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He measured the walls on either side of its doorway,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> and they were 10 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> thick. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The doorway was 17 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8 <span class="sup">3</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He measured the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 3 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> thick. The entrance was 10 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were 12 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> long. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 10 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> wide. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 10 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> high. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 8 <span class="sup">3</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and the row of rooms along the outer wall of the inner courtyard. This open area was 35 feet wide, and it went all the way around the Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 8 <span class="sup">3</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet wide and 157 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet long, and its walls were 8 <span class="sup">3</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a> thick. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">l</span></a> long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide.</p><p class="reg">The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>There was an altar made of wood, 5 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">4</span> feet high and 3 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet across.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">m</span></a> Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that stands in the LORD’s presence.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>each with two swinging doors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/41-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:1a </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:1b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">6 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [3.2 meters]; also in 41:3, 5.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:2a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">10 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [5.3 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:2b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">5 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [2.7 meters]; also in 41:9, 11.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:2c </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">40 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [21.2 meters] </span><span class="it">long and 20 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [10.6 meters] </span><span class="it">wide.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:3a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">2 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [1.1 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:3b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">7 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [3.7 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">20 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [10.6 meters]; also in 41:4b, 10.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">4 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [2.1 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1 rod, 6 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [3.2 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">70 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [37.1 meters] </span><span class="it">wide and 90 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [47.7 meters] </span><span class="it">long, and its walls were 5 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [2.7 meters] </span><span class="it">thick.</span><br><span class="fn">l</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">100 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [53 meters]; also in 41:13b, 14, 15.</span><br><span class="fn">m</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">3 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [1.6 meters] </span><span class="it">high and 2 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [1.1 meters] </span><span class="it">across.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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