Ezekiel 42

vayyotsi'eni el-hekhatser hakhitsonah hadderekh derekh hatsafon vayevi'eni el-hallishkah asher neged haggizrah va'asher-neged habbinyan el-hatsafon

He took me out, by way of the northern gate, into the outer court, and he led me [westward] up to a complex of chambers that ran parallel to the northern ends of the vacant space and the structure.

el-pene-orekh ammot hamme'ah petakh hatsafon veharokhav khamishim ammot

The width of its façade—its north side, the one from which it was entered—was 100 cubits, and its depth was 50 cubits.

neged ha'esrim asher lekhatser happenimi veneged ritsfah asher lekhatser hakhitsonah attiq el-pene-attiq bashelishim

At right angles to the 20 cubits of the inner court and to the pavement of the outer court, the complex rose ledge by ledge in three tiers.

velifne halleshakhot mahalakh eser ammot rokhav el-happenimit derekh ammah ekhat ufitkhehem latsafon

There was an areaway, 10 cubits wide and a road of one cubit, running along the inner-court side of the chamber complex, but its entrances were on its north side.

vehalleshakhot ha'elyonot qetsurot ki-yokhelu attiqim mehennah mehattakhtonot umehattikhonot binyan

Here its upper chambers were cut back, because ledges took away from them as construction proceeded backward from the bottom ones and then from the middle ones.

ki meshullashot hennah ve'en lahen ammudim ke'ammude hakhatserot al-ken ne'etsal mehattakhtonot umehattikhonot meha'arets

For they were arranged in three tiers, and they had no columns like those of the chambers in the courts. That is why the rise proceeded by stages: from the ground, from the bottom ones, and from the middle ones.

vegader asher-lakhuts le'ummat halleshakhot derekh hekhatser hakhitsonah el-pene halleshakhot orko khamishim ammah

In the outer court, a wall 50 cubits long ran parallel to the chamber complex up to the chambers in the outer court;

ki-orekh halleshakhot asher lekhatser hakhitsonah khamishim ammah vehinneh al-pene hahekhal me'ah ammah

for the chambers in the outer court were themselves 50 cubits deep, thus completing 100 cubits alongside the edifice.

(vmtkhth lshkhvt) [umittakhat halleshakhot] ha'elleh (hmvv) [hammevi] mehaqqadim bevo'o lahennah mehekhatser hakhitsonah

Thus, at the foot of that complex of chambers ran a passage—of a width set by the wall in the outer court—that one entered from the east in order to gain access to them from the outer court.

berokhav geder hekhatser derekh haqqadim el-pene haggizrah ve'el-pene habbinyan leshakhot

There was another chamber complex to the east of the vacant space and the structure,

vederekh lifnehem kemareh halleshakhot asher derekh hatsafon ke'orkan ken rokhban vekhol motsa'ehen ukhemishpetehen ukhefitkhehen

likewise with a passage in front—just like the complex on the north side, with which this one agreed in width and depth and in the exact layout of its exits and entrances.

ukhefitkhe halleshakhot asher derekh haddarom petakh berosh darekh derekh bifne haggederet haginah derekh haqqadim bevo'an

Accordingly, the entrances to the chamber complex on the south side were approached from the east by the entrance at the head of the corresponding passage along the matching wall.

vayyomer elay lishkhot hatsafon lishkhot haddarom asher el-pene haggizrah hennah lishkhot haqqodesh asher yokhelu-sham hakkohanim asher-qerovim la-Adonai qodshe haqqodashim sham yannikhu qodshe haqqodashim vehamminkhah vehakhattat veha'asham ki hammaqom qadosh

And he said to me, “The northern chambers and the southern chambers by the vacant space are the consecrated chambers in which the priests who have access to GOD shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall deposit the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the purgation offerings, and the reparation offerings, for the place is consecrated.

bevo'am hakkohanim velo-yetse'u mehaqqodesh el-hekhatser hakhitsonah vesham yannikhu vigdehem asher-yesharetu vahen ki-qodesh hennah (ylvshv) [velaveshu] begadim akherim veqarevu el-asher la'am

When the priests enter, they shall not proceed from the consecrated place to the outer court without first leaving here the vestments in which they minister; for the [vestments] are consecrated. Before proceeding to the area open to the people, they shall put on other garments.”

vekhillah et-middot habbayit happenimi vehotsi'ani derekh hasha'ar asher panayw derekh haqqadim umedado saviv saviv

When he had finished the measurements of the inner temple [area], he led me out by way of the gate that faces east, and he measured off the entire area.

madad ruakh haqqadim biqneh hammiddah khamesh-[me'ot] (mvt) qanim biqneh hammiddah saviv

He measured the east side with the measuring rod, 500 [cubits]—in rods, by the measuring rod. He turned

madad ruakh hatsafon khamesh-me'ot qanim biqneh hammiddah saviv

[and] measured the north side: 500 [cubits]—in rods, by the measuring rod. He turned

et ruakh haddarom madad khamesh-me'ot qanim biqneh hammiddah

[and] measured the south side: 500 [cubits]—in rods, by the measuring rod.

savav el-ruakh hayyam madad khamesh-me'ot qanim biqneh hammiddah

Then he turned to the west side [and] measured it: 500 cubits—in rods, by the measuring rod.

le'arba rukhot medado khomah lo saviv saviv orekh khamesh me'ot verokhav khamesh me'ot lehavdil ben haqqodesh lekhol

Thus he measured it on the four sides; it had a wall completely surrounding it, 500 [cubits] long on each side, to separate the consecrated from the unconsecrated.