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    "chapter": 40
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  "data": {
    "n": 40,
    "bookSlug": "ezekiel",
    "bookCode": "EZK",
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    "title": "",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "EZK-40:1",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.1",
        "text": "In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day, the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "EZK-40:2",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.2",
        "text": "In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "EZK-40:3",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.3",
        "text": "And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "EZK-40:4",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.4",
        "text": "And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee; for, to the intent that I may show them unto thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "EZK-40:5",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.5",
        "text": "And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man`s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "EZK-40:6",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.6",
        "text": "Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "EZK-40:7",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.7",
        "text": "And every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "EZK-40:8",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.8",
        "text": "He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "EZK-40:9",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.9",
        "text": "Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "EZK-40:10",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.10",
        "text": "And the lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "EZK-40:11",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.11",
        "text": "And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;"
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "EZK-40:12",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.12",
        "text": "and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "EZK-40:13",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.13",
        "text": "And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "EZK-40:14",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.14",
        "text": "He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court [reached] unto the posts, round about the gate."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "EZK-40:15",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.15",
        "text": "And [from] the forefront of the gate at the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "EZK-40:16",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.16",
        "text": "And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon [each] post were palm-trees."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "EZK-40:17",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.17",
        "text": "Then brought he me into the outer court; and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "EZK-40:18",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.18",
        "text": "And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable unto the length of the gates, even the lower pavement."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "EZK-40:19",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.19",
        "text": "Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "EZK-40:20",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.20",
        "text": "And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "EZK-40:21",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.21",
        "text": "And the lodges thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "EZK-40:22",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.22",
        "text": "And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "EZK-40:23",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.23",
        "text": "And there was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "EZK-40:24",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.24",
        "text": "And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "EZK-40:25",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.25",
        "text": "And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "EZK-40:26",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.26",
        "text": "And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "EZK-40:27",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.27",
        "text": "And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "EZK-40:28",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.28",
        "text": "Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;"
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "EZK-40:29",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.29",
        "text": "and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "EZK-40:30",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.30",
        "text": "And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad."
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "EZK-40:31",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.31",
        "text": "And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps."
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "EZK-40:32",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.32",
        "text": "And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;"
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "EZK-40:33",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.33",
        "text": "and the lodges thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "EZK-40:34",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.34",
        "text": "And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps."
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "EZK-40:35",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.35",
        "text": "And he brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;"
      },{
        "n": 36,
        "refId": "EZK-40:36",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.36",
        "text": "the lodges thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof: and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits."
      },{
        "n": 37,
        "refId": "EZK-40:37",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.37",
        "text": "And the posts thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps."
      },{
        "n": 38,
        "refId": "EZK-40:38",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.38",
        "text": "And a chamber with the door thereof was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt-offering."
      },{
        "n": 39,
        "refId": "EZK-40:39",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.39",
        "text": "And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering."
      },{
        "n": 40,
        "refId": "EZK-40:40",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.40",
        "text": "And on the [one] side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables."
      },{
        "n": 41,
        "refId": "EZK-40:41",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.41",
        "text": "Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew [the sacrifices]."
      },{
        "n": 42,
        "refId": "EZK-40:42",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.42",
        "text": "And there were four tables for the burnt-offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice."
      },{
        "n": 43,
        "refId": "EZK-40:43",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.43",
        "text": "And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation."
      },{
        "n": 44,
        "refId": "EZK-40:44",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.44",
        "text": "And without the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north."
      },{
        "n": 45,
        "refId": "EZK-40:45",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.45",
        "text": "And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;"
      },{
        "n": 46,
        "refId": "EZK-40:46",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.46",
        "text": "and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Jehovah to minister unto him."
      },{
        "n": 47,
        "refId": "EZK-40:47",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.47",
        "text": "And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house."
      },{
        "n": 48,
        "refId": "EZK-40:48",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.48",
        "text": "Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side."
      },{
        "n": 49,
        "refId": "EZK-40:49",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.40.49",
        "text": "The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side."
      }
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