1 Depois disto, o homem me fez sair para o átrio exterior, para o lado norte, e me levou às câmaras que estavam para o lado norte, opostas ao edifício na área separada. 2 Esse edifício do lado norte tinha cinquenta metros de comprimento, e a largura era de vinte e cinco metros. 3 De um lado, dava para a área de dez metros que pertencia ao átrio interior e, de outro lado, dava para o pavimento que pertencia ao átrio exterior. Havia uma galeria frente a outra galeria em três andares. 4 Diante das câmaras havia uma passagem de cinco metros de largura, do lado de dentro, e cinquenta metros de comprimento; e as suas entradas eram para o lado norte. 5 As câmaras superiores eram mais estreitas, porque as galerias tiravam mais espaço destas do que das de baixo e das do meio do edifício. 6 Porque elas eram de três andares e não tinham colunas como as colunas dos átrios; por isso, as câmaras superiores eram mais estreitas do que as de baixo e as do meio. 7 Havia também um muro do lado de fora, diante das câmaras, no caminho do átrio exterior, diante das câmaras; esse muro tinha vinte e cinco metros de comprimento. 8 Pois o comprimento das câmaras, que estavam no átrio exterior, era de vinte e cinco metros; e eis que diante do templo a extensão era de cinquenta metros. 9 Na parte de baixo, do lado leste, ficava a entrada dessas câmaras, para quem entra nelas pelo átrio exterior.

10 Na largura do muro do átrio, do lado sul, diante do edifício na área separada, havia também câmaras 11 e uma passagem na frente delas. Tinham a feição das câmaras do lado norte, o mesmo comprimento, a mesma largura, as mesmas saídas, o mesmo arranjo. Como as entradas das câmaras do lado norte, 12 assim eram as entradas das câmaras do lado sul. Havia uma entrada no início da passagem, a saber, a passagem bem diante do muro correspondente, para quem entra pelo lado leste.

13 Então o homem me disse:

— As câmaras do norte e as câmaras do sul, que estão diante da área separada, são câmaras santas, em que os sacerdotes, que se aproximam do Senhor, comerão as coisas santíssimas. Nelas também depositarão as coisas santíssimas, isto é, as ofertas de cereais e as ofertas pelo pecado e pela culpa; porque o lugar é santo. 14 Quando os sacerdotes entrarem, não deverão sair do santuário para o átrio exterior, mas porão ali as vestes com que ministraram, porque elas são santas; usarão outras roupas e assim se aproximarão do lugar destinado ao povo.

15 Quando acabou de medir o templo interior, ele me fez sair pelo portão que dá para o leste e mediu a área ao redor. 16 Mediu o lado leste com a cana de medir, e deu duzentos e cinquenta metros. 17 Mediu o lado norte, e deu duzentos e cinquenta metros. 18 Mediu também o lado sul: duzentos e cinquenta metros. 19 Voltou-se para o lado oeste e mediu; deu duzentos e cinquenta metros. 20 Assim, ele mediu a área pelos quatro lados. Havia um muro ao redor, de duzentos e cinquenta metros de comprimento e duzentos e cinquenta metros de largura, para fazer separação entre o santo e o profano.

1 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north. And he brought me into the chamber that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building toward the north.2 In front was the north door, the length of a hundred cubits, and the breadth was fifty cubits.3 Opposite the twenty [cubits] which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story.4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit, and their doors were toward the north.5 Now the upper chambers were shorter, for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.6 For they were in three stories, and they did not have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore [the uppermost] was narrowed more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.7 And the wall that was outside by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length of it was fifty cubits.8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. And, lo, of those on the front of the temple were a hundred cubits.9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as going into them from the outer court.10 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.11 And the way before them was like the appearance of [the way of] the chambers which were toward the north. According to their length so was their breadth. And all their exits were both according to their fashions, and according to t12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as entering into them.13 Then he said to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near to LORD shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most h14 When the priests enter in, then they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but they shall lay their garments there in which they minister, for they are holy. And they shall put on other garments, and shall approa15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose view is toward the east, and measured it round about.16 He measured on the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.17 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.18 He measured on 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, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.