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1 Երկու տարի անց փարաւոնը երազ տեսաւ: Երազում ինքը կանգնած էր գետի եզերքին,

2 իսկ գետից դուրս էին գալիս տեսքով գեղեցիկ ու մարմնով պարարտ եօթը երինջներ, որոնք արածում էին այնտեղ՝ ճահճուտում:

3 Դրանցից յետոյ գետից դուրս էին գալիս տեսքով տգեղ ու մարմնով նիհար եօթը այլ երինջներ եւ միւս երինջների հետ արածում գետի եզերքին:

4 Տեսքով տգեղ ու մարմնով նիհար եօթը երինջներն ուտում էին տեսքով գեղեցիկ ու պարարտ եօթը երինջներին: Զարթնեց փարաւոնը: Նորից քուն մտաւ:

5 Նա տեսաւ մի երկրորդ երազ. ահա մէկ ցօղունից բուսնում էին ընտիր ու գեղեցիկ եօթը հասկեր:

6 Ապա բուսան չորուկ ու խորշակահար եօթը այլ հասկեր,

7 եւ չորուկ ու խորշակահար եօթը հասկերը կուլ տուեցին ընտիր ու լի եօթը հասկերը:

8 Զարթնեց փարաւոնը եւ տեսաւ, որ երազ էր: Առաւօտեան խռովուեց նրա հոգին: Նա մարդ ուղարկեց, կանչել տուեց Եգիպտոսի բոլոր երազահաններին, երկրի բոլոր իմաստուններին եւ պատմեց իր երազները, բայց չգտնուեց մէկը, որ կարողանար մեկնել փարաւոնի երազները:

9 Տակառապետը, դիմելով փարաւոնին, ասաց. «Այսօր յիշեցնեմ իմ յանցանքը:

10 Երբ փարաւոնը բարկացել էր իր ծառաների վրայ, ինձ ու մատակարարին արգելափակել էր դահճապետի տանը:

11 Մենք երկուսս էլ երազ տեսանք միեւնոյն գիշերը. իւրաքանչիւրս տեսաւ ի՛ր երազը:

12 Այնտեղ մեզ հետ էր դահճապետի ծառայ եբրայեցի մի պատանի: Պատմեցինք նրան,

13 եւ նա մեկնեց մեզ մեր երազները՝ տալով իւրաքանչիւրիս իր երազի մեկնութիւնը: Եւ եղաւ, որ ինչպէս մեկնել էր մեզ, այնպէս էլ կատարուեց. ես եկայ հասայ իմ պաշտօնին, իսկ նրան կախեցին ծառից»:

14 Փարաւոնը մարդ ուղարկեց ու կանչել տուեց Յովսէփին: Հանեցին նրան բանտից, երեսն ածիլեցին, փոխեցին նրա պատմուճանը, եւ նա ներկայացաւ փարաւոնին:

15 Փարաւոնն ասաց Յովսէփին. «Երազ եմ տեսել, եւ չկայ մէկը, որ մեկնի այն: Ես լսել եմ քո մասին: Ասում են, որ եթէ երազները պատմեն քեզ, դու կը մեկնես դրանք»:

16 Պատասխան տալով՝ Յովսէփն ասաց փարաւոնին. «Առանց Աստծու օգնութեան փարաւոնի համար փրկարար ոչ մի պատասխան չի լինի»:

17 Փարաւոնը, դիմելով Յովսէփին, ասաց. «Երազումս ինձ թւում էր, թէ կանգնած էի գետի եզերքին,

18 եւ, իբրեւ թէ, գետից ելնում էին մարմնով պարարտ ու տեսքով գեղեցիկ եօթը երինջներ, որոնք արածում էին այնտեղ՝ ճահճուտում:

19 Ապա, դրանցից յետոյ գետից դուրս էին գալիս տեսքով շատ այլանդակ ու զզուելի եւ մարմնով նիհար եօթը երինջներ, որոնցից աւելի զզուելին չեմ տեսել ողջ Եգիպտացիների երկրում:

