Lexicon :: Strong's H2691 - ḥāṣēr

So he brought me to the inner court of the LORD’s house, and there were about twenty-five men at the entrance of the LORD’s temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the LORD’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherub to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s glory.

The sound of the cherubim’s wings could be heard as far as the outer court; it was like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet.[fn] This was the east; next the north is described.

He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.

The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.

The inner court had a gate on the south. He measured from gate to gate on the south; it was 175 feet.

Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

Its portico faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees. Its stairway had eight steps.

Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

Its portico faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

Its portico[fn] faced the outer court, and its jambs were decorated with palm trees on each side. Its stairway had eight steps.

Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers:[fn] one[fn] beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south[fn] gate, facing north.

Next he measured the court. It was square, 175 feet long and 175 feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple.

Opposite the 35 foot space[fn] belonging to the inner court and opposite the paved surface belonging to the outer court, the structure rose gallery by gallery in three tiers.

For they were arranged in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle stories.

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.

For the chambers on the outer court were 87 ¹/₂ feet long, while those facing the great hall were 175 feet long.

At the base of these chambers there was an entryway on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the south,[fn] there were chambers facing the temple yard and the western building,

“Once the priests have entered, they are not to go out from the holy area to the outer court until they have removed the clothes they minister in, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the public area.”

“Before they go out to the outer court,[fn] to the people, they must take off the clothes they have been ministering in, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people through their clothes.

“No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.

“On the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he is to present his sin offering.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”

Next he brought me into the outer court and led me past its four corners. There was a separate court in each of its corners.

In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed[fn] courts, 70 feet[fn] long by 52 ¹/₂ feet[fn] wide. All four corner areas had the same dimensions.