17He took me into the outer court. There were chambers there, and there was a pavement laid out all around the court. There were 30 chambers on the pavement. 18The pavements flanked the gates; the depth of the lowerk pavements paralleled that of the gates. 19Then he measured the width of l-the lowerk court, from in front of the inner gate to in front of the outer gate-l—100 cubits.
e-After the east [gate], the north [gate].-e 20Next he measured the gate of the outer court that faced north: its length and its width, 21its three recesses on either side and its supports, as also its vestibule. It measured, like the first gate, 50 cubits in length and 25 cubits in width. 22Its windows and [those of] its vestibule, as also its palm trees, corresponded to those of the gate that faced east. [From the outside] one had to climb 7 steps to reach it, and its vestibule was m-ahead of them.-m 23Like the east gate, the north gate faced a gate leading into the inner forecourt; and when he measured the distance from gate to gate, it was 100 cubits.
24Then he took me to the south side. There was also a gate on the south side, and he got the same measurements as before for its supports and its vestibule. 25Both it and its vestibule had windows like the aforementioned ones. It was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide. 26Its staircase consisted of 7 steps; its vestibule was m-ahead of them,-m and its supports were decorated on both sides with palm trees. 27The inner court likewise had a gate facing south; and on the south side, too, he measured a distance of 100 cubits from the [outer] gate to the [inner] gate.
28He now took me into the inner forecourt through its south gate. When he measured this south gate, it had the same measurements as the foregoing. 29Its recesses, its supports, and its vestibule had the same measurements. Both it and its vestibule had windows on both sides; it was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide—30n-vestibules on both sides, 25 cubits long, 5 cubits wide.-n 31Its vestibule, however, gave on the outer court.o Its supports were adorned on either side with palms, and its staircase consisted of 8 steps.
32Then he took me to the eastern side of the inner forecourt; and when he measured the gate there, he got the same measurements: 33its recesses, supports, and vestibule had the above measurements. Both it and its vestibule had windows on both sides; it was 50 cubits long and 25 cubits wide, 34and its vestibule gave on the outer court. Its supports were decorated on both sides with palm trees, and its staircase consisted of 8 steps.
35Then he took me to the north gate, and found its measurements to be identical, 36with the same recesses, supports, vestibule, windows on both sides, and a length of 50 cubits and a width of 25 cubits. 37Its supportsp gave on the outer court; its supports were decorated on both sides with palm trees; and its staircase consisted of eight steps.
38A chamber opened into the gate;q there the burnt offering would be washed. 39And inside the vestibule of the gate, there were two tables on each side, at which the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered; 40while outside—r-as one goes up toward-r the opening of the north gate—there were two tables on one side, and there were two tables on the other side of the gate’s vestibule. 41Thus there were four tables on either flank of the gate—eight tables in all—at which [the sacrifices] were to be slaughtered. 42As for the four tables for the burnt offerings—they were of hewn stone, one and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one cubit high—t-on them were laid out the instruments with which burnt offerings and sacrifices were slaughtered.-t 43Shelves,e one handbreadth wide, were attached all around the inside; and the sacrificial flesh was [laid] on the tables.
44There were u-chambers for singers-u in the inner forecourt: [one] beside the north gate facing south, and one beside the eastv gate facing north. 45[The man] explained to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who perform the duties of the Temple; 46and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who perform the duties of the altar—they are the descendants of Zadok, who alone of the descendants of Levi may approach the LORD to minister to Him.”
47He then measured the forecourt: 100 cubits long and 100 cubits broad—foursquare. In front of the Temple stood the altar. 48He took me into the portico of the Temple and measured it. The jambsw of the portico were 5 cubits deep on either side. The width of the gate-opening was x-[14 cubits, and the flanking wall of the gate was]-x 3 cubits on either side. 49The portico was 20 cubits widey and 11z cubits deep, and aa-it was by steps that it was reached.-aa There were columns by the jambs on either side.
41 He then led me into the great hall. He measured the jambs, 6 cubits on either side; such was the deptha of each jamb.b 2The entrance was 10 cubits wide, and the flanking walls of the entrance were each 5 cubits wide. Next he measured the depth [of the hall], 40 cubits, and the width, 20 cubits. 3And then he entered the inner room. He measured each jamb of the entrance, 2 cubits [deep]; the entrance itself, 6 cubits across; and the width of c-[the flanking wall on either side of]-c the en-trance, 7 cubits. 4Then he measured the depth, 20 cubits; and the width at the inner end of the great hall was also 20 cubits. And he said to me, “This is the Holy of Holies.”
5Then he measured the wall of the Temple. [It was] 6 cubits [thick] on every side of the Temple, and the side-chamber measured 4 cubits [across].d 6The side chambers were arranged one above the other, in 33 sections.e All around, there were projections in the Temple wall to serve the side chambers as supports, so that [their] supports should not be the Temple wall itself. 7The f-winding passage-f of the side chambers widened from story to story; g-and since the structure was furnished all over with wind-ing passages from story to story, the structure itself became wider from story to story.-g It was by this means that one ascended from the bottom story to the top one by way of the middle one.
8I observed that the Temple was surrounded by a raised pavement— the foundations of the side chambers; its elevation was a rod’s length, or 6 cubits. 9The outer wall of the side chamber was 5 cubits thick, and that which served as a walk between the Temple’s side chambers 10and the chamber complexesh was 20 cubits wide all around the Temple. 11Of entrances to the side chambers giving on the walk, there was one entrance on the north side and one entrance on the south side; and the spacei of the walk was 5 cubits thick all around. 12And the structure that fronted on the vacant space at the [Temple’s] western end was 70 cubits deep;a the walls of the structure were 5 cubits thick on every side; and it was 90 cubits wide.a
13He measured the [total] depth of the Temple, 100 cubits;j and the depth of the vacant space and of the structure, with its walls, also came to 100 cubits.k 14The front side of the Temple, like the vacant space on the east, was 100 cubits wide.l 15He also measured the widtha of the structure facing the vacant space in the rear, inclusive of its ledges,m 100 cubits.
Both the great hall inside and the portico next to the court 16—n-the thresholds-n—and the windows o-with frames-o and the ledgesp at the threshold, all over the three parts of each, were completely overlaido with wood. There was wainscoting from the floor to the windows, including the window [frame]s 17and extending above the openings, q-both in the inner Temple and outside.-q And all over the wall, q-both in the inner one and in the outer,-q ran a pattern.o 18It consisted of cherubs and palm trees, with a palm tree between every two cherubs. Each cherub had two faces: 19a human face turned toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face turned toward the palm tree on the other side. This was repeated all over the Temple; 20the cherubs and the palm trees were carved onr the wall from the floor to above the openings.
As regards the great hall, 21the great hall had four doorposts; and before the Shrine was something resembling 22a wooden altar 3 cubits high and 2 cubits long and having inner corners;s and its lengtht and its walls were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the tableu that stands before the LORD.” 23The great hall had a double door, and the Shrine likewise had 24a double door, and each door had two o-swinging leaves:-o two for the one door and two o-such leaves-o for the other. 25Cherubs and palm trees were carved on these—on the doors of the hall—just as they were carved on the walls; and there was a latticeo of wood outside in front of the portico. 26And there were windows o-with frames-o and palm trees on the flanking walls of the portico on either