20 Յոթը նիհար ու զզուելի երինջներն ուտում էին գեղեցիկ ու պարարտ առաջին եօթը երինջներին:

21 Նրանք թէեւ կուլ էին տալիս վերջիններիս, բայց չէր երեւում, որ նրանք սրանց կուլ են տուել. նրանց տեսքը առաջուայ պէս զզուելի էր: Զարթնեցի ու նորից քնեցի:

22 Դարձեալ երազում տեսայ, որ, իբրեւ թէ, մէկ ցօղունից բուսնում էին լի ու գեղեցիկ եօթը հասկեր:

23 Նրանց կողքին բուսան բարակ, չորուկ ու խորշակահար եօթը այլ հասկեր,

24 եւ չորուկ ու խորշակահար եօթը հասկերը կուլ էին տալիս գեղեցիկ ու լի հասկերը: Երազներս պատմեցի երազահաններին, բայց ոչ մէկը չկար, որ դրանք մեկնէր ինձ»:

25 Յովսէփն ասաց փարաւոնին. «Փարաւոնի տեսած երազները մէկ իմաստ ունեն. Աստուած փարաւոնին յայտնել է այն, ինչ անելու է:

26 Եօթը գեղեցիկ երինջները եօթը տարի են նշանակում, եւ եօթը գեղեցիկ հասկերը նոյնպէս եօթը տարի են նշանակում: Փարաւոնի տեսած երազները մէկ իմաստ ունեն:

27 Դրանցից յետոյ ելած տգեղ ու վտիտ եօթը երինջները եօթը տարի են նշանակում, իսկ չորուկ ու խորշակահար եօթը հասկերը նշանակում են, որ եօթը տարի սով է լինելու:

28 Փարաւոնին ասածիս իմաստն այն է, որ Աստուած փարաւոնին յայտնել է այն, ինչ անելու է:

29 Ահա ողջ Եգիպտացիների երկրում լինելու են բերքառատ եօթը տարիներ:

30 Դրանցից յետոյ կը գան սովի եօթը տարիներ, եւ կը մոռացուի երկրում եղած բերքի առատութիւնը:

31 Սովը կը սպառի երկիրը, եւ մարդիկ չեն իմանայ բերքի առատութիւնը դրան յաջորդող սովի պատճառով, քանի որ սովը շատ սաստիկ է լինելու:

32 Փարաւոնի երազի երկու անգամ կրկնուելը վկայում է, որ Աստծու խօսքը հաստատապէս կատարուելու է, եւ Աստուած չի յապաղի այն ի կատար ածելուց:

33 Արդ, տե՛ս, գտի՛ր խոհեմ ու իմաստուն մի մարդու, որ դառնայ փարաւոնի խորհրդականը, եւ նրան վերակացու նշանակի՛ր Եգիպտացիների երկրի վրայ:

34 Փարաւոնը երկրի վրայ նաեւ գործակալներ թող նշանակի, որ Եգիպտացիների երկրի առատութեան եօթը տարիների ընթացքում բերքի մէկ հինգերորդ մասը հարկ վերցնեն:

35 Նրանք թող հաւաքեն առաջին եօթը տարիների բերքի ամբողջ պաշարը, ցորենը թող դրուի փարաւոնի տրամադրութեան տակ, եւ պարէնը թող պահուի քաղաքներում:

36 Երկրի պարէնը թող պահուի Եգիպտացիների երկրի վրայ տարածուելիք սովի եօթը տարիների համար, որպէսզի երկիրը սովից չկոտորուի»:

37 Յովսէփի խօսքերը հաճելի թուացին փարաւոնին ու նրա բոլոր պաշտօնեաներին:

38 Փարաւոնն ասաց իր բոլոր պաշտօնեաներին. «Մի՞թէ կը գտնենք այսպիսի մի մարդ, որ իր անձի մէջ կրի Աստծու ոգին»:

