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frames and palm trees on one side and on the 15 Now when he had finished measuring the
other, on the sides of the vestibule—also on the inner temple, he brought me out through the
side chambers of the temple and on the canopies. gateway that faces toward the east, and mea-
Then he brought me out into the outer sured it all around. He measured the east
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42 court, by the way toward the north; side with the measuring rod, five hundred
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and he brought me into the chamber which rods by the measuring rod all around. He
was opposite the separating courtyard, and measured the north side, five hundred rods
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which was opposite the building toward the by the measuring rod all around. He mea-
north. Facing the length, which was one hun- sured the south side, five hundred rods by the
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dred cubits (the width was fifty cubits), was measuring rod. He came around to the west
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the north door. Opposite the inner court of side and measured five hundred rods by the
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twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of measuring rod. He measured it on the four
the outer court, was gallery against gallery in sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cu-
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three stories. In front of the chambers, toward bits long and five hundred wide, to separate
the inside, was a walk ten cubits wide, at a dis- the holy areas from the common.
tance of one cubit; and their doors faced Psalm 133:1–3
north. Now the upper chambers were shorter,
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because the galleries took away space from A Song of Ascents. Of David.
them more than from the lower and middle ehold, how good and how
stories of the building. For they were in three B pleasant it is
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stories and did not have pillars like the pillars For brethren to dwell together
of the courts; therefore the upper level was in unity!
shortened more than the lower and middle
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levels from the ground up. And a wall which It is like the precious oil upon the head,
was outside ran parallel to the chambers, at Running down on the beard,
the front of the chambers, toward the outer The beard of Aaron,
court; its length was fifty cubits. The length of Running down on the edge of his
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the chambers toward the outer court was fifty garments.
3 It is like the dew of Hermon,
cubits, whereas that facing the temple was one
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hundred cubits. At the lower chambers was Descending upon the mountains of Zion;
the entrance on the east side, as one goes into For there the LORD commanded the
them from the outer court. blessing—
10 Also there were chambers in the thickness Life forevermore.
of the wall of the court toward the east, oppo-
site the separating courtyard and opposite the
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building. There was a walk in front of them
also, and their appearance was like the cham-
bers which were toward the north; they were as 133:2 oil upon. Most likely refers to the anoint-
ing of Aaron as high priest of the nation (Ex.
long and as wide as the others, and all their 29:7;30:30),which would picture a rich spiritual
exits and entrances were according to plan. blessing as a first priority.
12 And corresponding to the doors of the cham-
bers that were facing south, as one enters them,
there was a door in front of the walk, the way
directly in front of the wall toward the east. Proverbs 29:6
13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers
6 By transgression an evil man is snared,
and the south chambers, which are opposite But the righteous sings and rejoices.
the separating courtyard, are the holy cham-
bers where the priests who approach the LORD 1 Peter 1:1–25
shall eat the most holy offerings. There they Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
shall lay the most holy offerings—the grain 1
offering, the sin offering, and the trespass To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus,
offering—for the place is holy. When the Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect
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priests enter them, they shall not go out of the according to the foreknowledge of God the
holy chamber into the outer court; but there Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedi-
they shall leave their garments in which they ence and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
minister, for they are holy. They shall put on
other garments; then they may approach that Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
which is for the people.” 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
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