Against Magog.

17 And thou son of man, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come, gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the carth, of rams, of lambs and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19 And ye shall cat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for

you.

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespass. ed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies; so fell they all by the sword.

24 According to their uncleanness, and according to their transgressions have 1 done unto them, and hid my face from them.

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy Name:

26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses, whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many na. tions;

28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused

29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XL.

The time, manner and end of the vision. the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city w 18 smitten, in the self same day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

3 And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

4 And the man said unto me; Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee: for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest, to the house of Israel. 5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about: and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long, by the cubit, and a hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed, and the height one reed.

6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the East, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad, and between the little chambers were five cubits, and the threshold of the gate, by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and the posts thereof two cubits, and the porch of the gate was inward.

and of the

it by seven steps, and the arches thereof were before them.

23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the North and toward the East, and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

24 After that he brought me toward the South, and behold a gate toward the South, and he measured the posts there. of, and the arches thereof according to these measures.

25 And there were windows in it, and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows, the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were be. fore them, and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side upon the posts thereof.

27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the South, and he mea. sured from gate to gate toward the South a hundred cubits.

17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and lo there were chambers, and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates, was the lower pavement.

19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate, unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.

20 And the gate of the outward court, that looked toward the North, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side, and three on that side, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures, and there were windows in it, and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

31 And the arches thereof were toward the outer court, and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, and the going up to it had eight steps.

32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the East, and he measured the gate according to these measures.

33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches there. of were according to these measures, and there were windows therein, and in the arches thereof round about, it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court, and palm trees were upon the posts thereof on this side, and on that side, and the going up to it had

buildings of it.

measures.

36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

37 And the posts thereof were toward the outer court, and palm trees were upon the posts thereof on this side, and on that side, and the going up to it had eight steps.

38 And the chambers, and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering.

40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables, and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.

41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.

42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

43 And within were hooks, a hand broad, fastened round about, and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. 44

And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate and their prospect was toward the South, one at the side of the east gate, having the prospect toward the North.

45 And he said unto me; This cham. ber whose prospect is toward the South, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the North, is for the priests the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.

48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

49 The length of the porch was twen ty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps, whereby they went up to it, and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

CHAP. XLI. The Temple.

AFTERWARD he brought me to

the Temple, and measured the posts, six cubes broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the Tabernacle.

2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits, and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side, and he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door two cubits, and the door six cubits, and the breadth of the door seven cubits.

4 So he measured the length thereof twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits before the temple, and he said unto me; This is the most holy place.

5 After he measured the wall of the house six cubits, and the breadth of every side-chamber four cubits round about the house on every side.

6 And the side-chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order, and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.

7 And there was an enlarging and a winding about still upward to the sidechambers, for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

9 The thickness of the wall which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits, and that which was left, was the place of the side-chambers that were within.

10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

11 And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the North, and another door toward the South, and the breadth of the place that was left, was five cubits round about.

12 Now the building that was before the separate place, at the end toward the West, was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.

13 So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long, and the separate place and the building with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long.

14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the East, a hundred

15 and he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side, and on the other side a hundred cubits with the inner temple, and the porches of the

court.

16 The door-posts and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered.

17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house and without, and by all the wall round about within and without by measure.

18 And it was made with Cherubim and Palm trees, so that a Palm tree was between a Cherub and a Cherub, and every Cherub had two faces.

19 So that the face of a man was toward the Palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the Palm-tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.

20 From the ground unto above the door were Cherubim and Palm-trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

21 The posts of the Temple were squared, and the face of the Sanctuary,

of the Temple,

the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.

22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof and the length thereof and the walls thereof were of wood: and he said unto me; This is the Table that is before the LORD.

23 And the Temple and the Sanctuary had two doors.

24 And the doors had two leaves a piece, two turning leaves, two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.

25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the Temple, Cherubim and Palm-trees, like as were made upon the walls, and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

26 And there were narrow windows and Palm-trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.

CHAP. XLII.

The chambers for the Priests. HEN he

into

outer court, the meaf toward the North, and he brought me into the cham. ber, that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the North.

2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit, and their doors toward the North.

were

5 Now the upper-chambers shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest, and the middlemost from the ground.

7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers towards the outer court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits:

and lo, before the Temple were a hundred cubits.

9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.

10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the East, over against the separate place, and over against the building.

11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers, which were toward the North, as long as they and as broad as they, and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.

12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the South, was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the East, as one entereth into them. 13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers, and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the Priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering, for the place is holy.

14 When the Priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments, wherein they minister for they are holy, and shall put on other garments, and shall ap. proach to those things which are for the people.

15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate, whose prospect is toward the East, and measured it round about.

16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 17 He measured the north side five hundred reeds, with a measuring reed round about.

18 He measured the south side five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. 19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the Sanc. tuary and the profane place.

God returneth.

CHAP. XLIII.

The returning of the glory of God inte the Temple.

AFTERWARD he brought me to

the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the East.

2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the East: and his voice was like a noise of many waters, and the earth shined with his glory.

3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw, when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar: and I fell upon my face.

4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate, whose prospect is toward the East.

5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.

6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house, and the man stood by me.

7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy Name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places.

8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy Name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.

9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcasses of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities, and let them measure the pattern.

11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done; shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight,