7. A wall on the outside ran in front of the chambers, parallel to them, toward the outer court; it was 87 1/2 feet long.
8. For the chambers on the outer court were 87 1/2 feet long, while those facing the great hall were 175 feet long.
9. At the base of these chambers there was an entryway on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
10. In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the south, there were chambers facing the temple yard and the western building,
11. with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that faced north. Their length and width, as well as all their exits, measurements, and entrances, were identical.
12. The entrance at the beginning of the passageway, the way in front of the corresponding wall as one enters on the east side, was similar to the entrances of the chambers that were on the south side.
13. Then the man said to me, “The northern and southern chambers that face the temple yard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will deposit the most holy offerings — the grain offerings, sin offerings, and restitution offerings — for the place is holy.