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Ezekiel 42:3-14

3 Both in the section twenty cubits from the inner court and in the section opposite the pavement of the outer court, gallery faced gallery at the three levels.

4 In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

5 Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.

6 The rooms on the third floor had no pillars, as the courts had; so they were smaller in floor space than those on the lower and middle floors.

7 There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits.

8 While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long.

9 The lower rooms had an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

10 On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court, adjoining the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall, were rooms

11 with a passageway in front of them. These were like the rooms on the north; they had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. Similar to the doorways on the north

12 were the doorways of the rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters the rooms.

13 Then he said to me, “The north and south rooms facing the temple courtyard are the priests’ rooms, where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.

14 Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.”

Cross References for Ezekiel 42:3-14

Genesis 6:16 - Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of... Click to read the verse Genesis 6:16 Click to read the verse Genesis 6:16

Ezekiel 41:16 - as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them—everyth... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:16

Song of Songs 7:5 - Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held capt... Click to read the verse Song of Songs 7:5 Click to read the verse Song of Songs 7:5

Exodus 27:9 - The Courtyard “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits lo... Click to read the verse Exodus 27:9 Click to read the verse Exodus 27:9

Ezekiel 41:15 - Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, inc... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:15 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:15

Ezekiel 40:16 - The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openi... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 40:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 40:16

1 Chronicles 23:28 - The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the temple of the Lor... Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 23:28 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 23:28

2 Chronicles 7:3 - When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, th... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:3 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:3

2 Kings 21:5 - In both courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. Click to read the verse 2 Kings 21:5 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 21:5

Song of Songs 1:17 - Lover The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs. Click to read the verse Song of Songs 1:17 Click to read the verse Song of Songs 1:17

Ezekiel 42:5 - Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the ro... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 42:5 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 42:5

Ezekiel 41:15-16 - Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, inc... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:15-16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:15-16

Ezekiel 41:10 - and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:10 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:10

Ezekiel 40:17-18 - The Outer Court Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 40:17-18 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 40:17-18