exposed top) is one cubit.
And from the small surrounding ledge (c) to the big surrounding ledge (d) there are four cubits (of
height), and [its] width (of its exposed top) is a cubit. 15 And the altar hearth (e) is four cubits (of
height, including its horns), and out from the altar hearth and upward there are the four horns (f).
16
 And the altar hearth (K) is twelve [cubits] in length, with twelve [cubits] of width, squared on its four
sides. 17 And the surrounding ledge (the top of d) is fourteen [cubits] in length, with fourteen [cubits] of
width, on its four sides; and the border surrounding it (g) is half a cubit (wide), and its bottom (the
exposed top of d, and that on which g sits) is a cubit round about.
“And its steps (h) are facing east.”

Verses 13, 17: “The base of the altar … had a ‘lip’ of one span … as a border around the top, thus
forming a sort of gutter or channel, perhaps for receiving blood poured out … A third section … also
had a border surrounding it … perhaps forming a second channel or a protective ledge” (Insight under
“Altar”).
Verse 13: “A cubit of 44.5 cm (17.5 in.) and a handbreadth of 7.4 cm (2.9 in.) equaled about 51.8 cm
(20.4 in.) and represented the long cubit” (NW, ftn on Ezek 40:5).
 45 “‘And when YOU people allot the land as an inheritance, YOU should offer a contribution to Jehovah, a holy
portion out of the land (C); as to length, twenty-five thousand [cubits] in length (width of C), and as to width, ten
thousand (height of C). It will be a holy portion in all its boundaries round about. 2 From this there will prove to be
for the holy place (B) five hundred by five hundred, it being made square round about; and fifty cubits it will have
as pasture ground on each side. 3 And out of this measurement you should measure the length of twenty-five
thousand and the width of ten thousand, and in it the sanctuary (B) will come to be, something most holy. 4 As a
holy portion out of the land it will come to be for the priests themselves, the ministers of the sanctuary, those
approaching to minister to Jehovah. And for them it must prove to be a place for houses, and a sacred place for
the sanctuary.
5
 “‘There will be twenty-five thousand in length and ten thousand in width (A). It will become the Levites’, the
ministers of the house. As a possession they will have twenty dining rooms.
6
 “‘And as the possession of the city (Jehovah-Shammah; 48:15-19, 35), YOU people will give five thousand in
width (height of D) and a length of twenty-five thousand (width of D), exactly as the holy contribution. To all the
house of Israel it will come to belong.
7
 “‘And for the chieftain there will be land on this side and on that side of the holy contribution and of the
possession of the city (see Holy Contribution view), beside the holy contribution and beside the possession of the
city, something on the west side westward and something on the east side eastward. And the length (width) will be
exactly as one of the (tribal) shares, from the western boundary to the eastern boundary. 8 As regards the land, it
will become his as a possession in Israel. And no more will my chieftains maltreat my people, and the land they will
give to the house of Israel with respect to their tribes.’
 46 19 And he proceeded to bring me in by the entryway (W) that was by the side of the gate (F) to the holy
dining rooms (V and R), those belonging to the priests, that were facing to the north, and, look! there was a place
there on both rear sides to the west (Y). 20 And he proceeded to say to me: “This is the place where the priests will
boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, [and] where they will bake the grain offering, in order to carry nothing out
to the outer courtyard so as to sanctify the people.”
21
 And he proceeded to bring me out to the outer courtyard (B) and make me pass along to the four corner
posts of the courtyard, and, look! there was a courtyard (Z) by [this] corner post of the courtyard, a courtyard (Z) by
[that] corner post of the courtyard. 22 At the four corner posts of the courtyard there were small courtyards, forty
[cubits] in length (width) and thirty in width (height). The four of them with corner structures had the same
measurement. 23 And there was a row (“there were ledges”; NW2) round about them, round about the four of them,
and there were boiling places made beneath the rows (“the ledges”; NW2) round about (perimeter of Z; see
Perspective view). 24 Then he said to me: “These are the houses of those doing the boiling, where the ministers of
the House boil the sacrifice of the people.”
47 And gradually he brought me back to the entrance of the House, and, look! there was water going forth from
under the threshold of the House (L) eastward, for the front of the House was east. And the water was going down
from under, from the right-hand side of the House, south of the altar (K).
2
 And he gradually brought me forth by the way of the north gate (F) and took me around by the way outside to
the outer gate that is facing toward the east (A), and, look! water was trickling from the right-hand side.
 47 13 This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “This is the territory that YOU will assign to yourselves
for inheritance as the land for the twelve tribes of Israel, with two pieces of field to Joseph (one for Ephraim and
one for Manasseh). 14 And YOU people must inherit it, each one the same as his brother, which [land] I raised my
hand [in an oath] to give to YOUR forefathers; and this land must fall to YOU [by lot] for inheritance.
15
 “And this is the boundary of the land to the northern side, from the Great Sea by the way to Heth´lon, as one
comes to Ze´dad, 16 Ha´math, Be·ro´thah, Sib´ra·im, which is between the boundary of Damascus and the
boundary of Ha´math; Ha´zer-hat´ti·con, which is toward the boundary of Ha·u·ran´. 17 And the boundary from the
sea must prove to be Ha´zar-e´non, the boundary of Damascus and north—northward, and the boundary of Ha
´math. This is the northern side (top of map).
18
 “And the eastern side is from between Ha·u·ran´ and Damascus and between Gil´e·ad and the land of Israel;
the Jordan, from the boundary to the eastern sea (“That is, the Dead Sea”; NW2, ftn) YOU people should
measure.This is the eastern side (right side of map).
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 “And the southern side is to the south, from Ta´mar to the waters of Mer´i·bath-ka´desh, the torrent valley to
the Great Sea. This is the side to the south, toward the Neg´eb (bottom of map).
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 “And the western side is the Great Sea, from the boundary straight ahead to (“up to a point opposite”: NW2)
the entering in to Ha´math. This is the western side.”
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 “And YOU must apportion this land to yourselves, to the twelve tribes of Israel. 22 And it must occur that YOU
should allot it for inheritance to yourselves and to the alien residents who are residing as aliens in YOUR midst,
