In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.

He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.

The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet, and the open area between the side chambers of the temple

Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.

Of this area a square 875 feet by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet set aside for its open space round about.

This is what you must do on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins inadvertently or through ignorance; so you will make atonement for the temple.

“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten.

Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, as far as Hazer-hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran.

On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.

On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.

He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.

As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.

“‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.

By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did.