39 Եւ փարաւոնն ասաց Յովսէփին. «Քանի որ Աստուած քեզ յայտնեց այդ ամէնը, ուրեմն քեզնից աւելի իմաստուն ու խելացի մարդ չկայ:

40 Դո՛ւ եղիր իմ տան վերակացուն, եւ քո հրամանին թող ենթարկուի իմ ամբողջ ժողովուրդը: Իմ գահո՛վ միայն ես քեզնից բարձր կը լինեմ»:

41 Փարաւոնն ասաց Յովսէփին. «Ահա այսօր քեզ վերակացու եմ կարգում Եգիպտացիների երկրի վրայ»:

42 Եւ փարաւոնը մատից հանելով իր մատանին՝ դրեց Յովսէփի մատին, նրան հագցրեց բեհեզեայ պատմուճան, ոսկէ մանեակ անցկացրեց նրա պարանոցին,

43 նրան նստեցրեց իր երկրորդ կառքը: Մունետիկը Յովսէփի առաջից գնալով՝ այդ մասին ազդարարեց, եւ նա վերակացու կարգուեց Եգիպտացիների երկրի վրայ:

44 Փարաւոնն ասաց Յովսէփին. «Ահա ես փարաւոնն եմ: Ամբողջ Եգիպտացիների երկրում ոչ ոք իրաւունք չունի նոյնիսկ իր ոտքը կամ ձեռքը բարձրացնելու առանց քո հրամանի»:

45 Եւ փարաւոնը Յովսէփի անունը դրեց Փսոմփթոմբանէ, իսկ Արեգ քաղաքի քուրմ Պետափրէսի դուստր Ասանէթին նրան տուեց կնութեան: Եւ Յովսէփը գնաց փարաւոնի մօտից:

46 Յովսէփը երեսուն տարեկան էր, երբ ներկայացաւ եգիպտացիների փարաւոն արքային: Յովսէփը, գնալով փարաւոնի մօտից, շրջեց ողջ Եգիպտոսում:

47 Երկիրը առատութեան եօթը տարիների ընթացքում հարուստ բերք տուեց:

48 Յովսէփը հաւաքեց Եգիպտացիների երկրի առատութեան եօթը տարիների ողջ բերքը՝ ամէն մի քաղաքի շուրջը գտնուող դաշտերի բերքը ամբարելով այդ քաղաքում:

49 Յովսէփը ծովի աւազի չափ շատ ցորեն հաւաքեց ու ամբարեց այնտեղ այնքան, որ հնարաւոր չէր հաշուել, քանի որ անթիւ-անհամար էր:

50 Երբ դեռ չէր եկել եօթը տարուայ սովը, Յովսէփն ունեցաւ երկու որդի, որոնց ծնել էր Արեգ քաղաքի քուրմ Պետափրէսի դուստր Ասանէթը նրա համար:

51 Յովսէփն անդրանիկ որդու անունը դրեց Մանասէ, «Որովհետեւ, - ասում է, - Աստուած ինձ մոռացնել տուեց իմ ու իմ հօր բոլոր վշտերը»:

52 Երկրորդ որդու անունը դրեց Եփրեմ, «Որովհետեւ, - ասում է, - Աստուած ինձ բազմացրեց իմ տառապանքների երկրում»:

53 Անցան Եգիպտացիների երկրի առատութեան եօթը տարիները,

54 եւ վրայ հասան սովի եօթը տարիները, ինչպէս ասել էր Յովսէփը: Սով եղաւ ամբողջ երկրում, որովհետեւ ողջ Եգիպտացիների երկրում հաց չէր գտնւում:

55 Սովի մատնուեց համայն Եգիպտացիների երկիրը, եւ ամբողջ ժողովուրդը հացի համար աղաղակ բարձրացրեց փարաւոնի առաջ: Փարաւոնն ասաց բոլոր եգիպտացիներին. «Գնացէ՛ք Յովսէփի մօտ, եւ ինչ որ ասի նա ձեզ, կատարեցէ՛ք»:

