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.

Then the man brought me into the temple's holy place and measured the doorposts—six cubits in width on either 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.

The width of the doorway was ten cubits; the wall on each side was five cubits in length. Then the man measured the dimensions of the holy place—forty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width.

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.

Then the man went into the very holy place and measured the posts of the doorway—two cubits, and the doorway was six cubits in width. The walls on either side were seven cubits in width.

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.”

Then he measured the room's length—twenty cubits. Its width—twenty cubits to the front of the temple hall. Then he said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

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.

Then the man measured the wall of the house—it was six cubits thick. The width of each side room around the house was four cubits in width.

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.

There were side rooms on three levels, one room above another, thirty rooms on each level. There were ledges around the wall of the house, to support all of the side rooms, for there was no support put in the wall 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.

So the side rooms widened and went around going up, for the house went around higher and higher all around; the rooms widened as the house went up, and a stairway went up to the highest level, through the middle level.

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.

Then I saw a raised part all around the house, the foundation for the side chambers; it measured a full stick in height—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

The width of the wall of the side rooms on the outside was five cubits. There was an open space to the outside of these rooms in the sanctuary.

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

On the other side of this open space were the priests' outer side rooms; this space was twenty cubits in width all around the sanctuary.

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.

There were doors into the side rooms from another open space—one doorway was on the north side, and the other on the south side. The width of this open area was five cubits all around.

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.

The building that faced the courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits in width. Its wall measured five cubits thick all around, and it was ninety cubits in length.

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.

Then the man measured the sanctuary—one hundred cubits in length. The separated building, its wall, and the courtyard also measured one hundred cubits in length.

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

The width of the front of the courtyard in front of the sanctuary was also one 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,

Then the man measured the length of the building behind the sanctuary, to its west, and the galleries on either side—one hundred cubits. The holy place and the portico,

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.

the inner walls and the windows, including the narrow windows, and the galleries all around on three levels, were all paneled in wood.

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,

Above the entryway to the inner sanctuary and spaced along the walls there was a measured pattern.

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

It was decorated with cherubim and palm trees; with a palm tree between each cherub, 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 looked toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion looked toward a palm tree on the other side. They were carved all around the entire house.

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 ground to above the doorway, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the outer wall of the house.

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

The gate posts of the holy place were square. Their appearance was like the appearance 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.”

the wooden altar in front of the holy place, which was three cubits high and two cubits in length on each side. Its corner posts, base, and frame were made of wood. Then the man said to me, “This is the table that stands before Yahweh.”

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

There were double doors for the holy place and the most holy place.

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

These doors had two hinged door panels each, two panels for one door and two panels for the other.

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.

Carved on them—on the doors of the holy place—were cherubim and palm trees just as the walls were decorated, and there was a wooden roof over the portico at the front.

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

There were narrow windows and palm trees on either side of the portico. These were the side rooms of the house, and they also had overhanging roofs.