Dimensions of the Sanctuary
1 Then hebrought me into the sanctuary and measured the doorposts, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side—the width of the tabernacle.
2 The width of the entrywaywasten cubits, and the side walls of the entrancewerefive cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.
3 Also he went inside and measured the doorposts, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubitshigh;and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.
4 He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, “Thisisthe Most HolyPlace.”
The Side Chambers on the Wall
5 Next, he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the templewasfour cubits on every side.
6 The side chamberswerein three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on ledges whichwerefor the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, butnot fastened to the wall of the temple.
7 As one went up from story to story, the side chambersbecame wider all around, because their supporting ledges in the wall of the temple ascended like steps; therefore the width of the structure increased as one went upfromthe loweststoryto the highest by way of the middle one.
8 I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers,a full rod,thatis,six cubitshigh.
9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chamberswasfive cubits, and so also the remaining terrace by the place of the side chambers of the temple.
10 And betweenitandthewallchambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
11 The doors of the side chambers opened on the terrace, one door toward the north and another toward the south; and the width of the terracewasfive cubits all around.
The Building at the Western End
12 The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western endwasseventy cubits wide; the wall of the buildingwasfive cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area
13 So he measured the temple, onehundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its wallswasone hundred cubits long;
14 also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard,wasone hundred cubits.
15 He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with itsgalleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court,
16 their doorposts andthe beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled withwood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered—
17 from the space above the door, even to the inner room, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure.
18 Anditwasmadewith cherubim andpalm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub.Eachcherub had two faces,
19 so that the face of a manwastoward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion toward a palm tree on the other side; thusitwasmade throughout the temple all around.
20 From the floor to the space above the door, and on the wall of the sanctuary, cherubim and palm treeswerecarved.
21 Thedoorposts of the templeweresquare,aswasthe front of the sanctuary; their appearance was similar.
22 The altarwasof wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its length, and its sideswereof wood; and he said to me, “Thisisthe table thatisbefore theLord.”
23 The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
24 The doors had twopanelsapiece,two folding panels: twopanelsfor one door and two panels for the otherdoor.
25 Cherubim and palm treeswerecarved on the doors of the temple just as theywerecarved on the walls. A wooden canopywason the front of the vestibule outside.
26 Therewerebeveled windowframesand palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule—also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies.