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THE HOUSE IS MEASURED
cp Apocalypse 11:1,2 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city is smitten, in this selfsame day, and the hand of Yah Veh being on me, brings me there 2 - in the visions of Elohim he brings me into the land of Yisra El and rests me on a mighty high mountain; on which is as the building of a city on the south. 3 And he brings me there, and behold, a man with a visage as the visage of copper with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring stalk; and he stands in the portal 4 and the man words to me, Son of humanity, see with your eyes and hear with your ears and set your heart on all I show you; for I bring you here to show you - to tell all you see to the house of Yisra El. 5 And behold, a wall outside the house all around and all around; and in the hand of the man, a measuring stalk six cubits by the cubit and a palm span: so he measures the breadth of the building, one stalk; and the height, one stalk: 6 and he comes to the portal facing eastward and ascends the steps and measures the threshold of the portal, one stalk broad; and the one threshold, one stalk broad: 7 and each chamber, one stalk long, and one stalk broad; and between the chambers, five cubits; and the threshold of the portal beside the porch of the portal from the house, one stalk; 8 and he measures the porch of the portal from the house, one stalk; 9 and he measures the porch of the portal, eight cubits; and the pilasters, two cubits; and the porch of the portal from the house. 10 And the chambers of the portal of the way of the east, three here and three there; they three of one measure: and the pilasters, one measure from here and from there. 11 And he measures the breadth of the opening of the portal, ten cubits; and the length of the portal, thirteen cubits: 12 the border at the face of the chambers, one cubit from here; and the border, one cubit from there: and the chambers, six cubits from here, and six cubits from there. 13 And he measures the portal of the chamber from roof to roof: the breadth, twenty-five cubits, portal against portal. 14 He also works pilasters, sixty cubits, even to the pilaster of the court all around and all around the portal: 15 and from the face of the portal of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner portal, fifty cubits; 16 with shuttered windows to the chambers, and to their pilasters within the portal all around and all around; and likewise to the arches: with windows all around and all around within: and on each pilaster, palm trees. 17
THE OUTWARD COURT
And he brings me into the outward court, and behold, chambers; and a pavement made for the court all around and all around; with thirty chambers on the pavement: 18 and the pavement by the shoulder of the portals alongside the length of the portals, the nether pavement: 19 and he measures the breadth from the face of the nether portal to the face of the inner court outward, a hundred cubits eastward and northward. 20
THE PORTAL AT THE FACE OF THE NORTHWARD WAY
And the portal of the outward court facing the northward way, he measures the length and the breadth: 21 and the chambers, three from here and three from there; and the pilasters and the arches are after the measure of the first portal: the length, fifty cubits, and the breadth, twenty-five cubits. 22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, as the measure of the portal facing the eastward way; and they ascend to it by seven steps; and the arches face them. 23 And the portal of the inner court is over against the portal northward and eastward; and he measures from portal to portal, a hundred cubits. 24
THE PORTAL OF THE SOUTHWARD WAY
And after that, he carries me the southward way, and behold, a portal the southward way; and he measures the pilasters and the arches according to these measures: 25 with windows therein and in the arches all around and all around like those windows: the length, fifty cubits; and the breadth, twenty-five cubits: 26 with seven steps of ascent, and arches at their face: and palm trees - one from here and one from there on the pilasters: 27 with a portal in the inner court the southward way: and he measures from portal to portal the southward way, a hundred cubits. 28
THE INNER COURT
And he brings me to the inner court by the southward portal; and he measures the southward portal according to these measures: 29 and the chambers and the pilasters and the arches according to these measures: with windows therein and in the arches all around and all around, fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad: 30 and the arches all around and all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad: 31 with the arches toward the outer court; and palm trees on the pilasters, and the ascent eight steps. 32 And he brings me into the inner court the way of the east: and he measures the portal according to these measures: 33 and the chambers and the pilasters and the arches are according to these measures: with windows therein and in the arches all around and all around: fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad: 34 with the arches toward the outward court; and palm trees on the pilasters from here, and from there: and the ascent eight steps. 35 And he brings me to the north portal and measures it according to these measures: 36 the chambers and the pilasters and the arches and the windows to it all around and all around: the length, fifty cubits, and the breadth, twenty-five cubits; 37 with the pilasters toward the utter court; and palm trees on the pilasters from here, and from there: and the ascent eight steps. 38
