1 Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north. Then he brought me into the room that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building toward the north. 2 Facing the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width 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 three stories. 4 Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north. 5 Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these more than from the lower and the middle in the building. 6 For they were in three stories, and they didn’t have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground. 7 The wall that was outside by the side of the rooms, toward the outer court before the rooms, was fifty cubits long. 8 For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. Behold, those facing the temple were one hundred cubits. 9 From under these rooms was the entry on the east side, as one goes 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 rooms. 11 The way before them was like the appearance of the rooms which were toward the north. Their length and width were the same. All their exits had the same arrangement and doors. 12 Like the doors of the rooms 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 one enters into them.

13 Then he said to me, "The north rooms and the south rooms, which are opposite the separate place, are the holy rooms, where the priests who are near to Yahweh shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, with the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter in, then they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court until they lay their garments in which they minister there; for they are holy. Then they shall put on other garments, and shall approach that which is for the people."

15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faces toward the east, and measured it all around. 16 He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around. 17 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed all around. 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 around it, the length five hundred cubits, and the width five hundred cubits, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

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.