1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city—on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me and he took me there. 2 In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. 3 He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. 4 The man said to me, "Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see."

5 I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,*40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48. each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

6 Then he went to the east gate. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. 7 The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits*40:7 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verse 48 thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway; 9 it*40:8,9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. 9 Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it was eight cubits*40:9 That is, about 14 feet or about 4.2 meters deep and its jambs were two cubits*40:9 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.*40:11 That is, about 18 feet wide and 23 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters long12 In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits*40:13 That is, about 44 feet or about 13 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 30, 33 and 36 from one parapet opening to the opposite one. 14 He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits.*40:14 That is, about 105 feet or about 32 meters The measurement was up to the portico*40:14 Septuagint; Hebrew projecting wall facing the courtyard.*40:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.15 The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.*40:15 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33 and 3616 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.

17 Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement. 18 It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits*40:19 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 23, 27 and 47 on the east side as well as on the north.

20 Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court. 21 Its alcoves—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22 Its openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them. 23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.

24 Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others. 25 The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 26 Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side. 27 The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others. 29 Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 (The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.) 31 Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others. 33 Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

35 Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others, 36 as did its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 37 Its portico*40:37 Septuagint (see also verses 31 and 34); Hebrew jambs faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

38 A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed. 39 In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings*40:39 Or purification offerings and guilt offerings were slaughtered. 40 By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables. 41 So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were slaughtered. 42 There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high.*40:42 That is, about 2 2/3 feet long and wide and 21 inches high or about 80 centimeters long and wide and 53 centimeters high On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices. 43 And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth*40:43 That is, about 3 1/2 inches or about 9 centimeters long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one*40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south*40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east gate and facing north. 45 He said to me, "The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple, 46 and the room facing north is for the priests who guard the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him."

47 Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits*40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters and its projecting walls were*40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was three cubits*40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters wide on either side. 49 The portico was twenty cubits*40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters wide, and twelve*40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven cubits*40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,*40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.

1 No ano vinte e cinco do nosso cativeiro, no princípio do ano, no décimo dia do mês, catorze anos depois que a cidade foi conquistada, naquele mesmo dia veio sobre mim a mão do Senhor, e me levou para lá. 2 Em visões de Deus me levou à terra de Israel, e me pôs sobre um monte muito alto, sobre o qual havia como que um edifício de cidade para o lado sul. 3 E, havendo-me levado ali, eis que um homem cuja aparência era como a do bronze, tendo um cordel de linho na sua mão e uma cana de medir, e estava em pé na porta. 4 E disse-me o homem: Filho do homem, vê com os teus olhos, e ouve com os teus ouvidos, e põe no teu coração tudo quanto eu te fizer ver; porque para to mostrar foste tu aqui trazido; anuncia, pois, à casa de Israel tudo quanto vires.

5 E havia um muro fora da casa, em seu redor, e na mão do homem uma cana de medir, de seis côvados, cada um dos quais tinha um côvado e um palmo; e ele mediu a largura do edifício, uma cana, e a altura, uma cana. 6 Então veio à porta que olhava para o caminho do oriente, e subiu pelos seus degraus; mediu o umbral da porta, uma cana de largo, e o outro umbral, uma cana de largo. 7 E cada câmara tinha uma cana de comprido, e uma cana de largo, e o espaço entre os aposentos era de cinco côvados; e o umbral da porta, ao pé do vestíbulo da porta, por dentro, era de uma cana. 8 Também mediu o vestíbulo da porta, por dentro, uma cana. 9 Então mediu o vestíbulo da porta, que tinha oito côvados, e os seus pilares, dois côvados, e este vestíbulo da porta, estava por dentro. 10 As câmaras da porta para o lado do oriente eram três de um lado e três do outro; a mesma medida era a dos três; também os pilares de um lado e do outro tinham a mesma medida. 11 Mediu mais a largura da entrada da porta, que era de dez côvados; e o comprimento da porta, treze côvados. 12 E o espaço em frente das câmaras era de um côvado, e de um côvado o espaço do outro lado; e cada câmara tinha seis côvados de um lado e seis côvados do outro. 13 Então mediu a porta desde o telhado de uma câmara até ao telhado da outra, vinte e cinco côvados de largo, porta contra porta. 14 Fez também os pilares, de sessenta côvados, cada pilar, do átrio, em redor da porta. 15 E, desde a face da porta da entrada até à face do vestíbulo da porta interior, havia cinquenta côvados. 16 Havia também janelas estreitas nas câmaras, e nos seus pilares, dentro da porta ao redor, e da mesma sorte nos vestíbulos; e as janelas estavam ao redor, na parte de dentro, e nos pilares havia palmeiras.

17 E ele me levou ao átrio exterior, e eis que havia nele câmaras, e um pavimento que estava feito no átrio em redor; trinta câmaras havia naquele pavimento. 18 E o pavimento do lado das portas era proporcional ao comprimento das portas; o pavimento estava mais baixo. 19 E mediu a largura desde a dianteira da porta inferior até a dianteira do átrio interior, por fora, cem côvados, do lado do oriente e do norte.

