13. Then said the man [an angel] to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the yard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there shall they lay the most holy things–the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass or guilt offering–for the place is holy.
14. When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court unless they lay aside there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy, separate, and set apart. They shall put on other garments before they approach that which is for the people.
15. Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple area, he brought me forth toward the gate which faces east and measured it [the outer area] 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 the 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 on the four sides; it had a wall round about, the length five hundred reeds and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy [the temple proper] and that which was common [the outer area].