Ezekiel 41

1 Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.

And he brought me into the temple, the porch of which he measured, six cubits the breadth on one side, and six cubits the breadth of the porch on the other side.

2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

And the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the side-pieces of the gateway were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

3 And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.

And he went into the inner court, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the side-pieces of the door, seven cubits on one side, and seven cubits on the other side.

4 Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

And he measured the length of the doors, forty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, in front of the temple: and he said, This is the holy of holies.

5 Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.

And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits: and the breadth of [each] side, four cubits round about.

6 The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.

And the sides were twice ninety, side against side; and [there was] a space in the wall of the house at the sides round about, that they should be for them that take hold of them to see, that they should not at all touch the walls of the house.

7 The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.

And the breadth of the upper side [was made] according to the projection out of the wall, against the upper one round about the house, that it might be enlarged above, and that [men] might go up to the upper chambers from those below, and from the ground-sills to the third story.

8 I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.

And as for the height of the house round about, [each] space between the sides was equal to a reed of six cubits;

9 The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple

and the breadth of the wall of each side without was five cubits; and the spaces that were left between the sides of the house,

10 and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.

and between the chambers, were a width of twenty cubits, the circumference of the house.

11 The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.

And the doors of the chambers were toward the space left by the one door that looked northward, and [there was] one door southward; and the breadth of the remaining open space [was] five cubits in extent round about.

12 Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.

And the partition [wall] in front of the remaining space, toward the west, was seventy cubits in breadth; the breadth of the partition wall was five cubits round about, and the length of it ninety cubits.

13 Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

And he measured in front of the house a length of a hundred cubits, and the remaining spaces and the partitions; and the walls thereof were in length a hundred cubits.

14 The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.

And the breadth in front of the house, and the remaining [spaces] before [it were] a hundred cubits.

15 Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,

And he measured the length of the partition in front of the space left by the back parts of that house; and the [spaces] left on this side and on that side were in length a hundred cubits: and the temple and the corners and the outer porch were ceiled.

16 as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.

And the windows were latticed, [giving] light round about to the three [stories], so as to look through: and the house and the parts adjoining were planked round about, and [so was] the floor, and from the floor up to the windows, and the window [shutters] folded back in three parts for one to look through.

17 In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,

And almost all the way to the inner, and close to the outer [side], and upon all the wall round about within and without,

18 were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:

were carved cherubs and palm-trees between the cherubs, [and each] cherub [had] two faces.

19 the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple.

The face of a man was toward one palm tree on this side and on that side, and the face of a lion toward another palm tree on this side and on that side: the house was carved all round.

20 Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.

From the floor to the ceiling were cherubs and palm-trees carved.

21 The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.

And the holy place and the temple opened on four sides; in front of the holy places the appearance was as the look of

22 There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

a wooden altar, the height of it three cubits, and the length two cubits, and the breadth two cubits; and it had horns, and the base of it and the sides of it were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table, which is before the face of the Lord.

23 Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,

And the temple [had] two doors, and the sanctuary [had] two doors, with two turning leaves [apiece];

24 and each door had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other.

two leaves to the one, and two leaves to the other door.

25 Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.

And [there was] carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm-trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and [there were] stout planks in front of the porch without.

26 There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.

And [there were] secret windows; and he measured from side to side, to the roofing of the porch; and the sides of the house were closely planked.