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ကမ္ဘာ ဦး 19

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1 ကောင်းကင်တမန်နှစ်ပါးတို့သည် ညဦးအချိန်၌ သောဒုံမြို့သို့ ရောက်လာ၏။ လောတသည် မြို့တံခါးဝ၌ ထိုင်လျက် သူတို့ကိုမြင်လျှင်၊ ခရီးဦးကြိုပြုခြင်းငှါ မြေ၌ ဦးညွှတ်ချလျက်၊

2 ကျွန်ုပ်သခင်တို့၊ ကိုယ်တော်တို့ ကျွန်အိမ်သို့ ဝင်၍ တညဉ့်လုံးနေကြပါ။ ခြေကိုဆေးကြပါ။ နံနက် စောစော၍ ကြွသွားကြပါလော့ဟု ဆိုလေ၏။ ကောင်းကင်တမန်တို့က၊ ငါတို့သည်မဝင်၊ တညဉ့်လုံးလမ်း၌ နေတော့မည်ဟု ဆိုသော်လည်း၊

3 ကျပ်ကျပ်သွေးဆောင်သောကြောင့် တဖန် လောတနောသို့ လှည့်၍ သူ၏အိမ်သို့ဝင်ကြ၏။ လောတ လည်း သူတို့အဘို့ ပွဲလုပ်၍ တဆေးမပါသော မုန့်ကို ပေါင်းပြီးမှ သူတို့သည်စားကြ၏။

4 ထိုသူတို့သည် မအိပ်မှီ သောဒုံမြို့သား ယောက်ျားအကြီးအငယ်၊ အရပ်ရပ်ကလာသော သူအပေါင်း တို့သည် အိမ်ကို ဝိုင်း၍၊

5 လောတကို ဟစ်ခေါ်လျက် ယနေ့မှာ သင့် အိမ်သို့ ဝင်သော လူတို့သ် အဘယ်မှာရှိသန်း။ ထိုသူတို့နှင့်ငါတို့သ် ဆက်ဆံလိုသ် ဖြစ်၍ ငါတို့ထံသို့ ထွက်စေလော့ဟု ဆိုကြ၏။

6 လောတသည်လည်း၊ တံခါးပြင်မှာ သူတို့ထံသို့ ထွက်၍၊ မိမိနောက်၌ တံခါးကို ပိတ်ပြီးလျှင်၊

7 ညီအစ်ကိုတို့၊ အဓမ္မအမှုကို ဤမျှလောက် မပြုကြပါနှင့်။

8 အကျွန်ုပ်၌ ယောက်ျားနှင့် မဆက်ဆံသော သမီးနှစ်ယောက်ရှိပါ၏။ သူတို့ကို သင်တို့ထံသို့ထုတ်ရသော အခွင့်ကိုပေးကြပါလော့။ သူတို့၌ ပြုချင်သမျှပြုကြပါလော့။ ဤလူတို့၌ အလျှင်မပြုကြပါနှင့်။ အကြောင်းမူကား၊ သူတို့သည် အကျွန်ုပ်အိမ်မိုးအရိပ်ကို ခိုနေပါ၏ဟု တောင်းပန်သော်လည်း၊

9 သူတို့က ဆုတ်လော့ဟုဆိုကြ၏။ တဖန်ကား၊ သင်သည် တည်းခိုးခြင်းငှာ သာရော်ကလာသည်နှင့် တရားသူကြီးလုပ်ရမည်လော။ ယခုမှာ ထိုသူတို့၌ ပြုသည်ထက်၊ သင်၌သာ၍ဆိုးသောအမှုကိုပြုမည်ဟုဆိုလျက်၊ လောတကို ကျပ်ကျပ်ဖိ၍ တံခါးကိုလည်း ပေါက်ခွဲချိုးဖဲ့ ခြင်းငှါ ချဉ်းလာကြ၏။

10 ထိုအခါ ကောင်းကင်တမန်တို့သည် လက်ကိုဆန့်၍ လောတကို မိမိတို့နေရာအိမ်အတွင်းသို့ ဆွဲသွင်း ပြီးလျှင် တံခါးကို ပိတ်ကြ၏။