THE CHAMBERS OF THE HOLOCAUST
And the chambers and the portals are by the pilasters of the portals where they cleanse the holocaust: 39 and in the porch of the portal, two tables from here, and two tables from there, to slaughter thereon the holocaust and that for the sin and that for the guilt. 40 And at the shoulder outward, as one ascends to the opening of the north portal, two tables; and on the other shoulder at the porch of the portal, two tables. 41 Four tables from here, and four tables from there by the shoulder of the portal; eight tables, whereon they slaughter: 42 with four tables of hewn stone for the holocaust, one and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits broad, and one cubit high: whereon they set the instruments to slaughter the holocaust and the sacrifice: 43 and hooks in the house, one palm span, established all around and all around: and on the tables, the flesh of the qorban. 44
THE CHAMBERS OF THE SINGERS
And outward the inner portal, the chambers of the singers in the inner court at the shoulder of the north portal; at the face of the southward way; one at the shoulder of the east portal at the face of the northward way. 45
THE CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS
And he words to me, This chamber at the face of the southward way is for the priests - the guards who guard the house: 46 and the chamber at the face of the northward is for the priests, - the guards who guard the sacrifice altar: these are the sons of Sadoq among the sons of Levi who approach Yah Veh to minister to him: 47 and he measures the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, square; and the sacrifice altar at the face of the house. 48
THE HOUSE
And he brings me to the porch of the house and measures each pilaster of the porch; five cubits from here, and five cubits from there: and the breadth of the portal, three cubits from here, and three cubits from there:
THE HOUSE IS MEASURED
cp Apocalypse 11:1,2 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city is smitten, in this selfsame day, and the hand of Yah Veh being on me, brings me there 2 - in the visions of Elohim he brings me into the land of Yisra El and rests me on a mighty high mountain; on which is as the building of a city on the south. 3 And he brings me there, and behold, a man with a visage as the visage of copper with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring stalk; and he stands in the portal 4 and the man words to me, Son of humanity, see with your eyes and hear with your ears and set your heart on all I show you; for I bring you here to show you - to tell all you see to the house of Yisra El. 5 And behold, a wall outside the house all around and all around; and in the hand of the man, a measuring stalk six cubits by the cubit and a palm span: so he measures the breadth of the building, one stalk; and the height, one stalk: 6 and he comes to the portal facing eastward and ascends the steps and measures the threshold of the portal, one stalk broad; and the one threshold, one stalk broad: 7 and each chamber, one stalk long, and one stalk broad; and between the chambers, five cubits; and the threshold of the portal beside the porch of the portal from the house, one stalk; 8 and he measures the porch of the portal from the house, one stalk; 9 and he measures the porch of the portal, eight cubits; and the pilasters, two cubits; and the porch of the portal from the house. 10 And the chambers of the portal of the way of the east, three here and three there; they three of one measure: and the pilasters, one measure from here and from there. 11 And he measures the breadth of the opening of the portal, ten cubits; and the length of the portal, thirteen cubits: 12 the border at the face of the chambers, one cubit from here; and the border, one cubit from there: and the chambers, six cubits from here, and six cubits from there. 13 And he measures the portal of the chamber from roof to roof: the breadth, twenty-five cubits, portal against portal. 14 He also works pilasters, sixty cubits, even to the pilaster of the court all around and all around the portal: 15 and from the face of the portal of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner portal, fifty cubits; 16 with shuttered windows to the chambers, and to their pilasters within the portal all around and all around; and likewise to the arches: with windows all around and all around within: and on each pilaster, palm trees. 17
