om them, for I have poured out
my spirit upon all the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Ezechiel Chapter 40
The prophet sees in a vision the rebuilding of the temple: the
dimensions of several parts thereof.
40:1. In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning
of the year, the tenth day of the month, the fourteenth year after the
city was destroyed: in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon
me, and he brought me thither.
40:2. In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and
set me upon a very high mountain: upon which there was as the building
of a city, bending towards the south.
40:3. And he brought me in thither, and behold a man, whose appearance
was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a
measuring reed in his hand, and he stood in the gate.
40:4. And this man said to me: Son of man, see with thy eyes, and hear
with thy ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall shew thee: for
thou art brought hither that they may be shewn to thee: declare all that
thou seest, to the house of Israel.
40:5. And behold there was a wall on the outside of the house round
about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits and a
handbreadth: and he measured the breadth of the building one reed, and
the height one reed.
40:6. And he came to the gate that looked toward the east, and he went
up the steps thereof: and he measured the breadth of the threshold of
the gate one reed, that is, one threshold was one reed broad;
40:7. And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad:
and between the little chambers were five cubits:
40:8. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within, was
one reed.
40:9. And he measured the porch of the gate eight cubits, and the front
thereof two cubits: and the porch of the gate was inward.
40:10. And the little chambers of the gate that looked eastward were
three on this side, and three on that side: all three were of one
measure, and the fronts of one measure, on both parts.
40:11. And he measured the breadth of the threshold of the gate ten
cubits: and the length of the gate thirteen cubits:
40:12. And the border before the little chambers one cubit: and one
cubit was the border on both sides: and the little chambers were six
cubits on this side and that side.
40:13. And he measured the gate from the roof of one little chamber to
the roof of another, in breadth
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