11 အိမ်တံခါးနားမှာ ရှိသောသူအကြီးအငယ်တို့ကို မျက်စိကန်းစေခြင်းငှါ ဒဏ်ခတ်သဖြင့် သူတို့သည် တံခါး ကိုရှာ၍ ပင်ပန်းခြင်းသို့ ရောက်ကြ၏။

12 ကောင်းကင်တမန်တို့ကလည်း၊ ဤအရပ်၌ သင်နှင့်ဆိုင်သောသူ ရှိသေးသလော။ သားသမီး၊ သမက်၊ မြို့ထဲမှာ သင်၌ရှိသမျှကို ဤအရပ်က ထုတ်ဆောင် လော့။

13 ဤအရပ်ကို ငါတို့သည် ဖျက်ဆီးရမည်။ အကြောင်းမူကား၊ အရပ်သားတို့သည် ထာဝရဘုရား ရှေ့တော်မှာ အလွန်ကြွေးကြော်ခြင်းရှိသည်ဖြစ်၍၊ ဖျက်ဆီးစေခြင်းငှါ ထာဝရဘုရားသည် ငါတို့ကို စေလွှတ် တော်မူပြီဟု လောတအား ပြောဆိုကြ၏။

14 လောတွက်၍ သမီးနှင့်စုံဘက်သောသူ၊ မိမိ သမက်တို့အား ထကြ၊ ဤအရပ်မှ ွက်သွားကြ၊ ဤမြို့ကို ာဝရဘုရား ဖျက်ဆီးတော်မူမည်ဟုဆိုသော်လည်း၊ ကျီးစားဟန်သည်ဟု သမက်တို့ င်ကြ၏။

15 မိုဃ်းသောက်သောအခါ၊ ကောင်းကင်တမန် တို့သည် လောတကို ဆော်လျက်၊ သင်သည်၍ ဤအရပ်၌ရှိသော မယားနှင့်သမီး နှစ်ယောက်တို့ကို ယူသွားလော့။ သို့မဟုတ်၊ မြို့၏အပြစ်၌ဆုံးခြင်းသို့ ရောက်လိမ့်မည်ဟု ဆိုသော်လည်း၊

16 သူသည်ဖင့်နွှဲသောခါ ထာဝရဘုရားသနား တော်မူသောကြောင့် ကောင်းတမန်တို့သည် သူနှင့်သူ၏ မယား၊ သူ၏သမီးနှစ်ယောက်တို့ကို လက်ဆွဲ၍ မြို့ပြင်သို့ ထုတ်ဆောင်ကြ၏။

17 ပြင်သို့ရောက်သောအခါ၊ သင်သည် အသက် ချမ်းသာရခြင်းငှါ ပြေးလော့။ နောက်သို့လှည့်၍ မကြည့် နှင့် မြေညီသောအရပ်၌ အလျှင်းမနေနှင့်။ တောင်ပေါ်သို့ ပြေးလော့။ သို့မဟုတ်ဆုံးလိမ့်မည်ဟု ဆိုလေ၏။

18 လောတ ကလည်း၊ အကျွန်ုပ်သခင် ထိုသို့မဆိုပါနှင့်။

19 ယခုမှာ ကိုယ်တော်ကျွန်သည် ရှေ့တော်၌ မျက်နှာရပါပြီ။ အကျွန်ုပ်အသက်ချမ်းသာစေသဖြင့်၊ အကျွန်ုပ်၌ ပြုတော်မူသောကရုဏာ ကျေးဇူးများပြားလှပါ၏။ ဘေးလွတ်၍ တောင်ပေါ်သို့ မပြေးနိုင်ပါ။ ဘေးတစုံ တခုတွေ့၍ သေမည်ကို စိုးရိမ်ပါ၏။

20 ကြည့်ပါ။ ထိုမြို့နီးပါ၏ ပြေးသာပါ၏။ ငယ် သောမြို့လည်း ဖြစ်ပါ၏။ ဘေးလွတ်၍ ထိုအရပ်သို့ ပြေးပါရစေ။ ထိုမြို့သည် ငယ်သောမြို့ မဟုတ်လော။ သို့ပြေးလျှင် အသက်ချမ်းသာရပါမည်ဟု လျှောက်ဆို၏။

