Ezekiel 42:3-12

42:3 Opposite the 35 feet ¹  that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. 42:4 In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet ²  wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, ³  and their entrances were on the north. 42:5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 42:6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers ⁴  were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones. 42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet ⁵  long. 42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet ⁶  long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet ⁷  long. 42:9 Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.

42:10 At the beginning ⁸  of the wall of the court toward the south, ⁹  facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers 42:11 with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances 42:12 were the chambers ¹⁰  which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

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¹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

² tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

³ tc Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm). The LXX and the Syriac read “one hundred cubits” (= 175 feet).

⁴ tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.

⁵ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

⁸ tc The reading is supported by the LXX.

⁹ tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”

¹⁰ tc The MT apparently evidences dittography, repeating most of the last word of the previous verse: “and like the openings of.”