56 Սով էր ամբողջ երկրում: Յովսէփը բացեց ցորենի բոլոր շտեմարանները եւ ցորեն էր վաճառում բոլոր եգիպտացիներին: Սովը սաստկացաւ Եգիպտացիների երկրում:

57 Եւ բոլոր երկրներից գալիս էին Եգիպտոս՝ Յովսէփից հաց գնելու, որովհետեւ սովը սաստկանում էր ամբողջ աշխարհում:

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5291

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5291. 'And let him take up a fifth part of the land [of Egypt]' means which are to be preserved and then stored away. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking up a fifth part' as that which implies something similar to taking tenths. In the Word 'taking tenths' means preserving remnants, and preserving remnants is a gathering together and then storing away of forms of truth and good. For remnants are the forms of good and truth that the Lord has stored away in the interior man, see 468, 530, 560, 561, 661, 1050, 1906, 2284, 5135, and 'tenths' is used in the Word to mean remnants, 576, 1738, 2280, and so also is 'ten', 1906, 2284. And the number five, which is half of ten, is likewise used to mean the same. Half or twice any number when used in the Word holds the same meaning as the number itself. Twenty for example holds the same meaning as ten, four the same as two, six the same as three, twenty-four the same as twelve, and so on. A multiplication of a number also holds the same meaning. A hundred or a thousand for example holds the same as ten; seventy-two and also a hundred and forty-four hold the same as twelve. Therefore what it is that composite numbers hold within them may be seen from the simple numbers of which they are the products. What the more simple numbers hold within them may be seen in a similar way from their integers. Five for example may be seen from ten, two and a half from five, and so on. In general it should be recognized that multiples hold the same meaning as their factors, yet more completely, while quotients hold the same meaning as their dividends, yet less completely.

[2] As regards the number five specifically, this has a dual meaning. First, it means that which is little and consequently something; second, it means remnants. It receives its meaning of that which is little from its relationship with other numbers meaning that which is much, namely a thousand and a hundred, and therefore ten also. For 'a thousand' and 'a hundred' mean that which is much, see 2575, 2636, and so therefore does 'ten', 3107, 4638, as a consequence of which 'five' means that which is little, and also something, 649, 4638. But 'five' means remnants when it has a connection with ten, 'ten' in this case meaning remnants, as stated above. For all numbers used in the Word have spiritual realities as their meaning, see 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265.

[3] Anyone who does not know that the Word has an internal sense which is not visible in the letter will be utterly astonished by the idea that spiritual realities too are meant by the numbers used in the Word. The specific reason for his astonishment is his inability to use numbers to give shape to any spiritual idea, when yet the spiritual ideas known to angels present themselves as numbers, see 5265. The identity of those ideas or spiritual realities to which numbers correspond can, it is true, be known; but the origin of such correspondence remains hidden, such as the origin of the correspondence of 'twelve' to all aspects of faith, the correspondence of 'seven' to things that are holy, as well as that of 'ten' and also 'five' to forms of good and truth stored up by the Lord within the interior man, and so on. Even so, it is enough if people know simply that such a correspondence does exist and that by virtue of that correspondence each number used in the Word denotes something present in the spiritual world, consequently that what is Divine has been inspired into them and so lies concealed within them.

[4] Examples of this are seen in the following places where 'five' is mentioned, such as the Lord's parable in Matthew 25:14 and following verses about the man who, before going away to a foreign country, placed his resources in the hands of his servants. To the first he gave five talents, to the second two, and to the third one. The servant who received five talents traded with them and earned five talents more. In a similar way the one who received two earned two more; but the servant who received one hid his master's money 1 in the earth. The person whose thought does not extend beyond the literal sense knows no other than this, that the numbers five, two, and one have been adopted merely to make up the story told in the parable and that they entail nothing more, when in fact those actual numbers hold some arcanum within them. The servant who received the five talents means those people who have accepted forms of good and truth from the Lord and so have received remnants. The one who received the two talents means those who at a more advanced stage in life have linked charity to faith, while the servant who received the one means someone who receives faith alone devoid of charity. Regarding this servant it is said that he hid his master's money 1 in the earth - the reason for this description being that the money 1 he is said to have received means in the internal sense truth which is the truth of faith, 1551, 2954; but faith that is devoid of charity cannot earn any interest, that is, it cannot be fruitful. These are the kinds of matters that numbers hold within them.

