Chambers for the Priests

Then the man led me out vvv vvv northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the [outer wall] on the north side. 2 The building with the door facing north [was] a hundred cubits long [and] fifty cubits wide.[fn] 3 Gallery vvv faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty [cubits][fn] that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

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In front of the chambers [was] an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a [hundred] cubits long.[fn] Their doors were on the north.

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Now the upper chambers [were] smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building. 6 For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So [the upper chambers] were set back further than the lower and middle floors 7 An outer wall in front of the chambers [was] fifty cubits long [and] ran parallel to the chambers [and] the outer court. 8 For the chambers on the outer court [were] fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple [were] a hundred cubits [long]. 9 And below these chambers [was] the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

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On the south side[fn] along the length of the wall of the outer court [were] chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building, 11 with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and [dimensions] 12 And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that [were] facing south, [there] [was] a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward

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Then the man said to me,“The north [and] south chambers vvv facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings There they will place the most holy offerings the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings— for the place is holy. 14 Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”

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