Eze 41 | HCSB | STEP | Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters ; on each side the width of the pilaster was 10 1 / 2 feet .

Ezekiel 41

Inside the Temple

1 Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters; ^a on each side the width of the pilaster was 10¹/₂ feet. ^{▼▼LXX; MT reads pilasters; they were 10¹/₂ feet wide on each side – the width of the tabernacle
,} ^{▼▼Lit six cubits} 2 The width of the entrance was 17¹/₂ feet, ^{▼▼Lit 10 cubits} and the side walls of the entrance were 8³/₄ feet ^{▼▼Lit five cubits} wide on each side. He also measured the length of the great hall, 70 feet, ^{▼▼Lit 40 cubits} and the width, 35 feet. ^{▼▼Lit 20 cubits
,} ^h 3 He went inside the next room and measured the pilasters at the entrance; ⁱ they were 3¹/₂ feet ^{▼▼Lit two cubits} wide. The entrance was 10¹/₂ feet ^{▼▼Lit six cubits} wide, and the width of the entrance’s side walls on each side ^{▼▼LXX; MT reads width of the entrance} was 12¹/₄ feet. ^{▼▼Lit seven cubits} 4 He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 35 feet, ^{▼▼Lit 20 cubits} and the width, 35 feet. ^o And he said to me, “This is the most holy place.” ^p

Outside the Temple

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was 10¹/₂ feet ^{▼▼Lit six cubits} thick. The width of the side rooms all around the temple was seven feet. ^{▼▼Lit four cubits
,} ^s 6 The side rooms were arranged one above another in three stories of 30 rooms each. ^{▼▼Lit another three and 30 times} There were ledges on the wall of the temple all around to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be in the temple wall itself. ^u 7 The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one. ^{▼▼Hb obscure
,} ^w

8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10¹/₂ feet high. ^{▼▼Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint; Hb obscure
,} ^y 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side rooms was 8³/₄ feet. ^{▼▼Lit five cubits} The free space between the side rooms of the temple 10 and the outer chambers was 35 feet ^{▼▼Lit 20 cubits} wide all around the temple. ^ab 11 The side rooms opened into the free space, one entrance toward the north and another to the south. The area of free space was 8³/₄ feet ^{▼▼Lit five cubits} wide all around.

12 Now the building that faced the temple yard toward the west was 122¹/₂ feet ^{▼▼Lit 70 cubits} wide. The wall of the building was 8³/₄ feet ^{▼▼Lit five cubits} thick on all sides, and the building’s length was 157¹/₂ feet. ^{▼▼Lit 90 cubits}

13 Then the man measured the temple; it was 175 feet ^{▼▼Lit 100 cubits} long. ^ah In addition, the temple yard and the building, including its walls, were 175 feet long. 14 The width of the front of the temple along with the temple yard to the east was 175 feet. 15 Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple yard to the west, with its galleries ^{▼▼Or ledges} on each side; ^aj it was 175 feet.

Interior Wooden Structures

The interior of the great hall and the porticoes of the court – 16 the thresholds, the beveled windows, ^ak and the balconies all around with their three levels opposite the threshold – were overlaid with wood on all sides. ^al They were paneled from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), 17 reaching to the top of the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and on the outside. On every wall all around, on the inside and outside, was a pattern 18 carved with ^{▼▼cherubim: A class of winged angels, associated with the throne of God, who function as guardians and who prevented Adam and Eve from returning to the garden of Eden}cherubim and palm trees. ^an There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. ^ao Each cherub had two faces: 19 a human face turned toward the palm tree on one side, ^ap and a lion’s face turned toward it on the other. They were carved throughout the temple on all sides. 20 Cherubim and palm trees were carved from the ground to the top of the entrance and on the wall of the great hall.

21 The doorposts of the great hall were square, ^aq and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance. 22 The altar was ^{▼▼Or and in front of the sanctuary was something that looked like (22) an altar} made of wood, 5¹/₄ feet ^{▼▼Lit three cubits} high and 3¹/₂ feet ^{▼▼Lit two cubits} long. ^{▼▼LXX reads long and 3¹/₂ feet wide} It had corners, and its length ^{▼▼LXX reads base} and sides were of wood. ^aw The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.” ^ax

23 The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door, ^ay 24 and each of the doors had two swinging panels. ^az There were two panels for one door and two for the other. 25 Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the great hall like those carved on the walls. There was a wooden canopy ^{▼▼Hb obscure
,} ^bb outside, in front of the portico. 26 There were beveled windows and palm trees on both sides, ^bc on the side walls of the portico, the side rooms of the temple, and the canopies. ^{▼▼Hb obscure}