42:1 Then he led me out into the inner court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers which were opposite the temple yard and opposite the building on the north.
42:1 Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the temple yard and opposite the building on the north.

42:2 The length of the building which was on the north side was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits.
42:2 The length of the building that was on the north side was one hundred cubits, and the width fifty cubits.

42:3 Adjoining the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
42:3 Across the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, the chambers rose gallery by gallery in three stories.

42:4 And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.
42:4 In front of the chambers was a passage on the inner side, ten cubits wide and one hundred cubits deep, and its entrances were on the north.

42:5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building.
42:5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building.

42:6 For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer court; hence the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.
42:6 For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer court; for this reason the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.

42:7 And there was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long.
42:7 There was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long.

42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the temple were a hundred cubits long.
42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the temple were one hundred cubits long.

42:9 Below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court,
42:9 At the foot of these chambers ran a passage that one entered from the east in order to enter them from the outer court.

42:10 where the outside wall begins. On the south also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers
42:10 The width of the passage is fixed by the wall of the court. On the south also, opposite the vacant area and opposite the building, there were chambers

42:11 with a passage in front of them; they were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits and arrangements and doors.
42:11 with a passage in front of them; they were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and width, with the same exits and arrangements and doors.

42:12 And below the south chambers was an entrance on the east side, where one enters the passage, and opposite them was a dividing wall.
42:12 So the entrances of the chambers to the south were entered through the entrance at the head of the corresponding passage, from the east, along the matching wall.

42:13 Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall put the most holy offerings -- the cereal offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, for the place is holy.
42:13 Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the vacant area are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall deposit the most holy offerings--the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, for the place is holy.

42:14 When the priests enter the holy place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court without laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people."
42:14 When the priests enter the holy place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court without laying there the vestments in which they minister, for these are holy; they shall put on other garments before they go near to the area open to the people."

42:15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate which faced east, and measured the temple area round about.
42:15 When he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faces east, and measured the temple area all around.

42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

42:17 Then he turned and measured the north side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
42:17 Then he turned and measured the north side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

42:18 Then he turned and measured the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
42:18 Then he turned and measured the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

42:19 Then he turned to the west side and measured, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
42:19 Then he turned to the west side and measured, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

42:20 He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits broad, to make a separation between the holy and the common.
42:20 He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to make a separation between the holy and the common.