The Lantern

Ezekiel40

The Man with a Measuring Rod

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the very same day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me there.

In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

And he brought me there, and there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

And the man said to me, Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you; to the intent that I might show them to you are you brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.

The East Gate

And look, a wall on the outside of the house around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and a hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its stairs, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

And every little room was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little rooms were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the portico of the gate within was one reed.

He measured also the portico of the gate within, one reed.

Then he measured the portico of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the portico of the gate was inward.

And the little rooms of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

The space also before the little rooms was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little rooms were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

He measured then the gate from the roof of one little room to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

He made also posts of sixty cubits, even to the post of the court around the gate.

And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the portico of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

And there were narrow windows to the little rooms, and to their posts within the gate around, and likewise to the arches: and windows were around inward: and upon each post were palm trees.

The Outer Court

Then he brought me into the outward court, and, look, there were rooms, and a pavement made for the court around: thirty rooms were upon the pavement.

And the pavement by the side of the gates opposite the length of the gates was the lower pavement.

Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.

The North Gate

And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured its length, and its breadth.

And its little rooms were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looks toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.

And the gate of the inner court was opposite the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

The South Gate

After that he brought me toward the south, and look, a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.

And there were windows in it and in its arches around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

And there were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon its posts.

And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

The Gates of the Inner Court

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

And its little rooms, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches around: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

And the arches around were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

And its arches were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon its posts: and the going up to it had eight steps.

And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

And its little rooms, and its posts, and its arches, were according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches around: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

And its arches were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;

Its little rooms, its posts, and its arches, and the windows to it around: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

And its posts were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

Eight Tables for Sacrifices

And the rooms and the its entries were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

And in the portico of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay on it the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering.

And at the side without, as one goes up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the portico of the gate, were two tables.

Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.

And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

And within were hooks, a hand broad, fastened around: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

Chambers for Ministry

And without the inner gate were the rooms of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

And he said to me, This room, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

And the room whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister to him.

The Inner Court

So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar before the house.

And he brought me to the portico of the house, and measured each post of the portico, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

The length of the portico was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.