who have become father to sons in the midst of YOU. And they must become to YOU like a native among the sons
of Israel. With YOU people they will fall [by lot] into an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel. 23 And it must
occur that in the tribe with which the alien resident has taken up residence as an alien, there is where YOU should
give his inheritance,” is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.
48 “And these are the names of the tribes. From the northern extremity, on the side by the way of Heth´lon to
the entering in to Ha´math, Ha´zar-e´nan, the boundary of Damascus northward, on the side of Ha´math; and it
must prove to have an eastern border [and] the western, Dan one [portion]. 2 And on the boundary of Dan, from the
eastern border to the western border, Ash´er one. 3 And on the boundary of Ash´er, from the eastern border even
to the western border, Naph´ta·li one. 4 And on the boundary of Naph´ta·li, from the eastern border to the western
border, Ma·nas´seh one. 5 And on the boundary of Ma·nas´seh, from the eastern border to the western border, E
´phra·im one. 6 And on the boundary of E´phra·im, from the eastern border even to the western border, Reu´ben
one. 7 And on the boundary of Reu´ben, from the eastern border to the western border, Judah one. 8 And on the
boundary of Judah, from the eastern border to the western border, the contribution that YOU people should
contribute should prove to be twenty-five thousand [cubits] in width (height), and [the] length according to one of
the portions from the eastern border to the western border. And the sanctuary must prove to be in the midst of it.
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 “As regards the contribution that YOU should contribute to Jehovah (C), [the] length (width) will be twenty-five
thousand [cubits] and [the] width (height) ten thousand. 10 And as to these there should prove to be (“And this will
be”: NW2) the holy contribution for the priests (C), to the north (“on the north side”: NW2) twenty-five thousand
[cubits] (wide), and to the west a width (height) of ten thousand, and to the east a width (height) of ten thousand,
and to the south a length (width) of twenty-five thousand. And the sanctuary of Jehovah (B) must prove to be in the
midst of it. 11 It will be for the priests, those who are sanctified from the sons of Za´dok, who took care of the
obligation toward me, who did not wander away when the sons of Israel wandered away, just as the Levites
wandered away. 12 And they must come to have a contribution (C) from the contribution of the land 13 “And the
Levites should have (A), right next to the territory of the priests, twenty-five thousand [cubits] in length (width), and
in width ten thousand (height); the whole length (width) being twenty-five thousand and width (height) being ten
thousand. 14 And they should not sell any of it, nor should one make an exchange, nor should one cause the
choicest of the land to pass away [from them]; for it is something holy to Jehovah.as something most holy, on the
boundary of the Levites.
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 “As regards the five thousand [cubits] that is left remaining in width (height) alongside the twenty-five
thousand, it is something profane for the city, for a dwelling place and for pasture ground. And the city must come
to be in the midst of it. 16 And these are the [city’s] (E) measurements: the northern border four thousand five
hundred [cubits], and the southern border four thousand five hundred, and the eastern border four thousand five
hundred, and the western border four thousand five hundred. 17 And the city must come to have a pasture ground
(perimeter of E), to the north two hundred and fifty [cubits], and to the south two hundred and fifty, and to the east
two hundred and fifty, and to the west two hundred and fifty.
 “And what is left remaining over in length (width) will be exactly as the holy contribution, ten thousand [cubits]
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to the east (D), and ten thousand to the west (D); and it must prove to be exactly as the holy contribution, and its
produce must come to be for bread for the ones serving the city. 19 And those who are serving the city out of all the
tribes of Israel will cultivate it.
 “The whole contribution is twenty-five thousand [cubits] by twenty-five thousand (A, C, D, and E). A
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foursquare part YOU people should contribute as the holy contribution with the possession of the city.
 “And what is left over will belong to the chieftain (the 2 sections marked The Chieftain), on this side and on
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that side of the holy contribution (the 25,000 cubit square) and of the possession of the city, alongside the twenty-
five thousand [cubits] [of] the contribution to the eastern boundary; and on the west alongside the twenty-five
thousand [cubits] to the western boundary (“It will be alongside the 25,000 cubit borders that are east and west of
the contribution [the east-west borders]”: NW2). Exactly like the portions (for the 12 tribes; cf vss 1, 23), [it will be]
for the chieftain. And the holy contribution and the sanctuary of the House must prove to be in the midst of it.
 “And as regards the possession of the Levites (A) and the possession of the city (D and E), in between what
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belongs to the chieftain (the 2 sections marked The Chieftain on the main map) it (these possessions) should
prove to be. Between the boundary of Judah (to the north) and the boundary of Benjamin (to the south) it should
come to belong to the chieftain.
 “And as regards the rest of the tribes, from the eastern border to the western border, Benjamin one [portion].
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 And by the boundary of Benjamin, from the eastern border to the western border, Sim´e·on one. 25 And by the
boundary of Sim´e·on, from the eastern border to the western border, Is´sa·char one. 26 And by the boundary of Is
´sa·char, from the eastern border to the western border, Zeb´u·lun one. 27 And by the boundary of Zeb´u·lun, from
the eastern border to the western border, Gad one. 28 And by the boundary of Gad, to the southern border, it will
be southward; and the boundary must prove to be from Ta´mar to the waters of Mer´i·bath-ka´desh, to the torrent
valley, as far as the Great Sea.
 “This will be the land that YOU people should cause to fall [by lot] for inheritance (“distribute as an
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inheritance”; NW2) to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their shares,” is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord
Jehovah.
 “And these will be the outlets (gates) of the city (E): On the northern border, four thousand five hundred
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[cubits] will be [the] measurement.

