“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’

Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed ¹  that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.

Then the glory of the Lord arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?

Then he measured the wall of the temple ¹  as 10½ feet, ²  and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, ³  all around the temple.

The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet, ¹  and the open area between the side chambers of the temple

“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.

“This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.

Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed ¹  the glory of the Lord filling the Lord’s temple, and I threw myself face down.

Say to the rebellious, ¹  to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel!

Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”

Beth Togarmah exchanged horses, chargers, ¹  and mules for your products.

Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.

and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet. ¹ 

I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.

The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; ¹  for the structure ²  surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.

He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman ¹  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries ¹  will be desecrated.

(The cherubim were standing on the south side ¹  of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)