¹² were the doorways of the rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters the rooms.

¹³ Then he said to me, “The north^(A) and south rooms^(B) facing the temple courtyard^(C) are the priests’ rooms, where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings—the grain offerings,^(D) the sin offerings^[a](E) and the guilt offerings^(F)—for the place is holy.^{(G) 14} Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments^(H) in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.^(I)”