45He said to me, "The room facing south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,


In Context

42 There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high. On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

43 And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south gate and facing north.

45 He said to me, "The room facing south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,

46 and the room facing north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who are the only Levites who may draw near to the LORD to minister before him."

47 Then he measured the court: It was square-a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

Ezekiel 40:45 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:45And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect [is] toward the south, [is] for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:45And he said to me: This chamber, which looketh toward the south shall be for the priests that watch in the wards of the temple.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:45And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:45And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:45And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:45And he said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is towards the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:45He said to me, This room, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:45And he speaketh unto me: 'This chamber, whose front is southward, is for priests keeping charge of the house;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:45And he said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.