8. For the length of the [combined] chambers that were on the outer court was fifty cubits, while [the length] of those opposite the temple was a hundred cubits.
9. And under these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one approached them from the outer court.
10. In the breadth of the wall of the court going toward the east, before the yard and before the building, were the chambers
11. With a passage before them that gave the appearance of the attached chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with similar exits and arrangements and doors.
12. And like the doors of the chambers that were toward the south there was an entrance at the head of the way, the way before the dividing wall toward the east, as one enters them.
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.