[5] Much the same is contained in other parables, such as the parable in Luke 19:12 and following verses regarding someone who journeyed to a far country to receive a kingdom. He gave his servants ten minas and told them to trade with these until he came back. When he returned the first said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten minas'. He said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful over a very little, be over ten cities'. The second said, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas', and to him too he said, 'You also, be over five cities'. The third had kept his mina stored away in a handkerchief. But the master said, 'Take the mina from him and give it to him who has ten minas'. Here in a similar way 'ten' and 'five' mean remnants, 'ten' rather more, 'five' somewhat less. The one who kept his mina stored away in a handkerchief describes those who acquire the truths of faith but do not join them to the good deeds of charity, so that these truths do not gain interest or become fruitful at all.

[6] The same meaning exists in other places where the Lord uses these numbers, such as the place where He refers to what one of those invited to a supper said,

I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going away to test them. Luke 14:19.

Also in the place where He refers to what the rich man said to Abraham,

I have five brothers; send [Lazarus] to speak to them, lest they come into this place of torment. Luke 16:28.

And in the place where He talks about ten virgins, five of whom were wise and five were foolish, Matthew 25:1-13. The following words spoken by the Lord in a similar way contain such numbers,

Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division; for from now on there will be in one house five divided; three against two, and two against three. Luke 12:51-52.

And the following details given in the historical narrative also contain such numbers - the Lord fed five thousand people with five loaves and two fishes; He commanded them to sit down in groups of a hundred and groups of fifty; and after they had eaten they collected twelve baskets of broken pieces, Matthew 14:15-21; Mark 6:38 and following verses; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:5-13.

[7] It is hardly credible that the numbers included in such details, since these belong to a historical narrative, have a spiritual meaning. That is, five thousand, the number of people, has a spiritual meaning; so does five, the number of loaves, as well as two, the number of fishes. A hundred, and likewise fifty, the numbers of people sitting down together, each have a spiritual meaning; and so lastly does twelve, the number of baskets containing broken pieces. Though it may seem incredible, every detail holds some arcanum. Every single thing occurred providentially, to the end that Divine realities might be represented by them.

[8] In the following places too 'five' means things of a similar nature in the spiritual world, and it corresponds to such in both senses, the genuine sense and the contrary one: In Isaiah,

Gleanings will be left in it, as in the shaking of an olive tree, 2 two or three berries on the top of the [highest] branch, four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree. Isaiah 17:6-7.

In the same prophet,

On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak in the lips of Canaan and swear to Jehovah Zebaoth. Isaiah 19:18.

In the same prophet,

One thousand at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five you are fleeing, until you remain like a flagstaff on top of a mountain, like a signal upon a hill. Isaiah 30:17.

In John,

The fifth angel sounded, at which point I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key of the pit of the abyss. It was given the locusts which were coming out from there, that they should not kill the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads, but that they should torment them five months. Revelation 9:1, 3, 5, 10.

In the same book,

Here is intelligence, if anyone has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits; and there are seven kings. Five have fallen; and one is, the other has not yet come. And when he comes he must remain a short time. Revelation 17:9-10.

[9] The number five holds a similar representative meaning in the following places,

The valuation for a man or for a woman was determined by their ages - between one month and five years, and between five years and twenty years. Leviticus 27:1-9.

If a field was redeemed, one-fifth was to be added. Leviticus 27:19.

If tithes were redeemed, again one fifth was to be added. Leviticus 27:31.

The firstborn who were in excess [of the Levites] were to be redeemed for five shekels [each]. Numbers 3:46-end.