 “And the gates of the city will be according to the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates being on the north,
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the gate of Reu´ben, one (a); the gate of Judah, one (b); the gate of Le´vi, one (c).
 “And on the eastern border there will be four thousand five hundred [cubits], and three gates, even the gate
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of Joseph, one (d); the gate of Benjamin, one (e); the gate of Dan, one (f).
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 “And the southern border will be four thousand five hundred [cubits] as to measurement, with three gates, the
gate of Sim´e·on, one (g); the gate of Is´sa·char, one (h); the gate of Zeb´u·lun, one (i).
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 “The western border will be four thousand five hundred [cubits], there being three gates, the gate of Gad, one
(j); the gate of Ash´er, one (k); the gate of Naph´ta·li, one (l).
 “Round about [there will be] eighteen thousand [cubits]; and the name of the city (E) from [that] day on will be
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Jehovah Himself Is There.”

Comments:
Ezek 40:8:
The reason the measurement contained in this verse does not agree with the other
measurements of the Temple is that “the verse is wanting in the Sept., in the Vulg., in the Syriac
version, and in many [Hebrew] manuscripts” (Lange). Thus, it was not in the original text. It is
probably a dittography of the verse before it, joined with the oft repeated phrase, “and he
proceeded to measure.”

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“The beams of the floors [and ceilings] of those side chambers rested indeed upon the wall of the
house which was built for them; but were not inserted into it, or laid in it, as we see in some
buildings; but there were projections or buttresses in the wall, or what are called narrowed rests,
or rebatements of the breadth of a cubit, on which they were laid and rested; and so it was in the
upper stories, as in the lowermost; there being an abatement of a cubit in the thickness of the wall
in each storey” (K & D).

Ezek 41:17:
“This verse asserts that all the overlaying was done by careful measurement” (Barnes). “The
meaning is, that all the parts of the building which have been named had their definite
measurements, were carefully measured off” (K & D).

Ezek 42:4, “way of one cubit”:

“Along the north front of the building there was a kerb of one cubit, as before the guard-chambers
Eze 40:12” (Barnes). There is nothing visible in the Sectional view of the temple that indicates
what this “way of one cubit” is. Perhaps the “way of one cubit” is the same as the “walkway of ten
cubits in width” and its being “one cubit” is referring to its height, it being a slightly elevated
walkway.

Ezek 42:20, wall:

“Ezekiel describes a wall 500 reeds (1,555 m; 5,100 ft) on each side, around the temple. This has
been understood by some scholars to be a wall at a distance of about 600 m (2,000 ft) from the
courtyard, a space surrounded by the wall ‘to make a division between what is holy and what is
profane’ “ (Insight under “Temple”). This wall, separated by the sanctuary, is not shown on any
drawing in this document.