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Ezekiel 40

In the twenty-fifth year of exile, Ezekiel is brought in a vision to Israel and sees a man with measuring instruments. The man begins a detailed measurement of a vast temple complex, including the outer wall, east, north, and south gates, courts, chambers, tables for sacrifices, and areas connected with priests.

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Verses 1–4Ezekiel is brought in vision to a high mountain and told to observe the coming measurements Verses 5–16The outer wall and eastern gate complex are measured Verses 17–26The outer court and northern gate are measured Verses 27–37The inner south, east, and north gates are measured Verses 38–43Tables and chambers for preparing sacrifices are described Verses 44–49Priestly chambers and the porch of the temple are measured

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1In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in…2In the visions of God brought he me into the…3And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a…4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold…5And behold a wall on the outside of the house…6Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the…7And every little chamber was one reed long, and one…8He measured also the porch of the gate within, one…9Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits;…10And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three…11And he measured the breadth of the entry of the…12The space also before the little chambers was one cubit…13He measured then the gate from the roof of one…14He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the…15And from the face of the gate of the entrance…16And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and…17Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo,…18And the pavement by the side of the gates over…19Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the…20And the gate of the outward court that looked toward…21And the little chambers thereof were three on this side…22And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees,…23And the gate of the inner court was over against…24After that he brought me toward the south, and behold…25And there were windows in it and in the arches…26And there were seven steps to go up to it,…27And there was a gate in the inner court toward…28And he brought me to the inner court by the…29And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and…30And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits…31And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and…32And he brought me into the inner court toward the…33And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and…34And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and…35And he brought me to the north gate, and measured…36The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches…37And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and…38And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the…39And in the porch of the gate were two tables…40And at the side without, as one goeth up to…41Four tables were on this side, and four tables on…42And the four tables were of hewn stone for the…43And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about:…44And without the inner gate were the chambers of the…45And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is…46And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is…47So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and…48And he brought me to the porch of the house,…49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the…