ocaust and the
victim is slain.

40:43. And the borders of them were of one handbreadth, turned inwards
round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

40:44. And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singing men
in the inner court, which was on the side of the gate that looketh to
the north: and their prospect was towards the south, one at the side of
the east gate, which looketh toward the north.

40:45. And he said to me: This chamber, which looketh toward the south
shall be for the priests that watch in the wards of the temple.

40:46. But the chamber that looketh towards the north shall be for the
priests that watch over the ministry of the altar. These are the sons of
Sadoc, who among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord, to minister to
him.

40:47. And he measured the court a hundred cubits long, and a hundred
cubits broad foursquare: and the altar that was before the face of the
temple.

40:48. And he brought me into the porch of the temple: and he measured
the porch five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and
the breadth of the gate three cubits on this side, and three cubits on
that side.

40:49. And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth
eleven cubits, and there were eight steps to go up to it. And there were
pillars in the fronts: one on this side, and another on that side.

Ezechiel Chapter 41

A description of the temple, and of all the parts of it.

41:1. And he brought me into the temple, and he measured the fronts six
cubits broad on this side, and six cubits on that side, the breadth of
the tabernacle.

The temple... This plan of a temple, which was here shewn to the prophet
in a vision, partly had relation to the material temple, which was to be
rebuilt: and partly, in a mystical sense, to the spiritual temple of
God, the church of Christ.

41:2. And the breadth of the gate was ten cubits: and the sides of the
gate five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he
measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

41:3. Then going inward he measured the front of the gate two cubits:
and the gate six cubits, and the breadth of the gate seven cubits.

41:4. And he measured the length thereof twenty cubits, and the breadth
twenty cubits, before the face of the temple: and he said to me: This is
the holy of holies.

41:5. And he measured the wall of the house six cubits: and the breadth