THE OUTWARD COURT
And he brings me into the outward court, and behold, chambers; and a pavement made for the court all around and all around; with thirty chambers on the pavement: 18 and the pavement by the shoulder of the portals alongside the length of the portals, the nether pavement: 19 and he measures the breadth from the face of the nether portal to the face of the inner court outward, a hundred cubits eastward and northward. 20
THE PORTAL AT THE FACE OF THE NORTHWARD WAY
And the portal of the outward court facing the northward way, he measures the length and the breadth: 21 and the chambers, three from here and three from there; and the pilasters and the arches are after the measure of the first portal: the length, fifty cubits, and the breadth, twenty-five cubits. 22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, as the measure of the portal facing the eastward way; and they ascend to it by seven steps; and the arches face them. 23 And the portal of the inner court is over against the portal northward and eastward; and he measures from portal to portal, a hundred cubits. 24
THE PORTAL OF THE SOUTHWARD WAY
And after that, he carries me the southward way, and behold, a portal the southward way; and he measures the pilasters and the arches according to these measures: 25 with windows therein and in the arches all around and all around like those windows: the length, fifty cubits; and the breadth, twenty-five cubits: 26 with seven steps of ascent, and arches at their face: and palm trees - one from here and one from there on the pilasters: 27 with a portal in the inner court the southward way: and he measures from portal to portal the southward way, a hundred cubits. 28
THE INNER COURT
And he brings me to the inner court by the southward portal; and he measures the southward portal according to these measures: 29 and the chambers and the pilasters and the arches according to these measures: with windows therein and in the arches all around and all around, fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad: 30 and the arches all around and all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad: 31 with the arches toward the outer court; and palm trees on the pilasters, and the ascent eight steps. 32 And he brings me into the inner court the way of the east: and he measures the portal according to these measures: 33 and the chambers and the pilasters and the arches are according to these measures: with windows therein and in the arches all around and all around: fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad: 34 with the arches toward the outward court; and palm trees on the pilasters from here, and from there: and the ascent eight steps. 35 And he brings me to the north portal and measures it according to these measures: 36 the chambers and the pilasters and the arches and the windows to it all around and all around: the length, fifty cubits, and the breadth, twenty-five cubits; 37 with the pilasters toward the utter court; and palm trees on the pilasters from here, and from there: and the ascent eight steps. 38
THE CHAMBERS OF THE HOLOCAUST
And the chambers and the portals are by the pilasters of the portals where they cleanse the holocaust: 39 and in the porch of the portal, two tables from here, and two tables from there, to slaughter thereon the holocaust and that for the sin and that for the guilt. 40 And at the shoulder outward, as one ascends to the opening of the north portal, two tables; and on the other shoulder at the porch of the portal, two tables. 41 Four tables from here, and four tables from there by the shoulder of the portal; eight tables, whereon they slaughter: 42 with four tables of hewn stone for the holocaust, one and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits broad, and one cubit high: whereon they set the instruments to slaughter the holocaust and the sacrifice: 43 and hooks in the house, one palm span, established all around and all around: and on the tables, the flesh of the qorban. 44
THE CHAMBERS OF THE SINGERS
And outward the inner portal, the chambers of the singers in the inner court at the shoulder of the north portal; at the face of the southward way; one at the shoulder of the east portal at the face of the northward way. 45
THE CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS
And he words to me, This chamber at the face of the southward way is for the priests - the guards who guard the house: 46 and the chamber at the face of the northward is for the priests, - the guards who guard the sacrifice altar: these are the sons of Sadoq among the sons of Levi who approach Yah Veh to minister to him: 47 and he measures the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, square; and the sacrifice altar at the face of the house. 48
THE HOUSE
And he brings me to the porch of the house and measures each pilaster of the porch; five cubits from here, and five cubits from there: and the breadth of the portal, three cubits from here, and three cubits from there: