| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north. | 1Then he brought me to the outer, north-facing courtyard into the chamber that stood opposite the structure that was facing north. |
| 2Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. | 2It stood 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide, with a door in the middle. |
| 3Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery corresponding to gallery in three stories. | 3Opposite the 20 cubits wide inner court, and opposite the paved area that comprised the outer court, there were three stories of galleries that faced each other. |
| 4Before the chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. | 4In front of the chambers there was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and 100 cubits wide, the openings to which were on the north. |
| 5Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. | 5The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building. |
| 6For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. | 6The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers. |
| 7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. | 7The outer wall by the side of the chambers toward the outer court and facing the chambers was 50 cubits long. |
| 8For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was a hundred cubits. | 8While the chambers in the outer court were 50 cubits in length, the chambers facing the Temple were 100 cubits long. |
| 9Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court. | 9Below these chambers, as one might enter from the outer court, was the east side entrance. |
| 10In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers. | 10There were chambers built into the thick part of the wall of the court facing the east; that is, facing the separate area toward the front of the building, |
| 11The way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north, according to their length so was their width, and all their exits were both according to their arrangements and openings. | 11with a passageway in front of them, similar in appearance to the chambers that were on the north, proportional to their length and width, with all of their exits according to their arrangements and doorways. |
| 12Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them. | 12Corresponding to the chamber doorways facing the south was an opening at the beginning of the passage; that is, the passage in front of the corresponding part of the wall facing east as one might enter. |
| 13Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separate area, they are the holy chambers where the priests who are near to the LORD shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. | 13Then he told me, "The north and south chamber, which are opposite the courtyard, are consecrated areas where the priests who approach the LORD will eat consecrated offerings and lay the consecrated grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, because the area is holy. |
| 14"When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary without laying there their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people." | 14When the priest enters, they will not enter the outer court from the sanctuary without having removed their garments worn during their time of ministry, because they are holy. They will put on different clothes, and then they will approach the area reserved for the people." |
| 15Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faced toward the east and measured it all around. | 15After he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the east-facing gate and measured it all around. |
| 16He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the measuring reed. | 16He measured the east side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 17He measured on the north side five hundred reeds by the measuring reed. | 17the north side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 18On the south side he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. | 18the south side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick, |
| 19He turned to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. | 19and the west side at 500 reeds, according to the length of the measuring stick. |
| 20He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five hundred and the width five hundred, to divide between the holy and the profane. | 20He measured a wall that encompassed all four sides, 500 hundred long and 500 wide, dividing between the sacred and common areas. |
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