1 And he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the cells that were over against the separate place and which were over against the building, toward the north,2 before the length of the hundred cubits: the entry was on the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits,3 over against the twenty {cubits} that pertained to the inner court, and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court; there was gallery against gallery in the third {story};4 and before the cells was a walk of ten cubits in breadth, {and} a way of a hundred cubits inward; and their entries were toward the north.5 And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.6 For they were in three {stories}, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore {the third story} was straitened more than the lowest and the middle-most from the ground.7 And the wall that was without, answering to the cells, toward the outer court in the front of the cells, its length was fifty cubits:8 for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits; but behold, before the temple it was a hundred cubits.9 And under these cells was the entry from the east, as one goeth into them from the outer court.10 In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the south, before the separate place, and before the building, were cells;11 and a passage before them, like the appearance of the cells that were toward the north, according to their length, according to their breadth and all their goings out, and according to their fashions, and according to their doors.12 And according to the doors of the cells that were toward the south there was a door at the head of the way, the way directly before the corresponding wall toward the east as one entereth into them.13 And he said unto me, The north cells {and} the south cells, which are before the separate place, they are holy cells, where the priests that come near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things; there shall they lay the most holy things, both the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering: for the place is holy.14 When the priests enter in, they shall not go forth from the sanctuary into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister, for they are holy; and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which is for the people.15 And when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose front was toward the east, and measured {the enclosure} round about.16 He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.19 He turned about to the west side, {and} measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.20 He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

1 Daarna het hy my uitgebring na die buitenste voorhof op die weg na die noorde toe; en hy het my gebring na die kamers wat teenoor die afgeslote ruimte en wat teenoor die bouwerk teen die noorde lê,2 oor 'n lengte van honderd el, langs die noordelike ingang, en 'n breedte van vyftig el.3 Teenoor die twintig el wat by die binneste voorhof behoort, en teenoor die plaveisel wat by die buitenste voorhof behoort, was galery teenoor galery in drie verdiepinge.4 En voor die kamers was 'n gang van tien el breedte, na binnetoe, honderd el lank; en hulle deure was teen die noorde.5 En die boonste kamers was korter, want die galerye het ruimte van hulle weggeneem in vergelyking met die onderstes en die middelstes in die bouwerk;6 want hulle het drie verdiepinge gehad, maar geen pilare soos die pilare van die voorhowe nie; daarom is daar ruimte weggeneem in vergelyking met die onderstes en die middelstes, van die grond af.7 En daar was 'n muur wat buitekant ewewydig met die kamers geloop het, na die buitenste voorhof toe, vooraan die kamers, vyftig el lank.8 Want die lengte van die kamers wat na die buitenste voorhof lê, was vyftig el; en kyk, teenoor die tempel was honderd el.9 En onder hierdie kamers was die ingang van die oostekant af as iemand na hulle toe ingaan uit die buitenste voorhof uit.10 In die breedte van die muur van die voorhof, na die suide toe, vooraan die afgeslote ruimte en vooraan die bouwerk, was daar kamers,11 met 'n weg voor hulle, soos die voorkoms van die kamers wat na die noorde toe lê, net so lank en so breed as hulle, en al die uitgange en inrigtinge soos by hulle. En soos hulle ingange,12 so was ook die ingange van die kamers wat na die suide lê: 'n ingang by die begin van die weg, naamlik die weg voor die ooreenkomende muur, na die ooste toe, as 'n mens na hulle toe aankom.13 Toe het hy vir my gesê: Die noordelike kamers en die suidelike kamers wat teenoor die afgeslote ruimte lê, hulle is die heilige kamers waar die priesters wat na die HERE nader kom, die hoogheilige gawes moet eet; daar moet hulle die hoogheilige gawes neersit: die spysoffer en die sondoffer en die skuldoffer, want die plek is heilig.14 As die priesters ingaan, dan mag hulle nie uit die heiligdom uitgaan na die buitenste voorhof nie, maar daar moet hulle hul klere neersit waarin hulle diens gedoen het; want die is heilig; hulle moet ander klere aantrek en dan nader kom na die ruimte wat vir die volk bestem is.15 En toe hy klaar was met die mate van die binneste huis, het hy my na die poort toe uitgebring waarvan die voorkant na die ooste lê, en dit gemeet al rondom.16 Hy het die oostekant met die meetroede gemeet: vyf honderd roede, met die meetroede rondom.17 Hy het die noordekant gemeet: vyf honderd roede, met die meetroede rondom.18 Die suidekant het hy gemeet: vyf honderd roede, met die meetroede.19 Hy het hom begewe na die westekant en gemeet: vyf honderd roede, met die meetroede.20 Hy het dit aan vier kante gemeet; dit het 'n muur gehad al rondom; die lengte was vyf honderd en die breedte vyf honderd, om skeiding te maak tussen wat heilig en onheilig is.