44. Then he brought me into the inner courtyard. There were two rooms opening on the inner courtyard, one facing south beside the north gateway and the other facing north beside the south gateway.
45. The man told me that the room which faced south was for the priests who served in the Temple,
46. and the room which faced north was for the priests who served at the altar. All the priests are descended from Zadok; they are the only members of the tribe of Levi who are permitted to go into the Lord's presence to serve him.
47. The man measured the inner courtyard, and it was fifty metres square. The Temple was on the west side, and in front of it was an altar.
48. Then he took me into the entrance room of the Temple. He measured the entrance: it was 2.5 metres deep and seven metres wide, with walls 1.5 metres thick on either side.
49. Steps led up to the entrance room, which was ten metres wide and six metres deep. There were two columns, one on each side of the entrance.