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wide. These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other,
with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested
on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall.
Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrow
ing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom
level through the middle level to the top level.
I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a founda
tion for the side rooms. This terrace was 101/2 feet high. The outer wall of
the Temple’s side rooms was 83/4 feet thick. This left an open area between
these side rooms and the row of rooms along the outer wall of the inner
courtyard. This open area was 35 feet wide, and it went all the way around
the Temple. Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard,
which was 83/4 feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.
A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard.
It was 1221/2 feet wide and 1571/2 feet long, and its walls were 83/4 feet
thick. Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet long. The
courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional
175 feet in length. The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was
also 175 feet wide. The building to the west, including its two walls, was
also 175 feet wide.
The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple were
all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The
inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the
windows. The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its
walls inside and out, were also paneled. All the walls were decorated with
carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a
palm tree between each of the cherubim. One face—that of a man—
looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young
lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were
carved all along the inside of the Temple, from the floor to the top of the
walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary.
There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and the
ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar. There was an
altar made of wood, 51/4 feet high and 31/2 feet across. Its corners, base,
and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that
stands in the Lord’s presence.”
Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways, each
with two swinging doors. The doors leading into the sanctuary were deco
rated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there
was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple. On both
sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved
palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.