21 ထိုသူကလည်း၊ ကြည့်ပါ။ ဤအမူအရာ၌လည်း သင်၏ စကားကို ငါနားထောင်စေခြင်းငှါ ထိုမြို့အတွက် တောင်းပန်သောကြောင့် ငါမဖျက်ဆီး။

22 ဘေးလွတ်ခြင်းငှါ ထိုမြို့သို့ အလျင်အမြန်ပြေး လော့။ ထိုမြို့သို့ မရောက်မှီ ငါသည် အဘယ်အမှုကိုမျှ မပြုနိုင်ဟုဆိုလေ၏။ ထိုကြောင့် ထိုမြို့ကို ဇောရမြို့ဟု သမုတ်ကြ၏။

23 လောတသည် ဇောရမြို့သို့ ဝင်သောအခါ၊ မြေကြီးပေါ်မှာ နေွက်ချိန်ဖြစ်သတည်း။

24 ထိုအခါ ထာဝရဘုရားသည် ကောင်းကင်ထက်၊ အထံတော်မှ သောဒုံမြို့နှင့် ဂေါမောရမြို့အပေါ်သို့ ကန့်နှင့် မီးမိုဃ်းကို ရွာစေတော်မူ၏

25 ထိုမြို့တို့ကို၎င်း၊ ချိုင့်အရပ် တရှောက်လုံးကို၎င်း၊ မြို့သားအပေါင်းတို့ကို၎င်း မြေ၌ ပေါက်သမျှကို၎င်း၊ မှောက်လဲတော်မူ၏။

26 လောတ၏ မယားမူကား နောက်သို့ လှည့်ကြည့် ၍ ဆားတိုင်ဖြစ်လေ၏။

27 နံနက်စောစော အာဗြဟံသည် ၍၊ ာဝရ ဘုရားရှေ့တော်၌ ရပ်နေသော အရပ်သို့ သွားပြီးလျှင်၊

28 သောဒုံမြို့နှင့် ဂေါမောရမြို့မှ စသောချိုင့် အရပ်တရှောက်လုံးကို ကြည့်ရှု၍၊ မီးဖို၌ အခိုးကဲ့သို့၊ တပြည်လုံးအခိုးတက်သည်ကို မြင်လေ၏။

29 ထိုသို့ဘုရားသခင်သည် ချိုင့်ထဲမှာ ရှိသောမြို့ တို့ကို ဖျက်ဆီးသောအခါ အာဗြံဟံကို အောက်မေ့တော် မူ၏။ လောတနေသော မြို့တို့ကို မှောက်လှဲသောအခါ မောက်လှဲထဲကလောတကို လွှတ်လိုက်တော်မူ၏။

30 လောတသည် ဇောရမြို့မှ ထွက်၍၊ သမီး နှစ်ယောက်နှင့်တကွ တောင်ပေါ်မှာနေ၏ဇောရမြို့၌ မနေဝံ့၍၊ သမီးနှစ်ယောက်နှင့်တကွ ဥမှင်၌ နေ၏

31 သမီးအကြီးက၊ ငါတို့အဘ အိုပြီး မြေကြီးသား အပေါင်းတို့၏ ဘာသာအတိုင်း ငါတို့ထံသို့ ဝင်ရသော ယောက်ျားတယောက်မျှ မြေပေါ်မှာ မရှိ။

32 လာကြ။ ငါတို့အဘကိုစပျစ်ရည်တိုက်ကြစို့။ ငါတို့အဘ၏ အမျိုးအနွယ်ကို စောင့်မ၍ သူနှင့်အိပ်ကြ စို့ဟု ညီမကိုပြောဆို၏။

33 ိုနေ့မှာ သူတို့သ် အဘကို စပျစ်ရ် တိုက်ပြီးလျှင်၊ သမီးအကြီးသ် ဝင်၍ အဘနှင့် အိပ်လေ ၏။ သူအိပ်ကြောင်းကို၎င်း၊ ထကြောင်းကို၎င်း အဘ မသိ

