38. There was a room with a door that opened onto the porch of the inner north gate. In this room the priests washed animals for the burnt offerings.
39. There were two tables on each side of the room. Animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings and penalty offerings were killed on these tables.
40. On each side of the porch, outside the door to the room, were two tables.
41. So four tables were on one side of the gate. And four tables were on the other side of the gate. In all there were eight tables on which the priests killed animals for sacrifices.
42. There were four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering. These tables were about 3 feet long and 3 feet wide. And they were about 2 feet high. On these tables the priests put their tools. They used the tools to kill animals for burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
43. Double hooks 3 inches long were put up on all the walls. The flesh for the offering was put on the tables.
44. There were two rooms in the inner courtyard. One was beside the north gate. It faced south. The other room was beside the south gate. It faced north.
45. The man said to me, “The room which faces the south is for the priests. They serve in the Temple.
46. And the room that faces north is for the priests who serve at the altar. These priests are descendants of Zadok. They are the only descendants of Levi who can come near the Lord to serve him.”
47. The man measured the Temple courtyard. It was a perfect square. It was 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the Temple.
48. The man brought me to the porch of the Temple. And he measured each wall of the porch. It was about 9 feet on each side. The gate was 24½ feet wide. The walls of the gate were about 5 feet on each side.
49. The porch was 35 feet long and 21 feet wide. Ten steps went up to the porch. Pillars were by the walls, one on each side of the entrance.