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46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the descendants of Zadok, who alone among the descendants of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him.”(A) 47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits deep and one hundred cubits wide, a square, and the altar was in front of the temple.(B)

The Temple

48 Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the posts of the vestibule, five cubits deep on either side, and the width of the gate between the posts[a] was fourteen cubits, and the shoulders of the gate were three cubits wide on either side.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 40.48 Gk: Heb lacks between the posts
  2. 40.48 Gk: Heb and the width of the gate was three cubits