The firstborn of an unclean beast was to be redeemed with the addition of one-fifth. Leviticus 27:27.

In the case of any wrongs that were done one-fifth was to be added as a penalty. Leviticus 22:14; 17:13, 15; Numbers 5:6-8.

Anyone who stole an ox or one of the flock, and who slaughtered it or sold it, had to restore five oxen for an ox, and four of the flock for one of the flock. Exodus 11:1.

[10] The fact that the number five contains some heavenly arcanum, as does ten also, is evident from the cherubs referred to in the first Book of Kings,

In the sanctuary Solomon made two cherubs of olive wood, each ten cubits high. The wing of one cherub was five cubits, and the wing of the other cherub five cubits; ten cubits from the tips of the wings of one to the tips of the wings of the other. Thus a cherub was ten cubits; both cherubs were the same size and same shape. 1 Kings 6:23-25.

The same fact is evident from the lavers around the temple, and also from the lampstands, described in the same book,

Five bases for the lavers were placed on the right side of the house, 3 and five on the left side of the house. 3 Also, five lampstands were placed on the right, and five on the left in front of the sanctuary. 1 Kings 7:39, 49.

The bronze sea was ten cubits from one brim to the other, and five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference. 1 Kings 7:13.

All this was prescribed so that holy things might be meant spiritually not only by the numbers ten and five but also by thirty, for although geometrically this number giving the circumference is not right for the stated diameter, it nevertheless implies spiritually what is meant by the rim of a vessel.

[11] All numbers mentioned in the Word mean things existing in the spiritual world, as is clearly evident from the numbers used in Ezekiel, where a new land, a new city, a new temple, and a detailed measuring of these by the angel are described; see Chapters 40-43, 45-49 [sic.]. Numbers are used in these chapters to describe practically every sacred object, and therefore anyone unacquainted with what those numbers hold within them can know scarcely anything about the arcana present there. The number ten and the number five occur there in Ezekiel 40:7, 11, 48; 41:2, 9, 11-12; 42:4; 45:11, 14, in addition to the multiplications of such numbers, namely twenty-five, fifty, five hundred, and five thousand. As regards the new land, the new city, and the new temple mentioned in those chapters, these mean the Lord's kingdom in heaven, and therefore His Church on earth, as is clear from every detail mentioned there.

[12] All the references above to 'five' have been gathered together for the reason that here and in what follows the subject is the land of Egypt, where, in the seven years of abundance, a fifth part of the corn was to be gathered and preserved for use in the succeeding years of famine. This demonstrates that 'the fifth part' means the forms of good and truth which a person has received from the Lord, who has stored them away and preserved them in that person for future use when there is a famine, that is, when there is an absence and deprivation of goodness and truth. For unless the Lord stored away in a person such forms of good and truth, there would be nothing to raise him up in a state of temptation and vastation and consequently to make it possible for him to be regenerated, so that he would be left without any means of salvation in the next life.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. or silver

2. The Latin means fig tree, but the Hebrew means olive tree, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

3. literally, beside the shoulder of the house towards the right/left

  
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1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me there.

2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.

3 He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

4 The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, you are brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.

5 Behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

6 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

7 Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

8 He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

10 The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

11 He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;

12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.

14 He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, around the gate.

15 [From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on [each] post were palm trees.

17 Then brought he me into the outer court; and behold, there were rooms and a pavement, made for the court all around: thirty rooms were on the pavement.

18 The pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.

19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.

20 The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.

21 The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

22 The windows of it, and its arches, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.

23 There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.

24 He led me toward the south; and behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.

25 There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.

27 There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

29 and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.

30 There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.

31 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

32 He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

33 and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.

34 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

35 He brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;

36 its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

37 The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

38 A room with its door was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt offering.

39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

40 On the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.

41 Four tables were on this side, and Four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].

42 There were four tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

43 The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

44 Outside of the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

45 He said to me, This room, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house;

46 and the room whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.

47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

48 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.