34 နက်ဖြန်နေ့တွင် အကြီးကလ်း မနေ့မှာ ငါသ် အဘနှင့် အိပ်လေပြီ။ ယနေ့တဖန်သူ့ကို စပျစ် ရ်တိုက်ကြစို့။ သင်သ်ဝင်၍ အဘ၏အမျိုးအနွယ်ကို စောင့်မခြင်းငှါ၊ သူနှင့်အိပ်လော့ဟု ီမကို ပြောဆို၏။

35 ိုနေ့၌လ်း သူတို့သ် အဘကို စပျစ်ရ် တိုက်ပြီးလျှင်၊ အငယ်သ်ဝင်၍အဘနှင့် အိပ်လေ၏။ အိပ်ကြောင်းကို၎င်း၊ တကြောင်းကို၎င်း အဘမသိ

36 ထိုသို့လောတ၏ သမီးနှစ်ယောက်တို့သည်၊ မိမိအဘအားဖြင့် ပဋိသန္ဓေစွဲနေ၏။

37 သမီးအကြီးသည် သားကို ဘွားမောဘအမည် ဖြင့် မှည့်လေ၏။ ထိုသူသည် ယနေ့တိုင်အောင်ရှိသော မောဘအမျိုးသားတို့၏ အဘဖြ်သတည်း။

38 သမီးအငယ်သည်လည်း သားကိုဘွား၍ ဗေနမ္မိ အမည်ဖြင့် မှည့်လေ၏။ ထိုသူသည် ယနေ့တိုင်အောင် ရှိသော အမ္မုန်အမျိုးသားတို့၏ အဘဖြ်သတည်း။

   

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6000. 'And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night' means obscure revelation. This is clear from the meaning of 'God spoke in visions' as revelation. For revelations were made either by means of dreams, or by night visions, or by daytime visions, or by utterances made within a person, or by utterances made outside him by angels who had become visible, as well as by utterances made outside by angels who had not become visible. Various kinds of revelation are meant in the Word by all these. 'A vision of the night' means revelation that is obscure, since 'night' means obscurity, 1712, 2514, and in the spiritual sense obscurity implies that truth is not visible. In the Word 'night' also means falsity due to evil; for people who because of evil are subject to falsity dwell in the obscurity of night, which is why all in hell are said to be in night. Those in hell do, it is true, have an inferior kind of light, for they see one another; but that light is like the light emitted by a coal fire, which is turned into darkness and pitch darkness when heavenly light flows in. This is why the inhabitants of hell are said to be in night and are called angels of the night and darkness, whereas the inhabitants of heaven are called angels of the day and light.

[2] The meaning of 'the night' as obscurity and also falsity may be seen in addition from the following places in the Word: In John,

Jesus said, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day he does not stumble. But if anyone walks in the night he stumbles, because the light is not in him. John 11:9-10.

'Twelve hours' stands for all states of truth. 'Walking in the day' stands for living in the truth, and 'walking in the night' for living in falsity.

[3] In the same gospel,

I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; night is coming when nobody will be able to work. John 9:4.

'Day' stands for truth coming from good, and 'night' for falsity coming from evil. The first period of the Church is what is meant by 'day', for at this time truth is entertained by people because they are governed by good. But the final period of the Church is what is meant by 'night', for at that time no truth at all is entertained by its members, because they are not governed by good; and when someone is not governed by good, that is, by charity towards the neighbour, then even if told perfect truths he does not entertain them. In this situation there is no perception at all of what truth is, because the light of truth falls on matters of a bodily and worldly nature, to which alone such people give their attention and which alone they love and consider to have any reality. It does not fall on things of a heavenly nature because they are considered to be of little or no value at all compared with other things. Consequently the light of truth is swallowed up by and snuffed out in what is a mass of thick darkness, like sunlight falling on an object that is black. This is what is meant by 'night is coming when nobody will be able to work'; and the situation is like this at the present day.

[4] In Matthew,

While the bridegroom was tarrying all the virgins were drowsy and went to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom is coming. Matthew 25:5-7.

