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1 He brought me to
the nave and
measured the posts,
six cubits wide on
the one side
and six cubits
wide on the
other side, which was
the width of
the tent.
2 The
width of the
entrance was ten
cubits,
and the sides
of the
entrance were five
cubits on the
one side, and
five cubits on
the other side.
He measured
its length, forty cubits,
and the width,
twenty cubits.
3 Then he
went inward and
measured each post
of the entrance,
two cubits; and
the entrance,
six cubits; and
the width of
the entrance,
seven cubits.
4 He
measured its length,
twenty cubits, and
the width,
twenty cubits, before
the nave. He said
to me, “This
is the most
holy place.”
5 Then he
measured the wall
of the house,
six cubits; and
the width of
every side room,
four cubits, all around
the house on
every side.
6 The
side rooms were
in three stories,
one over another,
and thirty in
each story.
They entered into
the wall which
belonged to the
house for the
side rooms all
around, that
they might be supported
and not penetrate
the wall of
the house.
7 The
side rooms were
wider on the
higher levels, because
the walls
were narrower at
the higher levels.
Therefore the
width of the
house increased
upward; and so
one went up
from the
lowest level to
the highest
through the
middle level.
8 I
saw also that the
house had a
raised base all
around. The
foundations of the
side rooms were
a full reed
of six great cubits.
9 The
thickness of the
outer wall of
the side rooms
was five cubits.
That which was
left was the
place of the
side rooms
that belonged to
the house.
10 Between the
rooms was a
width of
twenty cubits around
the house on
every side.
11 The
doors of the
side rooms were
toward an open
area that was
left, one door
toward the north,
and another door
toward the south.
The width of
the open area
was five cubits
all around.
12 The
building that was
before the
separate place at
the side toward
the west was
seventy cubits
wide; and the
wall of the
building was five
cubits thick all
around, and
its length ninety
cubits.
13 So he
measured the
temple, one
hundred cubits long; and
the separate place,
and the building,
with its walls,
one hundred cubits long;
14 also the
width of the
face of the
temple, and of
the separate place
toward the east,
one hundred cubits.
15 He
measured the
length of the
building before
the separate place
which was at
its back, and
its galleries on
the one side
and on the
other side, one
hundred cubits from
the inner temple,
and the porches of
the court,
16 the
thresholds, and
the closed windows,
and the galleries
around on their
three stories,
opposite the
threshold, with
wood ceilings all
around, and from
the ground up to
the windows, (now
the windows were
covered),
17 to
the space above
the door, even
to the inner
house, and outside,
and by all
the wall all
around inside and
outside, by
measure.
18 It
was made with
cherubim and palm
trees. A palm
tree was between
cherub and cherub,
and every cherub
had two faces,
19 so
that there was
the face of
a man toward
the palm tree
on the one
side, and the
face of a
young lion toward
the palm tree
on the other
side. It was
made like this
through all the
house all around.
20 Cherubim
and palm trees
were made from
the ground to
above the door.
The wall of
the temple was
like this.
21 The
door posts of
the nave were
squared. As for
the face of
the nave, its
appearance was as
the appearance of
the temple.
22 The
altar was of
wood, three cubits
high, and
its length two cubits.
Its corners,
its base, and its
walls were of
wood. He said
to me, “This
is the table
that is before
the LORD.”
23 The
temple and the
sanctuary had two
doors.
24 The
doors had two
leaves each, two
turning leaves:
two for the
one door, and
two leaves for
the other.
25 There
were made on
them, on the
doors of the
nave, cherubim and
palm trees, like
those made on
the walls. There
was a threshold
of wood on
the face of
the porch outside.
26 There
were closed windows
and palm trees
on the one
side and on
the other side,
on the sides
of the porch. This
is how the side
rooms of the
temple and the
thresholds were arranged.