Ezekiel 42 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Then the man led me through the north gate out into the outer courtyard. He led me \{west\} to a building with many rooms that was west of the restricted area and the building on the north side.

² This building was 100 cubits {\cf2\super [386]} long and 50 cubits {\cf2\super [387]} wide. People entered it from \{the courtyard on\} the north side.

³ The building was three stories tall and had balconies. The 20-cubit {\cf2\super [388]} inner courtyard was between the building and the Temple. On the other side, the rooms faced the pavement of the outer courtyard.

^4-6 There was a path 10 cubits {\cf2\super [389]} wide and 100 cubits {\cf2\super [390]} long running along the south side of the building, even though the entrance was on the north side.

⁷ There was a wall outside that was parallel to the rooms and ran along the outer courtyard. It ran in front of the rooms for 50 cubits. {\cf2\super [391]}

⁸ The row of rooms that ran along the outer courtyard was 50 cubits {\cf2\super [392]} long, although the total length of the building, as on the Temple side, was 100 cubits {\cf2\super [393]} long.

⁹ The entrance was below these rooms at the east end of the building so people could enter from the outer courtyard.

¹⁰ The entrance was at the start of the wall beside the courtyard.

¹¹ path in front of them. They were like the rooms on the north side. They had the same length and width and the same kind of doors.

¹² The entrance to the lower rooms was at the east end of the building so people could enter from the open end of the path by the wall.

¹³ The man said to me, “The north rooms and south rooms across from the restricted area are holy. These rooms are for the priests that offer the sacrifices to the Lord. That is where the priests will eat the most holy offerings. And that is where they will put the most holy offerings. Why? Because this place is holy. The most holy offerings are: the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings.

¹⁴ The priests who enter the holy area must leave their serving clothes in that holy place before they go out into the outer courtyard. Why? Because these clothes are holy. If a priest wants to go to the part of the temple where the other people are, then he must go to those rooms and put on other clothes.

¹⁵ The man had finished measuring inside the Temple area. Then he brought me out through the east gate and measured all around that area.

¹⁶ The man measured the east side with the ruler. It was 500 cubits {\cf2\super [394]} long.

¹⁷ He measured the north side. It was 500 cubits long.

¹⁸ He measured the south side. It was 500 cubits long.

¹⁹ He went around to the west side and measured it. It was 500 cubits {\cf2\super [395]} long.

²⁰ He measured the four walls that went all the way around \{the temple\}. The wall was 500 cubits long and 500 cubits wide. It separated the holy area from the area that is not holy.