20 E, quanto à porta que olhava para o caminho do norte, no átrio exterior, ele mediu o seu comprimento e a sua largura. 21 E as suas câmaras eram três de um lado, e três do outro, e os seus pilares e os seus arcos eram da medida da primeira porta: cinquenta côvados era o seu comprimento, e a largura vinte e cinco côvados. 22 E as suas janelas, e os seus arcos, e as suas palmeiras, eram da medida da porta que olhava para o caminho do oriente; e subia-se para ela por sete degraus, e os seus arcos estavam diante dela. 23 E a porta do átrio interior estava defronte da porta do norte bem como da do oriente; e mediu de porta a porta cem côvados.

24 Então ele me levou ao caminho do sul, e eis que havia ali uma porta que olhava para o caminho do sul, e mediu os seus pilares e os seus arcos conforme estas medidas. 25 E havia também janelas em redor dos seus arcos, como as outras janelas; cinquenta côvados era o comprimento, e a largura vinte e cinco côvados. 26 E de sete degraus eram as suas subidas, e os seus arcos estavam diante delas; e tinha palmeiras, uma de um lado e outra do outro, nos seus pilares. 27 Também havia uma porta no átrio interior para o caminho do sul; e mediu de porta a porta, para o caminho do sul, cem côvados.

28 Então me levou ao átrio interior pela porta do sul; e mediu a porta do sul, conforme estas medidas. 29 E as suas câmaras, e os seus pilares, e os seus arcos eram conforme estas medidas; e tinham também janelas ao redor dos seus arcos; o comprimento era de cinquenta côvados, e a largura de vinte e cinco côvados. 30 E havia arcos em redor; o comprimento era de vinte e cinco côvados, e a largura de cinco côvados. 31 E os seus arcos estavam na direção do átrio exterior, e havia palmeiras nos seus pilares; e de oito degraus eram as suas subidas.

32 Depois me levou ao átrio interior, para o caminho do oriente, e mediu a porta conforme estas medidas; 33 E também as suas câmaras, e os seus pilares, e os seus arcos, conforme estas medidas; e havia também janelas em redor dos seus arcos; o comprimento de cinquenta côvados, e a largura de vinte e cinco côvados. 34 E os seus arcos estavam no átrio de fora; também havia palmeiras nos seus pilares de um e de outro lado; e eram as suas subidas de oito degraus.

35 Então me levou à porta do norte, e mediu conforme estas medidas; 36 As suas câmaras, os seus pilares, e os seus arcos; também tinha janelas em redor; o comprimento era de cinquenta côvados, e a largura de vinte e cinco côvados. 37 E os seus pilares estavam no átrio exterior; também havia palmeiras nos seus pilares de um e de outro lado; e eram as suas subidas de oito degraus.

38 E as suas câmaras e as suas entradas estavam junto aos pilares das portas onde lavavam o holocausto. 39 E no vestíbulo da porta havia duas mesas de um lado, e duas mesas do outro, para nelas se matar o holocausto e a oferta pelo pecado e pela culpa. 40 Também do lado de fora da subida para a entrada da porta do norte havia duas mesas; e do outro lado, que estava no vestíbulo da porta, havia duas mesas. 41 Quatro mesas de um lado, e quatro mesas do outro; aos lados da porta oito mesas, sobre as quais imolavam. 42 E as quatro mesas para o holocausto eram de pedras lavradas; o comprimento era de um côvado e meio, e a largura de um côvado e meio, e a altura de um côvado; e sobre elas se punham os instrumentos com que imolavam o holocausto e o sacrifício. 43 E os ganchos de um palmo de comprimento, estavam fixos por dentro em redor, e sobre as mesas estava a carne da oferta. 44 E fora da porta interior estavam as câmaras dos cantores, no átrio de dentro, que estava ao lado da porta do norte e olhava para o caminho do sul; uma estava ao lado da porta do oriente, e olhava para o caminho do norte. 45 E ele me disse: Esta câmara que olha para o caminho do sul é para os sacerdotes que têm a guarda da casa. 46 Mas a câmara que olha para o caminho do norte é para os sacerdotes que têm a guarda do altar; são estes os filhos de Zadoque, que se chegam ao Senhor, dentre os filhos de Levi, para o servir.

47 E mediu o átrio; o comprimento de cem côvados e a largura de cem côvados, um quadrado; e o altar estava diante da casa. 48 Então me levou ao vestíbulo da casa, e mediu a cada pilar do vestíbulo, cinco côvados de um lado, e cinco côvados do outro; e a largura da porta, três côvados de um lado, e três côvados do outro. 49 O comprimento do vestíbulo era de vinte côvados, e a largura de onze côvados, e era por degraus, que se subia a ele; e havia colunas junto aos pilares, uma de um lado e outra do outro.