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Ezekiel 40:1-42:20 — The New Temple

Ezek.40.1-42.20

¹In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day the hand of YHWH was upon me , and he brought me there. ²In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it, to the south, was something like the structure of a city. ³He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring reed, standing in the gate. ⁴The man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your heart on everything that I am about to show you, for you were brought here so that I might show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.” ⁵And behold, there was a wall outside the temple all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring reed of six cubits, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth . He measured the thickness of the structure: one reed; and the height: one reed. ⁶Then he came to the gate that faced east and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate: one reed wide; and the other threshold: one reed wide. ⁷Each guardroom was one reed long and one reed wide, and between the guardrooms were five cubits. The threshold of the gate beside the portico of the gate, toward the temple, was one reed. ⁸He measured the portico of the gate, toward the temple: one reed. ⁹Then he measured the portico of the gate: eight cubits; and its jambs: two cubits. The portico of the gate faced toward the temple. ¹⁰The guardrooms of the east gate were three on one side and three on the other; all three had the same measure, and the jambs on either side also had the same measure. ¹¹He measured the width of the entrance of the gate: ten cubits; and the length of the gate: thirteen cubits. ¹²There was a barrier before the guardrooms, one cubit on each side, and each guardroom was six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. ¹³Then he measured the gate from the roof of one guardroom to the roof of the opposite one: twenty-five cubits in width, doorway facing doorway. ¹⁴He made the jambs sixty cubits, and the court extended to the jamb of the gate all around. ¹⁵From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner portico of the gate was fifty cubits. ¹⁶There were recessed windows for the guardrooms and for their jambs, inside the gate all around; so also for the porticos. There were windows all around on the inside, and on each jamb were palm trees. ¹⁷Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court. Thirty chambers were on the pavement. ¹⁸The pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. ¹⁹Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the front of the inner court outside: one hundred cubits, on the east and on the north. ²⁰As for the gate that faced north for the outer court, he measured its length and its width. ²¹Its guardrooms, three on one side and three on the other, and its jambs and its portico were according to the measure of the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ²²Its windows, its portico, and its palm trees were according to the measure of the gate that faced east. They went up to it by seven steps, and its portico was before them. ²³A gate to the inner court stood opposite the gate on the north and on the east, and he measured from gate to gate: one hundred cubits. ²⁴Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south. He measured its jambs and its portico according to these same measures. ²⁵There were windows in it and in its porticos all around, like those windows. Its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. ²⁶Its ascent had seven steps, and its portico was before them. It had palm trees on its jambs, one on this side and one on that side. ²⁷There was a gate to the inner court toward the south, and he measured from gate to gate toward the south: one hundred cubits. ²⁸Then he brought me into the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate according to these same measures. ²⁹Its guardrooms, its jambs, and its porticos were according to these same measures, and there were windows in it and in its porticos all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁰There were porticos all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. ³¹Its portico faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its jambs. Its ascent had eight steps. ³²Then he brought me to the inner court toward the east, and he measured the gate according to these same measures. ³³Its guardrooms, its jambs, and its porticos were according to these same measures, and there were windows in it and in its porticos all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁴Its porticos faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its jambs on this side and on that side. Its ascent had eight steps. ³⁵Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it according to these same measures. ³⁶Its guardrooms, its jambs, and its porticos, and there were windows in it all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁷Its jambs faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its jambs on this side and on that side. Its ascent had eight steps. ³⁸There was a chamber with its doorway by the jambs of the gates; there they washed the burnt offering. ³⁹In the portico of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which they slaughtered the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. ⁴⁰On the outer side, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, belonging to the portico of the gate, were two tables. ⁴¹Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate: eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices. ⁴²There were four tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. On them they placed the implements with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice. ⁴³The ledges, one handbreadth wide, were fixed all around inside, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. ⁴⁴Outside the inner gate, in the inner court, were chambers for the singers , one at the side of the north gate facing south, and one at the side of the east gate facing north. ⁴⁵He said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.” ⁴⁶And the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. They are the sons of Zadok, those from the sons of Levi who come near to YHWH to minister to him. ⁴⁷He measured the court: one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, square. The altar was before the temple. ⁴⁸Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico: five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side. The width of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side. ⁴⁹The length of the portico was twenty cubits and its breadth eleven cubits, and it was reached by steps going up to it. There were pillars by the jambs, one on this side and one on that side.

