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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.* 49 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.
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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. 2 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.*
3 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. 4 The inner room of the sanctuary
was 35 feet* long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he
told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”
5 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* wide. 6 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. 7 Each
level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as
it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom
level through the middle level to the top level.
8 I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace,
which provided a foundation for the side rooms.
This terrace was 101⁄2 feet* high. 9 The outer
wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 83⁄4 feet
thick. This left an open area between these side
rooms 10 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. 11 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.
12 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. 13 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. 14 The inner courtyard
to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide.
15 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 16 were all paneled
with wood, as were the frames of the recessed
windows. The inner walls of the Temple were
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paneled with wood above and below the windows. 17 The space above the door leading into
the inner room, and its walls inside and out,
were also paneled. 18 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. 19 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, 20 from the floor to the top
of the walls, including the outer wall of the
sanctuary.
21 There were square columns at the entrance
to the sanctuary, and the ones at the entrance
of the Most Holy Place were similar. 22 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.”
23 Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place
had double doorways, 24 each with two swinging doors. 25 The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated 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. 26 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.
Rooms for the Priests
Then the man led me out of the Temple
courtyard by way of the north gateway.
We entered the outer courtyard and came to
a group of rooms against the north wall of the
inner courtyard. 2 This structure, whose entrance
opened toward the north, was 175 feet* long and
871⁄2 feet* wide. 3 One block of rooms overlooked
the 35-foot* width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were
built three levels high and stood across from
each other. 4 Between the two blocks of rooms ran
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40:48 As in Greek version, which reads The entrance was
14 cubits [7.4 meters] wide, and the walls of the entrance were
3 cubits [1.6 meters] on each side; Hebrew lacks 14 cubits wide,
and the walls of the entrance were. 40:49a Hebrew 20 cubits
[10.6 meters]. 40:49b As in Greek version, which reads
12 cubits [21 feet or 6.4 meters]; Hebrew reads 11 cubits [191⁄4 feet
or 5.8 meters]. 40:49c As in Greek version; Hebrew reads
There were steps that were. 41:1a As in Greek version; the
meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. 41:1b Hebrew 6 cubits
[3.2 meters]; also in 41:3, 5. 41:2a Hebrew 10 cubits [5.3 meters].
41:2b Hebrew 5 cubits [2.7 meters]; also in 41:9, 11.
41:2c Hebrew 40 cubits [21.2 meters] long and 20 cubits
[10.6 meters] wide. 41:3a Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters].
41:3b Hebrew 7 cubits [3.7 meters]. 41:4 Hebrew 20 cubits
[10.6 meters]; also in 41:4b, 10. 41:5 Hebrew 4 cubits
[2.1 meters]. 41:8 Hebrew 1 rod, 6 cubits [3.2 meters].
41:12 Hebrew 70 cubits [37.1 meters] wide and 90 cubits
[47.7 meters] long, and its walls were 5 cubits [2.7 meters] thick.
41:13 Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 41:13b, 14, 15.
41:22 Hebrew 3 cubits [1.6 meters] high and 2 cubits
[1.1 meters] across. 42:2a Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters];
also in 42:8. 42:2b Hebrew 50 cubits [26.5 meters]; also in
42:7, 8. 42:3 Hebrew 20[-cubit] [10.6-meter].