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Lamentations 1

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¹ In the porch (portico) of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering.

² On the outer[9] side, as one went up to the[10] gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other[11] side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

³ Four tables were on each[12] side next to the gate; [a total of] eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices.

⁴ Moreover, there were four tables of hewn stone (ashlar) for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

⁵ The double hooks, one hand width in length were installed in the[13] house all around. The meat of the offering was [to be placed] on the tables.

⁶ From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner courtyard, one of which was[14] beside the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one[15] beside the[16] south gate facing toward the north.

⁷ He [who was guiding me] said to me, "This is the chamber which faces toward the south; it is for the priests who have the responsibility and take care of the temple;

⁸ but the chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who have the responsibility and take care of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who [alone] from the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister to Him."

⁹ He measured the courtyard, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, a perfect square; and the altar was in front of the temple.

¹⁰ Then he brought me to the porch of the temple, and he measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.

¹¹ The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended, there were [two] columns beside the side pillars, one on each side [of the entrance].

¹² Then he (the angel) brought me to the nave (outer sanctuary) and measured the side pillars; six cubits wide on each side was the width of the[1] side pillar.

¹³ The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the[2] sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

¹⁴ Then he went inside [the inner sanctuary] and measured each side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits [high], and the width of the doorway, seven cubits.

¹⁵ He measured the length [of the interior of the inner sanctuary], twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits,[3] opposite the nave (outer sanctuary); and he said to me, "This is the[4] Most Holy Place."

¹⁶ Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits [thick, to accommodate side chambers]; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the temple on every side.

¹⁷ The side chambers were three stories [high], one above another, and thirty chambers in each story; and the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on their inward side all around, so that they would be attached, but not attached to the wall of the temple itself.

¹⁸ The side chambers became wider at each successive level as they encompassed the temple. Because the structure surrounding the temple went higher by stages on all sides of the temple, for that reason the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest one by way of the[5] second story.

¹⁹ I also saw that the temple (house) had a raised platform all around it; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full rod of six long cubits in height.

²⁰ The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple

²¹ and the outer chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.

²² The doorways of the side chambers toward the free space were one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the free space was five cubits all around.

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1	In the porch (portico) of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering.
2	On the outer[9] side, as one went up to the[10] gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other[11] side of the porch of the gate were two tables.
3	Four tables were on each[12] side next to the gate; [a total of] eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices.
4	Moreover, there were four tables of hewn stone (ashlar) for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
5	The double hooks, one hand width in length were installed in the[13] house all around. The meat of the offering was [to be placed] on the tables.
6	From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner courtyard, one of which was[14] beside the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one[15] beside the[16] south gate facing toward the north.
7	He [who was guiding me] said to me, "This is the chamber which faces toward the south; it is for the priests who have the responsibility and take care of the temple;
8	but the chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who have the responsibility and take care of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who [alone] from the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister to Him."
9	He measured the courtyard, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, a perfect square; and the altar was in front of the temple.
10	Then he brought me to the porch of the temple, and he measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.
11	The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended, there were [two] columns beside the side pillars, one on each side [of the entrance].
12	Then he (the angel) brought me to the nave (outer sanctuary) and measured the side pillars; six cubits wide on each side was the width of the[1] side pillar.
13	The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the[2] sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.
14	Then he went inside [the inner sanctuary] and measured each side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits [high], and the width of the doorway, seven cubits.
15	He measured the length [of the interior of the inner sanctuary], twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits,[3] opposite the nave (outer sanctuary); and he said to me, "This is the[4] Most Holy Place."
16	Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits [thick, to accommodate side chambers]; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the temple on every side.
17	The side chambers were three stories [high], one above another, and thirty chambers in each story; and the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on their inward side all around, so that they would be attached, but not attached to the wall of the temple itself.
18	The side chambers became wider at each successive level as they encompassed the temple. Because the structure surrounding the temple went higher by stages on all sides of the temple, for that reason the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest one by way of the[5] second story.
19	I also saw that the temple (house) had a raised platform all around it; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full rod of six long cubits in height.
20	The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple
21	and the outer chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
22	The doorways of the side chambers toward the free space were one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the free space was five cubits all around.

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