3. He took me closer, and I saw a man who shone like bronze. He was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring rod and was standing by a gateway.
4. He said to me, “Watch, mortal man. Listen carefully and pay close attention to everything I show you, because this is why you were brought here. You are to tell the people of Israel everything you see.”
5. What I saw was the Temple, and there was a wall round it. The man took his measuring rod, which was three metres long, and measured the wall. It was three metres high and three metres thick.
6. Then he went to the gateway that faced east. He went up the steps, and at the top he measured the entrance; it was three metres deep.
7. Beyond it there was a passage, which had three guardrooms on each side. Each of the rooms was square, three metres on each side, and the walls between them were 2.5 metres thick. Beyond the guardrooms there was a passage three metres long that led to an entrance room which faced the Temple.
29-30. Its guardrooms, its entrance room, and its inner walls were the same size as those in the other gateways. There were also windows in the rooms of this gateway. The total length was 25 metres and the width 12.5 metres.
31. Its entrance room faced the other courtyard, and palm trees were carved on the walls along the passage. Eight steps led up to this gate.
32. The man took me through the east gateway into the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway, and it was the same size as the others.
33. Its guardrooms, its entrance room, and its inner walls measured the same as those in the other gateways. There were windows all round, and in the entrance room also. The total length was 25 metres and the width 12.5 metres.
34. The entrance room faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees were carved on the walls along the passage. Eight steps led up to this gate.
35. Then the man took me to the north gateway. He measured it, and it was the same size as the others.
36. Like them, it also had guardrooms, decorated inner walls, an entrance room, and windows all round. Its total length was 25 metres and its width 12.5 metres.
37. The entrance room faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees were carved on the walls along the passage. Eight steps led up to this gate.
38. In the outer courtyard there was an annexe attached to the inner gateway on the north side. It opened into the entrance room that faced the courtyard, and there they washed the carcasses of the animals to be burnt whole as sacrifices.