ULT EZE chapter 40

40 In year 25 of our exile in the head of the year on the tenth of the month, in year 14 after the city was struck, on this same day, the hand of Yahweh was upon me and he brought me there.2 In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and he made me rest to a very high mountain, and upon it from the south, was like a structure of a city.3 And he brought me there, and behold, a man! His appearance, was like the appearance of bronze, and a cord of linen, was in his hand and the reed of the measurement, and he was standing in the gate.4 And the man spoke to me, “Son of man, see with your eyes, and with your ears hear, and set your heart to all that I am making you see, for in order to make you see you were brought here. Declare all that you are seeing to the house of Israel.”

5 And behold, a wall from outside to the house around, around. And in the hand of the man the reed of the measurement, was six cubits in the cubit and a handbreadth. And he measured the width of the structure, one reed, and the height, one reed.6 And he went to a gate whose face, was the way to the east, and he went up its steps. And he measured the sill of the gate[fn] , one reed, in width, and one sill, one reed, in width.7 And the recess, was one reed, in length and one reed, in width, and between the recesses, were five cubits. And the sill of the gate from beside the porch of the gate from the house, was one reed.8 And he measured the porch of the gate from the house, one reed.9 And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and its jambs, were two cubits, and the porch of the gate, was from the house.10 And the recesses of the gate, the way of the east, were three from here and three from there, one measurement for their three, and one measurement for the jambs from here and from there.11 And he measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits. The length of the gate: thirteen cubits.12 And a border to the face of the recesses, one cubit, and one cubit a border from here. And the recess, six cubits from here and six cubits from there.13 And he measured the gate from the roof of the recess to its roof, in width 25 cubits, an opening in front of an opening.14 And he did the jambs, 60 cubits, and to the jamb of the courtyard, the gate around, around.15 And on the face of the gate of the entrance on to the face of the porch of the inner gate, 50 cubits.16 And shut windows, were to the recesses and to their jambs, to the inside to the gate around, around, and thus for the porches. And windows, were around, around to the inside, and to a jam, were palm trees.

17 And he brought me to the outer courtyard, and behold, chambers and a pavement, made for the courtyard around, around. Thirty chambers, were toward the pavement.18 And the pavement, was to the shoulder of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates: the lower pavement.19 And he measured the width from the face of the lower gate to the face of the inner courtyard from outside, 100 cubits, the east and the north.

20 And the gate whose face, was the way of the north, to the outer courtyard, he measured its length and its width.21 And its recesses, three from here and three from there, and its jambs and its porches were according to the measurement of the first gate: 50 cubits its length, and width 25 in the cubit.22 And its windows and its porches and its palm trees, were according to the measurement of the gate whose face, was the way of the east. And by seven steps they would go up on it, and its porches, were to their face.23 And a gate for the inner courtyard, was in front of the gate to the north and to the east. And he measured from a gate to a gate, 100 cubits.

24 And he led me the way of the south, and behold, the gate of the way of the south. And he measured its jambs and its porches according to these measurements.25 And windows, were for it and for its porches around, around, according to these windows, 50 cubits, in length, and in width 25 cubits.26 And seven steps, were its goings up, and its porches, were to their face; and palm trees, were for it, one from here and one from there, to its jambs.27 And a gate to the inner courtyard, was the way of the south. And he measured from a gate to the gate, the way of the south, 100 cubits.

28 And he brought me to the inner courtyard by the gate of the south. And he measured the gate of the south like these measurements.29 And its guardrooms and its jambs and its vestibules were like these measurements. And windows were to it and to its vestibules all around, all around: 50 cubits, was the length, and the width, was 25 cubits.30 And vestibules were all around, all around: the length, was 25 cubits, and the width, was five cubits.31 And its vestibules were toward the outer courtyard, and palm trees were toward its jambs; and eight steps, were its ascent.

32 And he brought me to the inner courtyard, the way of the east. And he measured the gate like these measurements.33 And its guardrooms and its jambs and its vestibules were like these measurements. And windows were to it and to its vestibules all around, all around: the length, was 50 cubits, and the width, was 25 cubits.34 And its vestibules were toward the outer courtyard, and palm trees were toward its jambs from here and from here; and eight steps, were its ascent.

35 And he brought me to the gate of the north, and he measured it like these measurements—36 its guardrooms, its jambs, and its vestibules. And windows, were to it all around, all around: the length, was 50 cubits, and the width, was 25 cubits.37 And its jambs were toward the outer courtyard, and palm trees were toward its jambs from here and from here; and eight steps, were its ascent.

38 And a chamber and its entrance were by the jambs of the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering.39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables from here and two tables from here, to slaughter on them the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering.40 And at the shoulder on the outside, for the one going up to the entrance of the gate northward, were two tables; and at the other shoulder that was for the porch of the gate, were two tables.41 Four tables were from here and four tables were from here at the shoulder of the gate, eight tables on which they slaughter.42 And four tables for the burnt offering were of stones of cut stone: the length, was one cubit and a half, and the width, was one cubit and a half, and the height, was one cubit. And on them they lay the vessels with which they slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice.43 And the hooks, one handbreadth, were fixed in the house all around, all around; and on the tables, was the flesh of the offering.

44 And on the outside of the inner gate, were chambers of singers in the inner courtyard, which was at the shoulder of the gate of the north, and their faces were the way of the south; one was at the shoulder of the gate of the east, with the face of the way of the north.45 And he spoke to me, “This chamber whose face is the way of the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the watch of the house.46 And the chamber whose face is the way of the north, is for the priests, the keepers of the watch of the altar. They are the sons of Zadok, the ones near from the sons of Levi to Yahweh, to serve him.”47 And he measured the courtyard: the length, was 100 cubits, and the width, was 100 cubits, squared. And the altar was to the face of the house.

48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and he measured the jamb of the porch, five cubits from here and five cubits from here. And the width of the gate was three cubits from here and three cubits from here.49 The length of the porch, was 20 cubits, and the width, was 11 cubits, and by the steps by which they would go up to it. And pillars were by the jambs, one from here and one from here.

After one stick in depth, the Hebrew text reads in addition: one threshold one stick in depth”. Many modern versions, however, leave this expression out, because it seems to be a repetition of preceding text.

ULT EZE Chapter 40