Yehezkiel 42:1-9

Chambers for the Temple

42:1 Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north. 42:2 Its length was 175 feet ¹  on the north side, ²  and its width 87½ feet. ³  42:3 Opposite the 35 feet ⁴  that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. 42:4 In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet ⁵  wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, ⁶  and their entrances were on the north. 42:5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 42:6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers ⁷  were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones. 42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet ⁸  long. 42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet ⁹  long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet ¹⁰  long. 42:9 Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

[42:2]  ¹ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

[42:2]  ² tn Heb “the door of the north.”

[42:2]  ³ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

[42:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

[42:4]  ⁶ tc Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm). The LXX and the Syriac read “one hundred cubits” (= 175 feet).

[42:6]  ⁷ tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.

[42:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[42:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).