'Midnight' too stands for the final period of the old Church when no faith at all exists because no charity at all does so, and also for the first period of the new Church. In Luke,

I tell you, in that night there will be two upon one bed; one will be taken, the other left. Luke 17:34.

'Night' in the same way here stands for the final period of the old Church, and the first of the new.

[5] In Matthew,

Jesus said to the disciples, All of you will be made to stumble [by sinning] against Me this night. And to Peter, This night, before the cock crows, you will deny Me three times. Matthew 26:31, 34.

The Lord allowed Himself to be arrested at night, and this was a sign that Divine Truth dwelt for them in the obscurity of night and that falsity springing from evil existed in place of it. Peter's denial of the Lord three times that night also represented the final period of the Church when the truth of faith is indeed taught, but no one believes it. This final period is 'night' because at this time people utterly deny the Lord in their hearts. For like the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve apostles represented all the aspects of faith, 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272, 3354, 3488, 3858, 3913, 3926, 3939, 4060; and Peter represented the faith of the Church, see Preface to Genesis 18, also Preface to Genesis 22, as well as 3750, 4738. So it was that the Lord said to Peter that he would deny Him three times that night, and to the disciples, 'All of you will be made to stumble [by sinning] against Me this night'.

[6] In Isaiah,

One was calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, Morning comes, and also the night.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord, which is 'morning'. That Coming took place when spiritual truth existed no longer on earth, which is 'the night'.

[7] In Zechariah,

There will be one day, which is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, because around evening time there will be light. It will happen, that on that day living waters will go out from Jerusalem. And Jehovah will be King over all the earth; on that day there will be one Jehovah, and His name one. Zechariah 14:7-9.

This too refers to the Lord, and also to a new Church. The prophecy that Jehovah, who will be King, will be one and that His name will be one refers to the Lord's Divine Human, which will be one with the Divine Himself, called the Father. Prior to the Lord's Coming the Divine Human was Jehovah in the heavens; for it was by His passing through the heavens that He presented Himself as a Divine Person before the eyes of many on earth. In those times the Divine Human was not so much one with the Divine Himself, called the Father, as when the Lord had made the Divine Human within Himself completely one with the Father. Prior to His Coming the two were seemingly distinct and separate, as is evident from Genesis 19:24, where it says that Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from 1 Jehovah out of heaven, 2447. A day when it will be 'not day nor night' is the time when the Lord was born, for then it was 'evening', that is, when representatives in the Church came to an end. 'Light around evening time' is Divine Truth which is to appear then.

[8] In Isaiah,

Surely at night Ar has been laid waste, Moab has been cut off; surely at night Kir of Moab has been laid waste. Isaiah 15:1.

'Moab' stands for natural good, and in the contrary sense for adulterated good, 2468; in this text a laying waste of that good is referred to. Acts of laying waste are said to happen at night because they are occasions when truth is rendered obscure and falsity enters in. In Jeremiah,

The great city will weep bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. Lamentations 1:2.

This refers to a desolation of truth, 'night' standing for falsity.

[9] In David,

You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the death that lays waste at noonday. Psalms 91:5-6.

'The terror of the night' stands for falsities arising from evil that come from hell. 'The arrow that flies by day' stands for falsity that is taught openly and is destructive of good. 'The death that lays waste at noonday' is evil that is openly practised in life and is destructive of good. In John,

The gates of the holy Jerusalem will not be shut by day, for there is no night there. Revelation 21:25.

There will be no night there, nor do they need a lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. Revelation 22:5.

'There will be no night there' stands for no falsity there. In Daniel,

Daniel said, I saw in my vision when it was night. After this also I saw in visions of the night. Daniel 7:2, 7.

'Visions of the night' also stands for obscure revelation; for that chapter in Daniel describes four beasts and their horns, and gives many details belonging to revelation that was obscure. Something similar is involved with the different coloured horses that Zechariah saw at night, Zechariah 1:8 and following verses.

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1. Two Latin words meaning from and with are in fact used here; they represent a double preposition in the Hebrew.

  
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Ezekiel 40

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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.