He took me to the entrance of the outer courtyard and showed me a hole in the wall.

Then the man took me into the outer courtyard and led me to a building on the north side of the Temple, not far from the building at the west end of the Temple.

"For the Tent of my presence make an enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains are to be 50 yards long,

the curtains for the enclosure, its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure;

The priests shall eat the rest of it. It shall be made into bread baked without yeast and eaten in a holy place, the courtyard of the Tent of the LORD's presence. The LORD has given it to the priests as their part of the food offerings. It is very holy, like the sin offerings and the repayment offerings.

"The LORD said to me, 'Your son Solomon is the one who will build my Temple. I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

Enter the Temple gates with thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise him.

But you that planted and harvested the grain Will eat the bread and praise the LORD. You that tended and gathered the grapes Will drink the wine in the courts of my Temple."