1 T hen he brought me into the center room, and showed me the width of the side pillars. They were six cubits wide on each side.

Then he brought 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 T he doorway was ten cubits wide, and the side walls on each side of it were five cubits wide. The center room was as long as forty cubits and as wide as twenty cubits.

The width of the entryway was ten cubits, and the side walls of the entrance were five cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

3 T hen he went into a smaller room. Each side pillar of the doorway was two cubits wide, and the doorway was six cubits high and seven cubits wide.

Also he went inside and measured the doorposts, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits high; and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.

4 T he room was as long as twenty cubits and as wide as twenty cubits, at the far end of the center room. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place. ” The Side Chambers on the Wall

5 T hen he showed me that the wall of the Lord’s house was six cubits in width. And the side rooms all around the house on every side were four cubits wide.

Next, he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the temple was four cubits on every side.

6 T he side rooms were on three floors, one above the other, and thirty on each floor. The outside wall on each floor was not as wide as the one below it, so the side rooms could sit upon the wall without being nailed to it.

The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on ledges which were for the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, but not fastened to the wall of the temple.

7 T he side rooms at the top were larger than the ones at the bottom, all around the Lord’s house. The house became wider as it went higher. There were steps leading up from the first floor all the way to the third floor.

As one went up from story to story, the side chambers became 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 up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the middle one.

8 I saw that the house had a raised base all around it, which made the base for the side rooms six cubits high.

I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers, a full rod, that is, six cubits high.

9 T he width of the outside wall of the side rooms was five cubits. But the open space between the side rooms

The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits, and so also the remaining terrace by the place of the side chambers of the temple.

10 a nd the center rooms was as wide as twenty cubits all around the house on every side.

And between it and the wall chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.

11 T here were doorways to the side rooms from this open space, one on the north and another on the south. The width of this open space was five cubits wide all around.

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 terrace was five cubits all around. The Building at the Western End

12 T he building in front of the open space of the Lord’s house, on the west side, was as wide as seventy cubits. The width of the building wall was five cubits, and it was as long as ninety cubits.

The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits. Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area

13 T hen he showed me that the Lord’s house was as long as 100 cubits. The open space and the other building and its walls were also as long as 100 cubits.

So he measured the temple, one hundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was one hundred cubits long;

14 A nd the front of the Lord’s house and its grounds on the east side were as wide as 100 cubits.

also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was one hundred cubits.

15 H e showed me the length of the building to the west, with its walkways on each side. It was as long as 100 cubits. The center room, the most holy place, and the outer porch,

He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries 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 a ll had roofs of wood. And all three had windows with wooden cross-pieces all around. The inside walls of the house were covered with wood from the floor up to the windows, and from the windows to the roof.

their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered—

17 T here was wood covering the wall above the door, and all the way to the most holy place, and all the walls both inside and out.

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 P ictures of cherubim and palm trees were cut into the wood. A palm tree was between every two cherubim, and each cherub had two faces.

And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces,

19 T he face of a man looked toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked toward the palm tree on the other side. These pictures were cut into the wood all around the Lord’s house.

so that the face of a man was toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion toward a palm tree on the other side; thus it was made throughout the temple all around.

20 T here were cherubim and palm trees from the floor to above the door, and on the wall of the center room.

From the floor to the space above the door, and on the wall of the sanctuary, cherubim and palm trees were carved.

21 T he pillars beside the door of the center room were the same width on all four sides, and they looked alike.

The doorposts of the temple were square, as was the front of the sanctuary; their appearance was similar.

22 T here was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits long. Its corners, base, and sides were made of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its length, and its sides were of wood; and he said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

23 T he center room and the most holy place each had two doors.

The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

24 A nd each of these doors had two parts that opened and closed.

The doors had two panels apiece, two folding panels: two panels for one door and two panels for the other door.

25 P ictures of cherubim and palm trees were made on the doors of the center room, like the pictures on the walls. And there was a roof of wood over the front of the porch outside.

Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the temple just as they were carved on the walls. A wooden canopy was on the front of the vestibule outside.

26 T here were windows with wooden cross-pieces and palm trees cut on each side wall of the house porch. It was the same on the side rooms of the house and their roofs.

There were beveled window frames and 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.