1 Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way towards the north. Then he brought me into the room that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building towards 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 storeys. 4 Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were towards 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 storeys, 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, towards 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 towards 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 towards 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 towards the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall towards 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 the LORD 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 towards 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 disso, fez-me sair para fora, ao átrio exterior, para a banda do caminho do norte; e me levou às câmaras que estavam defronte do largo vazio e que estavam defronte do edifício, da banda do norte. 2 Do comprimento de cem côvados era a entrada do norte; e a largura era de cinquenta côvados. 3 Em frente dos vinte côvados, que tinha o átrio interior, e em frente do pavimento que tinha o átrio exterior, havia galeria contra galeria em três andares. 4 E diante das câmaras havia um passeio de dez côvados de largo, da banda de dentro, e um caminho de um côvado; e as suas entradas eram para o lado do norte. 5 E as câmaras de cima eram mais estreitas; porque as galerias tomavam aqui mais espaço do que nas de baixo e nas do meio do edifício. 6 Porque elas eram de três andares e não tinham colunas como as colunas dos átrios; por isso, desde o chão se iam estreitando mais do que as de baixo e as do meio. 7 E o muro que estava por fora, defronte das câmaras, no caminho do átrio exterior, diante das câmaras, tinha cinquenta côvados de comprimento. 8 Porque o comprimento das câmaras, que estavam no átrio exterior, era de cinquenta côvados; e eis que defronte do templo havia cem côvados. 9 E da parte de baixo destas câmaras estava a entrada do lado do oriente, quando se entra nelas pelo átrio exterior.

10 Na largura do muro do átrio para o caminho do oriente, diante do lugar separado, e diante do edifício, havia também câmaras. 11 E o caminho de diante delas era da feição das câmaras e olhava para o caminho do norte; conforme o seu comprimento, assim era a sua largura; e todas as suas saídas eram também conforme as suas feições e conforme as suas entradas. 12 E conforme as entradas das câmaras, que olhavam para o caminho do sul, havia também uma entrada do topo do caminho, do caminho diante do muro direito, para o caminho do oriente, quando se entra por elas.

13 Então, me disse: As câmaras do norte e as câmaras do sul, que estão diante do lugar separado, são câmaras santas, em que os sacerdotes, que se chegam ao Senhor, comerão as coisas mais santas; ali porão as coisas mais santas, e as ofertas de comer, e a expiação pelo pecado, e a expiação pela culpa; porque o lugar é santo. 14 Quando os sacerdotes entrarem, não sairão do santuário para o átrio exterior, mas porão ali as suas vestiduras com que ministraram, porque elas são santidade; e vestir-se-ão de outras vestiduras e assim se aproximarão do lugar pertencente ao povo.

15 E, acabando ele de medir o templo interior, ele me fez sair pelo caminho da porta cuja face olha para o caminho do oriente; e mediu em redor. 16 Mediu a banda oriental com a cana de medir: quinhentas canas com a cana de medir ao redor. 17 Mediu a banda do norte: quinhentas canas com a cana de medir ao redor. 18 A banda do sul também mediu: quinhentas canas com a cana de medir. 19 Deu uma volta para a banda do ocidente e mediu quinhentas canas com a cana de medir. 20 Mediu pelas quatro bandas; e tinha um muro em redor, de quinhentas canas de comprimento e quinhentas de largura, para fazer separação entre o santo e o profano.