1. Then the man took me into the outer courtyard and led me to a building on the north side of the Temple, not far from the building at the west end of the Temple.
2. This building was fifty metres long and 25 metres wide.
3. On one side it faced the space ten metres wide which was alongside the Temple, and on the other side it faced the pavement of the outer court. It was built on three levels, each one set further back than the one below it.
4. Along the north side of this building was a passage five metres wide and fifty metres long, with entrances on that side.
5. The rooms at the upper level of the building were narrower than those at the middle and lower levels because they were set further back.
6. The rooms at all three levels were on terraces and were not supported by columns like the other buildings in the courtyard.
11. In front of the rooms there was a passage just like the one on the north side. It had the same measurements, the same design, and the same kind of entrances.
12. There was a door under the rooms on the south side of the building, at the east end where the wall began.
13. The man said to me, “Both these buildings are holy. In them the priests who enter the Lord's presence eat the holiest offerings. Because the rooms are holy, the priests will place the holiest offerings there: the grain offerings and the sacrifices offered for sin or as repayment offerings.