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had the same measurements as in the others and the same window ar
rangements. The gateway passage measured 871/2 feet long and 433/4 feet
wide. Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard, and it had palm tree
decorations on the columns. There were eight steps leading to its entrance.
A door led from the entry room of one of the inner gateways into a side
room, where the meat for sacrifices was washed. On each side of this entry
room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for
the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. Outside the entry
room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two
more tables. So there were eight tables in all—four inside and four out
side—where the sacrifices were cut up and prepared. There were also four
tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 311/2
inches square and 21 inches high. On these tables were placed the butcher
ing knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.
There were hooks, each 3 inches long, fastened all around the foyer walls.
The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.
Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms, one beside the north gate
way, facing south, and the other beside the south gateway, facing north.
And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for
the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance. The room beside the
south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar—the descendants
of Zadok—for they alone of all the Levites may approach the Lord to
minister to him.”
Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square,
175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front
of the Temple. Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He
measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and
they were 83/4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 241/2 feet wide, and the
walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 51/4 feet long. The
entry room was 35 feet wide and 21 feet deep. There were ten steps leading
up to it, with a column on each side.
After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the Temple. He
measured the walls on either side of its doorway, and they were 101/2 feet
thick. The doorway was 171/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of it
were 83/4 feet long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.
Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He measured
the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 31/2 feet thick. The
entrance was 101/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance
were 121/4 feet long. The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet long and
35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”
Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 101/2 feet thick.
There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet
