English Bible Presentation Sharing - Ezekiel Book, chapter 40, verse 24 in Erven Version

Ezekiel 40 : 1 (ERVEN)

In the twenty-fifth year after we were taken away into captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, the Lord's power came on me. This was fourteen years after the Babylonians took Jerusalem. On that day, the Lord took me there in a vision.

Ezekiel 40 : 2 (ERVEN)

In a vision, God carried me to the land of Israel. He put me down near a very high mountain. On the mountain in front of me was a building that looked like a city.

Ezekiel 40 : 3 (ERVEN)

The Lord took me to that place. There was a man there who looked like polished bronze. He had a cloth tape measure and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.

Ezekiel 40 : 4 (ERVEN)

The man said to me, "Son of man, use your eyes and ears. Look at these things and listen to me. Pay attention to everything that I show you, because you have been brought here so that I can show you these things. You must tell the family of Israel all that you see."

Ezekiel 40 : 5 (ERVEN)

I saw a wall that went all the way around the outside of the Temple. In the man's hand there was a ruler for measuring things. It was 6 cubits long using the long measurement, so the man measured the thickness of the wall. It was one ruler thick. He measured the height of the wall. It was one ruler tall.

Ezekiel 40 : 6 (ERVEN)

Then the man went to the east gate. He walked up its steps and measured the opening for the gate. It was one ruler wide.

Ezekiel 40 : 7 (ERVEN)

The guardrooms were one ruler long and one ruler wide. The walls between the rooms were 5 cubits thick. The opening by the porch at the end of the gateway that faced the Temple was also one ruler wide.

Ezekiel 40 : 8 (ERVEN)

Then he measured the porch.

Ezekiel 40 : 9 (ERVEN)

It was 8 cubits long. He measured the walls on either side of the gate. Each side wall was 2 cubits wide. The porch was at the end of the gateway that faced the Temple.

Ezekiel 40 : 10 (ERVEN)

There were three little guardrooms on each side of the gateway. All of these rooms and their side walls measured the same.

Ezekiel 40 : 11 (ERVEN)

The man measured the entrance to the gateway. It was 10 cubits wide and 13 cubits long.

Ezekiel 40 : 12 (ERVEN)

There was a low wall in front of each room. That wall was 1 cubit tall and 1 cubit thick. The rooms were square. Each wall was 6 cubits long.

Ezekiel 40 : 13 (ERVEN)

The man measured the gateway from the outside edge of the roof of one room to the outside edge of the roof of the opposite room. It was 25 cubits. Each door was directly opposite the other door.

Ezekiel 40 : 14 (ERVEN)

He measured the faces of all the side walls, including the side walls on either side of the porch at the courtyard. The total was 60 cubits.

Ezekiel 40 : 15 (ERVEN)

From the inside edge of the outer gate to the far end of the porch was 50 cubits.

Ezekiel 40 : 16 (ERVEN)

There were small windows above all the guardrooms, the side walls, and the porch. The wide part of the windows faced into the gateway. There were carvings of palm trees on the walls that were on either side of the gateway.

Ezekiel 40 : 17 (ERVEN)

Then the man led me into the outer courtyard. I saw thirty rooms and a pavement that went all the way around the courtyard. The rooms were along the wall and faced in toward the pavement.

Ezekiel 40 : 18 (ERVEN)

The pavement was as wide as the gates were long. The pavement reached to the inside end of the gateway. This was the lower pavement.

Ezekiel 40 : 19 (ERVEN)

The man measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner courtyard. It was 100 cubits on the east side as well as on the north side.

Ezekiel 40 : 20 (ERVEN)

Then the man measured the length and width of the north gate that was in the wall surrounding the outer courtyard.

Ezekiel 40 : 21 (ERVEN)

This gateway, its three rooms on each side, and its porch all measured the same as the first gate. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40 : 22 (ERVEN)

Its windows, its porch, and its carvings of palm trees measured the same as the east gate. On the outside, there were seven steps leading up to the gate. Its porch was at the inside end of the gateway.

Ezekiel 40 : 23 (ERVEN)

Across the courtyard from the north gate, there was a gate to the inner courtyard. It was like the gate on the east. The man measured from the gate on the inner wall to the gate on the outer wall . It was 100 cubits from gate to gate.

