الأبنية التي خارج الهيكل
1 وجاءَ بـيَ الرَّجلُ إلى الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ نحوَ الشِّمالِ وأدخلَني إلى الغُرَفِ الّتي تُجاهَ السَّاحةِ وتُجاهَ البِناءِ جهةَ الشِّمالِ. 2 فكانَ طُولُ المَبنى الّذي فيهِ البابُ الشِّماليُّ مئةَ ذِراعٍ وعرضُهُ خمسينَ ذِراعا. 3 وكانَ جانبٌ مِنَ المَبنى تُجاهَ العشرينَ ذِراعا الّتي للدَّارِ الدَّاخليَّةِ والجانبُ الآخرُ تُجاهَ الرَّصيفِ الّذي للدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ وهوَ في ثلاثِ طَبقاتٍ، وكُلُّ طبَقةٍ تَبعدُ إلى الوراءِ عنِ الطَّبقةِ الّتي تَحتَها. 4 وأمامَ الغُرَفِ مَمشى نحوَ الدَّاخلِ، عرضُهُ عشْرُ أذرعٍ وطُولُه مئةُ ذِراعٍ، ومَداخِلُها إلى جهةِ الشِّمالِ. 5 والغُرَفُ العُليا أضيقُ مِنْ الوُسطى والسُّفلى لأنَّها ابتعَدت إلى الوراءِ. 6 وهيَ في طَبقاتِها الثَّلاثِ تعتمدُ على شُرفاتٍ ولا تحتاجُ إلى أعمِدةٍ كأعمِدةِ الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ. 7 وكانَ طولُ الجِدارِ الّذي في الخارجِ عِندَ الغُرَفِ، نحوَ مَمرِّ الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ، طُولُه خمسينَ ذِراعا أمامَ الغُرَفِ. 8 لأنَّ طُولَ الغُرَفِ الّتي عِندَ الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ خمسونَ ذِراعا، وطولُها أمامَ الهَيكلِ مئةُ ذِراعٍ. 9 ومِنْ تَحتِ هذِهِ الغُرَفِ مِنَ الشَّرقِ مَدخلٌ إلى الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ، 10 حَيثُ يـبدأُ الجِدارُ الخارجيُّ. ونحوَ الجَنوبِ أمامَ السَّاحةِ وأمامَ البِناءِ كانَتِ الغُرَفُ، 11 وأمامَها مَمرٌّ، وهيَ أشبهُ بالغُرَفِ الّتي نحوَ الشِّمالِ في الطُّولِ والعَرضِ والمَخارجِ والأشكالِ والأبوابِ. 12 وتَحتَ الغُرَفِ نحوَ الجَنوبِ بابٌ في رأسِ الطَّريقِ جهةَ الشَّرقِ حَيثُ يـبدأُ الجِدارُ الخارجيُّ.
13 وقالَ ليَ الرَّجلُ: «غُرَفُ الشِّمالِ وغُرَفُ الجَنوبِ الّتي أمامَ السَّاحةِ هيَ غُرَفٌ مُقدَّسةٌ. هُناكَ يأكُلُ الكهَنةُ الّذينَ يُقرِّبونَ إلى الرّبِّ أقدسَ أقداسِ القرابـينِ وهُناكَ يضعونَها، وهيَ تقدمةُ الحِنطةِ وذبـيحةُ الخطيئةِ وذبـيحةُ الإثْمِ، لأنَّ المَوضِعَ مُقدَّسٌ. 14 وإذا دخلَ الكهَنةُ فلا يخرُجونَ مُباشرةً مِنَ القُدسِ إلى الدَّارِ الخارجيَّةِ، بل يضعونَ في الغُرَفِ ثيابَهُمُ الّتي يَخدُمونَ بِها لأنَّها مُقدَّسةٌ، ويَلبسونَ ثيابا غيرَها ويتقدَّمونَ إلى حَيثُ يَجتمعُ الشَّعبُ».
15 ولمَّا أتمَّ قياسَ الهَيكلِ الدَّاخليِّ أخرَجني مِنَ البابِ الشَّرقيِّ وقاسَ مُحيطَ الهَيكلِ. 16 قاسَ الجانبَ الشَّرقيَّ بقصبةِ القياسِ فكانَ خمسَ مئةِ ذِراعٍ. 17 وقاسَ الجانبَ الجَنوبـيَّ فكانَ خمسَ مئةِ ذِراعٍ. 18 وقاسَ الجانبَ الغربـيَّ فكانَ خمسَ مئةِ ذِراعٍ. 19 وانعطف إلى جِهةِ الغربِ وقاسَ الجانبَ الغربـيِّ فكانَ خمسَ مئةِ ذراعٍ. 20 مِنَ الجِهاتِ الأربعِ قاسَ المكانَ فكانَ لَه حائطٌ على محيطِ الهَيكلِ فكانَ طُولُه خمسَ مئةِ ذِراعٍ وعَرضُهُ خمسَ مئةِ ذِراعٍ، للفَصلِ بَينَ المكانِ المُقدَّسِ وبقيَّةِ الأرضِ.
1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. 2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories . 4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. 6 For they were in three stories , but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. 9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. 10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. 11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
13 ¶ Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. 16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
19 ¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. 20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.