Ezekiel

NEW TEMPLE AND NEW LAND

The New Temple

In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the start of the year, on the tenth day of the month, fourteen years after Jerusalem was captured, the hand of the Lord was upon me.

In a divine vision, he took me away to the land of Israel, and He set me down on a very high mountain, with a city built on the southern side.

He led me to it, and there I saw a man who appeared to be made of bronze. He had a flax cord and a measuring rod in his hand and was standing at the gateway.

The man said to me: “Son of man, look carefully, listen closely, and pay attention to everything I show you, since they brought you here for me to show it to you. Tell the people of Israel everything that you see.”

A wall surrounded the house, and the man was holding a measuring rod that was three meters long (six great cubits). He measured the thickness of this construction—one rod—and its height—one rod.

He went to the east gate, climbed the steps, and measured its threshold: one rod deep.

Each guardroom was one by one rod; the walls between the guardrooms were five cubits thick;

and the threshold of the gate inward from the porch was one rod.

He measured the porch of the gate, which was eight cubits; its jambs, two cubits; and the porch was at the inner end.

There were three guardrooms on each side of the east gate, all of the same size; the walls between them were of consistent thickness.

He measured the width of the entrance, which was ten cubits, and the total width across the gateway, which was thirteen cubits.

A rail was in front of the guardrooms; each side rail was one cubic. The guardrooms on either side were six cubits square.

He measured the width of the gate from the back wall of one guardroom to the back wall of the other, which was twenty-five cubits across, from window to window.

The entrance measured twenty cubits; beyond the porch of the gate was the outer court.

From the entrance to the porch opposite, there was a fifty-cubit distance.

On each side of the gate, windows with screens were present, both in the guardrooms and the spaces between them. There were openings all around inside the porch as well, with palm trees decorating the pillars.

He led me through to the outer court. There were rooms and a paved terrace running all the way around; there were thirty rooms on this terrace.

This terrace, which came right up to the sides of the gates and matched their depth, is the Lower Terrace.

He measured from the lower gate across the outer court to the outside of the inner court—about a hundred cubits.

He measured the length and width of the north gate of the outer court.

It had three guardrooms on each side; the thickness of the walls between them and its porch were all the same as those of the first gate, measuring fifty cubits by twenty-five cubits.

Its windows, entrance, and palm tree decoration all matched those of the east gate. There were seven steps leading up to it, and its porch was at the inner end.

In the inner court, opposite the north gate, there was a gate similar to the one facing east. He measured the distance from one gate to the other: one hundred cubits.

He took me to the south, where there was a gate leading to the south gate. He examined its guardrooms, the thickness of its walls, and the porch; they were the same size as the others.

All around it and its entrance were windows, like those on the other windows. It measured fifty cubits by twenty-five cubits,

and it had seven steps leading up to it. Its entrance was on the inner end and was decorated with palm trees on its pillars, one on each side.

The inner court had a southern gate; he measured the distance southward from one gate to the other: a hundred cubits.

He then took me into the inner court by the south gate; he measured the south gate which was the same size as the others.

Its guardrooms, the thickness of its walls and entrance all measured the same as the others.

Its entrance had windows all around. It measured fifty cubits by twenty-five cubits. Its entrance, measured in all, all around, was twenty-five cubits by five cubits.

The entrance gave on to the outer court. It had palm trees on its pillars, each side and eight steps leading up to it.

He took me to the east gate and measured it. It was the same size as the others.

Its guardrooms, the thickness of its walls, and its entrance all measured the same as the others. The gate and its entrance had windows all around. Its area was fifty cubits by twenty-five cubits.

Its porch opened onto the outer court. There were palm trees on its pillars on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

He took me to the north gate and measured it. Its guardrooms, the thickness of its walls, and its entrance all measured the same as the others.

It had windows all around. Its area was fifty cubits by twenty-five cubits.

Its entrance faced the outer court. There were palm trees on either side of its pillars and eight steps leading up to it.

He measured the inner court. It was square, one hundred cubits by one hundred cubits, with the altar in front of the house.

He took me to the hall of the house and measured its door pillars—five cubits on each side; the width of the entrance was fourteen cubits, with a three-cubit wall on each side.

The hall was twenty cubits by twelve cubits. There were ten steps leading up to it, and there were columns by the door pillars, one on each side.