The
Most Holy Place
Then
the man brought me to the Outer Sanctuary
And
measured the jambs;
The
width of the jambs was six cubits on each side.
2
The Entrance was ten cubits wide,
And
the side wall on each side of it were five cubits wide.
He
also measured the Outer Sanctuary;
It
was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.
3
Then he went into the Inner Sanctuary
And
measured the jambs of the Entrance;
Each
was two cubits wide,
And
the width of the sidewalls of the Entrance was seven cubits.
4
Hand he measured the length of the Inner Sanctuary;
It
was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits
Across
the end of the Outer Sanctuary.
He
said to me,
'THIS
IS THE MOST HOLY PLACE.'
5
Then he measured the wall of the Temple;
It
was six cubits thick,
And
each side room around the Temple was four cubits wide.
6
The side rooms were on three levels, one above the other,
Thirty
on each level.
There
were ledges all around the wall of the Temple
To
serve as supports for the side rooms,
So
that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the Temple.
7
The side rooms all around the Temple were wider at each successive
level.
The
structure surrounding the Temple was built in ascending stages,
So
that the rooms widened as one went upward.
A
stairway went from the lowest floor to the top floor
Through
the middle floor.
8 I
saw that the Temple had a raised base all around it,
Forming
the foundation of the side rooms.
It
was the length of the rod, six long cubits.
9
The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick.
The
open area between the side rooms of the Temple
10
And the Priests' rooms was twenty cubits wide
All
around the Temple.
11
There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area,
One
on the north and another on the south;
And
the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.
12
The building facing the Temple Courtyard on the west side
Was
seventy cubits wide.
The
wall of the building was five cubits thick all around,
And
its length was ninety cubits.
13
Then he measured the Temple;
It
was a hundred cubits long,
And
the Temple Courtyard and the building with its wall
Were
also a hundred cubits long.
14
The width of the Temple Courtyard on the east,
Including
the front of the Temple, was a hundred cubits.
15
Then he measured the length of the building
Facing
the Courtyard at the rear of the Temple,
Including
its Galleries on each side;
It
was a hundred cubits.
The
Outer Sanctuary, the Inner Sanctuary
And
the Portico facing the Court,
16
As well as the Thresholds and the narrow windows
And
Galleries around the three of them--
Everything
beyond and including the Threshold
Was
covered with wood.
The
floor, the wall up to the windows,
And
the windows were covered.
17
In the space above the outside of the Entrance to the Inner Sanctuary
And
on the walls at regular intervals
All
around the Inner and Outer Sanctuary
18
Were Carved Cherubim and palm trees.
Palm
trees alternated with Cherubim.
EACH
CHERUBIM HAD TWO FACES;
19
THE FACE OF A MAN TOWARD THE PALM TREE ON ONE SIDE
AND
THE FACE OF A LION TOWARD THE PALM TREE ON THE OTHER.
They
were carved all around the Whole Temple.
20
From the floor to the area above the Entrance,
Cherubim
and palm trees were carved on the wall of the Outer Sanctuary.
21
The Outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe,
And
the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar.
22
There was a wooden Altar three cubits high and two cubits square;
Its
corners, its base and its sides were of wood.
The
man said to me,
'THIS
IS THE TABLE THAT IS BEFORE THE LORD.'
23
Both the Outer Sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doors.
24
Each door had two leaves—hinged leaves for each door.
25
And on the doors of the Outer Sanctuary
Were
carved Cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls,
And
there was wooden overhang on the front of the Portico.
26
On the sidewalls of the Portico
Were
narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side.
The
side rooms of the Temple also had overhangs.
(Ezekiel
41)
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