Chapter 41

¹Then he brought me into the nave and measured the jambs: six cubits wide on this side and six cubits wide on that side, the width of the structure. ²The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side. He measured its length: forty cubits; and the width: twenty cubits. ³Then he went inside and measured the jamb of the entrance: two cubits; and the entrance: six cubits; and the width of the entrance: seven cubits. ⁴He measured its length: twenty cubits; and its width: twenty cubits, before the nave. Then he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.” ⁵Then he measured the wall of the temple: six cubits; and the width of each side chamber: four cubits, all around the temple. ⁶The side chambers were in three levels, thirty in order. They were attached to the wall that belonged to the temple for the side chambers all around, so that they might be supported, but they were not fastened into the wall of the temple itself. ⁷The side chambers widened upward from level to level, because the surrounding structure of the temple rose upward all around the temple. Therefore the temple broadened upward, and one went up from the lowest level to the highest through the middle level. ⁸I also saw that the temple had a raised base all around. The foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six cubits. ⁹The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits, and what was left was the open place beside the side chambers of the temple. ¹⁰Between the chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple. ¹¹The entrances of the side chambers were toward the open area, one entrance toward the north and one entrance toward the south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around. ¹²The building that was before the separate area on the west side was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits. ¹³Then he measured the temple: one hundred cubits long; and the separate area and the building with its walls: one hundred cubits long. ¹⁴The width of the front of the temple and the separate area toward the east was one hundred cubits. ¹⁵He measured the length of the building before the separate area that was behind it, and its galleries on this side and on that side: one hundred cubits; also the inner nave and the porticos of the court. ¹⁶The thresholds, the recessed windows, and the galleries all around on the three sides opposite the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows; and the windows were covered. ¹⁷Above the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and outside, and on all the wall all around, inside and outside, were measured areas. ¹⁸It was made with cherubim and palm trees, with a palm tree between cherub and cherub; and each cherub had two faces. ¹⁹A human face was toward the palm tree on one side, and a young lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were made all around the temple. ²⁰From the floor up to above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were made, and likewise on the wall of the nave. ²¹The nave had a square doorframe, and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance. ²²The altar was of wood, three cubits high and two cubits long. Its corners, its length, and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before YHWH.” ²³The nave and the sanctuary each had two doors. ²⁴The doors had two leaves each, two swinging leaves: two leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other. ²⁵Cherubim and palm trees, like those made on the walls, were made on them, on the doors of the nave. And there was a wooden canopy on the front of the portico outside. ²⁶There were recessed windows and palm trees on this side and on that side, on the sides of the portico; so too for the side chambers of the temple and the canopies.

Chapter 42

¹Then he brought me out to the outer court by the way toward the north, and he brought me to the chamber block that was opposite the separate area and opposite the building on the north. ²Its length along the north entrance was one hundred cubits, and its width was fifty cubits. ³Opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the third level. ⁴Before the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide, with a passage one cubit wide; and their doors were toward the north. ⁵Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and the middle chambers in the building. ⁶For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the courts. Therefore the upper chambers were set back more than the lower and the middle ones from the ground. ⁷The wall that was outside, parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, was fifty cubits long. ⁸For the length of the chambers that were along the outer court was fifty cubits, and behold, before the nave it was one hundred cubits. ⁹Below these chambers was the entrance from the east, as one entered them from the outer court. ¹⁰Along the breadth of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate area and before the building, were chambers. ¹¹The way before them was like the appearance of the chambers that were toward the north: according to their length, so was their width; and all their exits, their arrangements, and their openings were alike. ¹²And corresponding to the doorways of the chambers that were toward the south was a doorway at the beginning of the way, the way before the wall running eastward, by which one entered them. ¹³Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers that are opposite the separate area are holy chambers, where the priests who are near to YHWH shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall place the most holy offerings, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, for the place is holy.” ¹⁴When the priests enter, they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall leave the garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments, and then approach what belongs to the people. ¹⁵When he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out by the way of the gate that faced east, and he measured it all around. ¹⁶He measured the east side with the measuring reed: five hundred reeds. ¹⁷He measured the north side: five hundred reeds. ¹⁸He measured the south side: five hundred reeds. ¹⁹He turned to the west side and measured: five hundred reeds. ²⁰He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred reeds long and five hundred reeds wide, to separate the holy from the common .

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4/11/2026

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