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Ezekiel 42 Summary
Priests' Chambers and Temple Boundaries
The man brings Ezekiel to outer court chambers north of the inner sanctuary, showing him galleries rising in three stories. He explains these northern and southern chambers are holy places where priests shall eat the most holy offerings and store sacred items. The man then measures the temple's outer boundary, which forms a wall five hundred reeds in length on all four sides, separating the sanctuary from profane places.
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Ezekiel 42:1
“Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.”
Ezekiel 42:13-14
“Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.”
Ezekiel 42:15-20
“Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.”
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