40:44 在北門旁，內院裡有屋子，為歌唱的人而設。這屋子朝南（南：原文是東）；在南門旁，又有一間朝北。
40:45 他對我說：「這朝南的屋子是為看守殿宇的祭司；
40:46 那朝北的屋子是為看守祭壇的祭司。這些祭司是利未人中撒督的子孫，近前來事奉耶和華的。」
40:47 他又量內院，長一百肘，寬一百肘，是見方的。祭壇在殿前。
40:48 於是他帶我到殿前的廊子，量廊子的牆柱。這面厚五肘，那面厚五肘。門兩旁，這邊三肘，那邊三肘。
40:49 廊子長二十肘，寬十一肘。上廊子有臺階。靠近牆柱又有柱子，這邊一根，那邊一根。
44 On the outside of the inner gateway
there were two chambers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate
facing south, the other at the side of the south gate facing north. 45 And he
said to me, "This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have
charge of the temple, 46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests
who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the
sons of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him." 47 And he
measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square.
And the altar was in front of the temple.
48 Then he brought me to the vestibule of
the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side.
And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate
were three cubits on either side. 49 The length of the vestibule was twenty
cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits, and people would go up to it by ten
steps. And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.
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而在內院裡重要的人物就是「看守殿宇的祭司」和「看守祭壇的祭司」，分別住在祭壇的南邊和北邊的房子。這些祭司都是撒督的子孫，近前來事奉耶和華的。表示這些人都是重要的祭司，是上帝所命定的！
同樣，我們屬耶穌基督的人，也透過上帝的命定，成為這世代的祭司，是有君尊的祭司，因為屬基督的人，更是上帝的兒女，是上帝所寶貴、所鍾愛的重要祭司。
也因為如此，我們既有上帝所賜的聖靈，也有上帝所頒布的聖經，更是要靠著主耶穌的恩典，讓聖靈將聖經的精義放在我們心中，專心在上帝面前建造祂的教會，使人看見基督的榮美！沒有比這事更是要緊！也因此，我們不要受到別人的愚弄，凡是透過禱告在基督裡尋求上帝的面，才能在外院將上帝的話語宣講出來！
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