Ezekiel 40:1-25

40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been captured, on that very day the Lord's hand was on me, and He brought me there. 2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On its southern slope was a structure resembling a city. 3He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate. 4He spoke to me: "Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel."
5Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man's hand was six units of 21 inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was about 10 feet, and its height was the same. 6Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 feet deep-the first threshold was 10 feet deep. 7Each recess was about 10 feet long and 10 feet deep, and there was a space of 8?4 feet between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate's portico was about 10 feet. 8Next he measured the portico of the gate; 9it was 14 feet, and its pilasters were 3?2 feet. The portico of the gate was on the temple side.
10There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the pilasters on either side also had the same measurements. 11Then he measured the width of the gate's entrance; it was 17?2 feet, while the width of the gateway was 22?4 feet. 12There was a barrier of 21 inches in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10?2 feet square. 13Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43?4 feet. The openings of the recesses faced each other. 14Next, he measured the pilasters-105 feet. The gate extended around to the pilaster of the court. 15The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate's portico on the inside was 87?2 feet. 16The recesses and their pilasters had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each pilaster was decorated with palm trees.
17Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement, 18which flanked the gates and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. 19Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet. This was the east; next the north is described.
20He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width. 21Its three recesses on each side, its pilasters, and its portico had the same measurements as the first gate: 87?2 feet long and 43?4 feet wide. 22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them. 23The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.
24He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its pilasters and portico; they had the same measurements as the others. 25Both the gate and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was 87?2 feet long and 43?4 feet wide.