The prophet sees in a vision the rebuilding of the temple: the dimensions of several parts thereof.

¹ In the twenty-fifth year of our transmigration, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, on this very day, the hand of the Lord was placed upon me, and he brought me to that place.¹

1. 40:1The beginning of the year would be either Tishri (in the autumn), for the civil calendar year, or Nisan (in the spring), for the sacred calendar year. The tenth of the month of Tishri is Yom Kippur, a significant event in the Jewish religious calendar.(Conte)

² In the visions of God, he brought me into the land of Israel, and he released me on an exceedingly high mountain, on which there was something like the edifice of a city, verging toward the south.

³ And he led me into that place. And behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a linen rope in his hand, and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing at the gate.

⁴ And the same man said to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, and listen with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I will reveal to you. For you have been brought to this place, so that these things may be revealed to you. Announce all that you see to the house of Israel.”

⁵ And behold, there was a wall outside of the house, encircling it all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring reed of six cubits and a palm. And he measured the width of the edifice with one reed; likewise, the height with one reed.¹

1. 40:5In other words, the length of each cubit was the usual cubit with one palm width added, also called the royal cubit.(Conte)

⁶ And he went to the gate which looked toward the east, and he ascended by its steps. And he measured the width of the threshold of the gate as one reed, that is, one threshold was one reed in width.

⁷ And a chamber was one reed in length and one reed in width. And between the chambers, there were five cubits.

⁸ And the threshold of the gate, next to the inner vestibule of the gate, was one reed.¹

1. 40:8A reed is six cubits, and each cubit is the royal cubit, which is longer by one palm width than the usual cubit.(Conte)

⁹ And he measured the vestibule of the gate as eight cubits, and its front as two cubits. But the vestibule of the gate was inside.

¹⁰ Moreover, the chambers of the gate, toward the way of the east, were three from one side to the other. The three were of one measure, and the fronts were of one measure, on both sides.

¹¹ And he measured the width of the threshold of the gate as ten cubits, and the length of the gate as thirteen cubits.

¹² And before the chambers, the border was one cubit. And on both sides, the border was one cubit. But the chambers were six cubits, from one side to the other.

¹³ And he measured the gate, from the roof of one chamber to the roof of another, twenty-five cubits in width, from door to door.

¹⁴ And he found the fronts to be sixty cubits. And at the front, there was a court for the gate on every side all around.

¹⁵ And before the face of the gate, which extended even to the face of the vestibule of the gate of the interior, there were fifty cubits.

¹⁶ And there were slanting windows in the chambers and at their fronts, which were within the gate on every side all around. And similarly, there were also windows in the vestibules all around the interior, and there were images of palm trees before the fronts.

¹⁷ And he led me away to the outer court, and behold, there were storerooms and a layer of pavement stones throughout the court. Thirty storerooms encircled the pavement.¹

1. 40:17There were chambers: Gazophylacia, so called, because the priests and Levites kept in them the stores and vessels that belonged to the temple.(Challoner)

¹⁸ And the pavement in front of the gates, along the length of the gates, was lower.

¹⁹ And he measured the width, from the face of the lower gate to the front of the outer part of the inner court, to be one hundred cubits, to the east and to the north.

²⁰ Likewise, he measured the gate of the outer court, which looked to the way of the north, to be as much in length as in width.

²¹ And its chambers were three from one side to the other. And its front and its vestibule, in accord with the measure of the former gate, were fifty cubits in its length and twenty-five cubits in width.

²² Now its windows, and the vestibule, and the engravings were in accord with the measure of the gate which looked to the east. And its ascent was by seven steps, and a vestibule was before it.

²³ And the gate of the inner court was opposite the gate of the north, and that of the east. And he measured from gate to gate as one hundred cubits.

²⁴ And he led me to the way of the south, and behold, there was a gate which looked toward the south. And he measured its front and its vestibule to be the same as the measures above.

²⁵ And its windows and the vestibule all around were like the other windows: fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width.

²⁶ And there were seven steps to ascend to it, and a vestibule before its doors. And there were engraved palm trees, one on each side, at its front.

²⁷ And there was a gate at the inner court, on the way to the south. And he measured from one gate to another, on the way to the south, to be one hundred cubits.

²⁸ And he led me into the inner court, to the south gate. And he measured the gate to be in accord with the measures above.

²⁹ Its chamber, and its front, and its vestibule had the same measures. And its windows and its vestibule all around were fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width.

³⁰ And the vestibule all around was twenty-five cubits in length, and five cubits in width.

³¹ And its vestibule was toward the outer court, and its palm trees were at the front. And there were eight steps to ascend to it.

³² And he led me into the inner court, along the way of the east. And he measured the gate to be in accord with the measures above.

³³ Its chamber, and its front, and its vestibule were as above. And its windows and its vestibules all around were fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width.

³⁴ And it had a vestibule, that is, at the outer court. And the engraved palm trees at its front were on one side and the other. And its ascent was by eight steps.

³⁵ And he led me to the gate which looked toward the north. And he measured it to be in accord with the measures above.

³⁶ Its chamber, and its front, and its vestibule, and its windows all around were fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width.

³⁷ And its vestibule looked toward the outer court. And an engraving of palm trees at its front was on one side and the other. And its ascent was by eight steps.

³⁸ And at each one of the storerooms, there was a door at the front of the gates. There, they washed the holocaust.

³⁹ And at the vestibule of the gate, there were two tables on one side, and two tables on the other side, so that the holocaust, and the offering for sin, and the offering for transgression could be immolated upon them.

⁴⁰ And at the outer side, which ascends to the door of the gate that goes toward the north, there were two tables. And at the other side, before the vestibule of the gate, there were two tables.

⁴¹ Four tables were on one side, and four tables were on the other side; along the sides of the gate, there were eight tables, upon which they immolated.

⁴² Now the four tables for the holocausts were constructed of square stones: one and a half cubit in length, and one and a half cubits in width, and one cubit in height. Upon these, they placed the vessels, in which the holocaust and the victim were immolated.