Rooms for the priests

44 Outside the inner entryway, inside the inner courtyard, were two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side. 45 The man said to me, “The room whose door faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the work in the temple. 46 The room whose door faces north is for the priests who are in charge of the work at the altar. They are the descendants of Zadok; they are the only descendants of Levi who are permitted to approach Yahweh while they work for him.”

47 Then he measured the courtyard: It was square, ◄175 feet/53 meters► long and ◄175 feet/53 meters► wide. The altar was in front of the temple.