inside the Temple

1And he brought me into the sanctuary and measured the doorposts, six cubits wide† on each side.† 2And 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 this side. And he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.†

3And he went inside and measured the post for the door, two cubits;† and the entrance, was six cubits; and the width of the entrance was seven cubits.† 4And he measured the length,† twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits,† to beyond the sanctuary. And he said to me: “This is the Holy of Holies.†”

Outside the Temple

5And he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits; and the width of each side chamber was four cubits,† all around the temple on every side. 6And the side chambers were side chamber above side chamber in three stories, thirty per level; and they rested on the ledges that were unto the house for the side chambers all around, to be supports; they were not fastened to the wall of the temple. 7And it became wider, and went around above and above to the side chambers, because the turning round of the house went above and above round and round the house; upon thus the width of the structure was above, and the lowest went up to the highest through the middle.

8And I saw for the temple an elevation round and round; the foundation of the side chambers was a full rod, six great cubits. 9The thickness of the wall of the side chambers to the outside was five cubits, and also the open area between the side rooms that were of the house 10and between the chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the house, round and round. 11And the doors of the side chambers were toward the open area, one door toward the north, and one door toward the south; and the width of the space that was open was five cubits all around.

12And the building that was toward the face of the separating courtyard at the end toward the west was seventy cubits wide;† and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.†

13And he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long;† and the separating courtyard, and the building, and its walls, a hundred cubits long. 14And the width of the face of the temple, and the separating courtyard to the east, was a hundred cubits.

The Interior Structures

15And he measured the length of the building to the face of the separating courtyard that was at its back, with its galleries on this side and on this side, a hundred cubits; the outer sanctuary, the inner, and the porches of the court, 16their doorposts, and the beveled windows, and the galleries all around for the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood round about, from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered,

17from above the door, and to the inner room, and on the outside; and on every wall round about, on the inside and on the outside, were measured patterns. 18And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between a cherub and a cherub; and two faces were unto each cherub: 19And the face of a man was toward the palm tree on this side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on this side; so it was made throughout all the temple round and round. 20From the floor to the space above the door, the cherubim and the palm trees were made, and the wall of the sanctuary.

21The temple doorframe was square, and at the face of the sanctuary, the appearance was as the appearance.

22An altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length was two cubits;† and its corners for it, and its length, and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the face of YHWH.”

23And two doors were for the temple and for the sanctuary. 24And two door-panels were for the doors, two turning door-panels—two for the one door, and two door-panels for the other. 25And were made onto them, onto the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, as they were made on the walls; and a canopy of wood was at the face of the portico on the outside. 26And beveled windows and palm trees were on this side and on this side, on the sides of the portico, and on the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.

Footnotes:

1 6 (long) cubits is approximately 10.5 feet or 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5, and 8.
1 One Hebrew manuscript and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts on each side—the width of the tent
2 10 (long) cubits is approximately 17.5 feet or 5.3 meters.
2 5 (long) cubits is approximately 8.75 feet or 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11, and 12.
2 The outer sanctuary was approximately 70 feet long and 35 feet wide (21.3 meters long and 10.7 meters wide).
3 2 (long) cubits is approximately 3.5 feet or 1.1 meters.
3 7 (long) cubits is approximately 12.25 feet or 3.7 meters.
4 Or the length of the inner sanctuary
4 The room was approximately 35 feet long and 35 feet wide (10.7 meters long and 10.7 meters wide).
4 Or the Most Holy Place
5 4 (long) cubits is approximately 7 feet or 2.1 meters.
12 70 (long) cubits is approximately 122.5 feet or 37.3 meters.
12 90 (long) cubits is approximately 157.5 feet or 48 meters.
13 100 (long) cubits is approximately 175 feet or 53.3 meters; similarly in verses 14 and 15.
22 The altar was approximately 5.25 feet high and 3.5 feet square (1.6 meters high and 1.1 meters square)