Ezekiel 40 : 24 (ERVEN)

Then the man led me to the south wall. I saw a gate in the south wall. He measured its side walls and its porch. They measured the same as the other gates.

Ezekiel 40 : 25 (ERVEN)

The gateway and its porch had windows all around like the other gates. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40 : 26 (ERVEN)

There were seven steps going up to this gate. Its porch was at the inside end of the gateway. It had carvings of palm trees on the walls that were on either side of the gateway.

Ezekiel 40 : 27 (ERVEN)

A gate was on the south side of the inner courtyard. The man measured from the gate on the inner wall to the gate on the outer wall . It was 100 cubits from gate to gate.

Ezekiel 40 : 28 (ERVEN)

Then the man led me through the south gate into the inner courtyard. He measured this gate. This gateway measured the same as the other gates to the inner courtyard.

Ezekiel 40 : 29 (ERVEN)

Its rooms, side walls, and porch also measured the same as the other gates. There were windows all around the gateway and its porch. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40 : 30 (ERVEN)

The porch was 25 cubits wide and 5 cubits long.

Ezekiel 40 : 31 (ERVEN)

And its porch was at the end of the gateway next to the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on the walls on either side of the gateway . There were eight steps leading up to the gate.

Ezekiel 40 : 32 (ERVEN)

Then the man led me into the inner courtyard on the east side. He measured the gate. It measured the same as the other gates.

Ezekiel 40 : 33 (ERVEN)

Its rooms, side walls, and porch also measured the same as the other gates. There were windows all around the gateway and its porch. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40 : 34 (ERVEN)

And its porch was at the end of the gateway next to the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on the walls on either side of the gateway. There were eight steps leading up to the gate.

Ezekiel 40 : 35 (ERVEN)

Then the man led me to the north gate. He measured it, and it measured the same as the other gates.

Ezekiel 40 : 36 (ERVEN)

Its rooms, side walls, and porch also measured the same as the other gates. There were windows all around the gateway and its porch. The gateway was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40 : 37 (ERVEN)

And its porch was at the end of the gateway next to the outer courtyard. Carvings of palm trees were on the walls on either side of the gateway. There were eight steps leading up to the gate.

Ezekiel 40 : 38 (ERVEN)

There was also a doorway in the side walls of the gates. That doorway led into a room where the priests washed the sacrifices.

Ezekiel 40 : 39 (ERVEN)

There were two tables on each side of the door of this porch. The animals for the burnt offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings were killed on these tables.

Ezekiel 40 : 40 (ERVEN)

There were also two tables on each side of the door on the outside wall of this porch.

Ezekiel 40 : 41 (ERVEN)

So there were four tables on the inside wall and four tables on the outside wall�eight tables that the priests used when they killed the animals for sacrifices.

Ezekiel 40 : 42 (ERVEN)

There were also four tables made from cut stone for the burnt offerings. These tables were 1?cubits long, 1?cubits wide, and 1 cubit high. On these tables, the priests put their tools that they used to kill the animals for the burnt offerings and other sacrifices.

Ezekiel 40 : 43 (ERVEN)

There were meat hooks three inches long on all the walls in this area. The meat of the offerings was put on the tables.

Ezekiel 40 : 44 (ERVEN)

There were two rooms in the inner courtyard. One was by the north gate facing south. The other room was by the south gate facing north.

Ezekiel 40 : 45 (ERVEN)

The man said to me, "The room that looks to the south is for the priests who are on duty and serving in the Temple area.

Ezekiel 40 : 46 (ERVEN)

But the room that looks to the north is for the priests who are on duty and serving at the altar. The priests are from the tribe of Levi. But the priests in this second group are the descendants of Zadok. They are the only people who can carry the sacrifices to the altar to serve the Lord. "

Ezekiel 40 : 47 (ERVEN)

The man measured the inner courtyard. The courtyard was a perfect square. It was 100 cubits long and 100 cubits wide. The altar was in front of the Temple.

Ezekiel 40 : 48 (ERVEN)

Then the man led me to the porch of the Temple and measured the walls on either side of the porch. Each side wall was 5 cubits thick and 3 cubits wide. The opening between them was 14 cubits.

Ezekiel 40 : 49 (ERVEN)

The porch was 20 cubits wide and 12 cubits long. Ten steps went up to the porch. There were two columns for the walls on either side of the porch�one at each wall.