<t /><p class="bodytext">In the thirtieth year,<n id="1" /> on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles<n id="2" /> at the Kebar River,<n id="3" /> the heavens opened<n id="4" /> and I saw a divine vision.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month,<n id="1" /> a refugee came to me from Jerusalem<n id="2" /> saying, &#8220;The city has been defeated!&#8221;<n id="3" />

He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet<n id="1" /> from one entrance to the opposite one.

There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others;<n id="1" /> 87½ feet<n id="2" /> long and 43¾ feet<n id="3" /> wide.

its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet<n id="1" /> and its width 43¾ feet.<n id="2" />

The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet,<n id="1" /> and the open area between the side chambers of the temple

There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet<n id="1" /> all around.p>

From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles<n id="1" /> and a width of three and one-third miles;<n id="2" /> in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

An area eight and a quarter miles<n id="1" /> in length and three and one-third miles<n id="2" /> in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities<n id="3" /> in which they will live.p>

In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast,<n id="1" /> he will make the same provisions for the sin offering, burnt offering, and grain offering, and for the olive oil, for the seven days.p>

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.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles<n id="1" /> of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles<n id="2" /> to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month,<n id="1" /> as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand<n id="2" /> of the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> seized me.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Then he brought me to the inner court of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house. Right there<n id="1" /> at the entrance to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, between the porch and the altar,<n id="2" /> were about twenty-five<n id="3" /> men with their backs to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple,<n id="4" /> facing east &#8211; they were worshiping the sun<n id="5" /> toward the east!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">A wind<n id="1" /> lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord&#8217;s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city<n id="1" /> was struck down, on this very day,<n id="2" /> the hand<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> was on me, and he brought me there.<n id="4" />

The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet.<n id="1" /> The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet<n id="1" /> long and 43¾ feet<n id="2" /> wide.