Dimensions of the Sanctuary

41 Then he ^(A)brought me into the ^[a]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 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 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 (B)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 Next, he measured the wall of the ^[b]temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the temple was four cubits on every side. ^6 (C)The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on ^[c]ledges which were for the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, but ^(D)not fastened to the wall of the temple. ⁷ As one went up from story to story, the side chambers ^(E)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 also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers, ^(F)a full rod, that is, six cubits high. ⁹ 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 ^[d]temple. ¹⁰ And between it and the wall chambers 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 terrace was five cubits all around.

The Building at the Western End

¹² 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 So he measured the temple, one ^(G)hundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was one hundred cubits long; ¹⁴ also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was one hundred cubits. ¹⁵ He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its ^(H)galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner ^[e]temple and the porches of the court, ¹⁶ their doorposts and ^(I)the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with ^(J)wood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered— ¹⁷ from the space above the door, even to the inner ^[f]room, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure.

¹⁸ And it was made ^(K)with cherubim and ^(L)palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces, ^19 (M)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 From the floor to the space above the door, and on the wall of the sanctuary, cherubim and palm trees were carved.

²¹ The ^(N)doorposts of the temple were square, as was the front of the sanctuary; their appearance was similar. ^22 (O)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 ^(P)the table that is ^(Q)before the Lord.”

^23 (R)The temple and the sanctuary had two doors. ²⁴ The doors had two ^(S)panels apiece, two folding panels: two panels for one door and two panels for the other door. ²⁵ 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 There were ^(T)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.