Ezekiel, 41

1. He took me to the Hekal and measured its piers: six cubits wide on the one side, six cubits wide on the other.

1. Then he brought me to the nave, and measured the jambs; on each side six cubits was the breadth of the jambs.

2. The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the returns of the entrance were five cubits on the one side and five cubits on the other. He measured its length: forty cubits; and its width: twenty cubits.

2. And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side; and he measured the length of the nave forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.

3. He then went inside and measured the pier at the entrance: two cubits; then the entrance; six cubits; and the returns of the entrance: seven cubits.

3. Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls of the entrance, seven cubits.

4. He measured its length; twenty cubits; and its width against the Hekal: twenty cubits. He then said to me, 'This is the Holy of Holies.'

4. And he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, beyond the nave. And he said to me, This is the most holy place.

5. He then measured the wall of the Temple: six cubits. The width of the lateral structure was four cubits, all round the Temple.

5. Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick; and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, round about the temple.

6. The cells were one above the other in three tiers of thirty cells each. The cells were recessed into the wall, the wall of the structure comprising the cells, all round, forming offsets; but there were no offsets in the wall of the Temple itself.

6. And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.

7. The width of the cells increased, storey by storey, corresponding to the amount taken in from the wall from one storey to the next, all round the Temple.

7. And the side chambers became broader as they rose from story to story, corresponding to the enlargement of the offset from story to story round about the temple; on the side of the temple a stairway led upward, and thus one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story.

8. Then I saw that there was a paved terrace all round the Temple. The height of this, which formed the base of the side cells, was one complete rod of six cubits.

8. I saw also that the temple had a raised platform round about; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits.

9. The outer wall of the side cells was five cubits thick. There was a passage between the cells of the Temple

9. The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits; and the part of the platform which was left free was five cubits. Between the platform of the temple and the

10. and the rooms, twenty cubits wide, all round the Temple.

10. chambers of the court was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the temple on every side.

11. As a way in to the lateral cells on the passage there was one entrance on the north side and one entrance on the south side. The width of the passage was five cubits right round.

11. And the doors of the side chambers opened on the part of the platform that was left free, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the part that was left free was five cubits round about.

12. The building on the west side of the court was seventy cubits wide, the wall of the building was five cubits thick all round and its length was ninety cubits.

12. The building that was facing the temple yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and its length ninety cubits.

13. He measured the length of the Temple: a hundred cubits.

13. Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long;

14. The length of the court plus the building and its walls: a hundred cubits.

14. also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits.

15. He measured the length of the building, along the court, at the back, and its galleries on either side: a hundred cubits. The inside of the Hekal and the porches of the court,

15. Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard which was at the west and its walls on either side, a hundred cubits. The nave of the temple and the inner room and the outer vestibule

16. the thresholds, the windows, the galleries on three sides, facing the threshold, were panelled with wood all round from floor to windows, and the windows were screened with latticework.

16. were paneled and round about all three had windows with recessed frames. Over against the threshold the temple was paneled with wood round about, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),

17. From the door to the inner part of the Temple, as well as outside, and on the wall all round, both inside and out,

17. to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls round about in the inner room and the nave were carved likenesses

18. were carved great winged creatures and palm trees, one palm tree between two winged creatures; each winged creature had two faces:

18. of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:

19. a human face turned towards the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion towards the palm tree on the other side, throughout the Temple, all round.

19. the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple round about;

20. Winged creatures and palm trees were carved on the wall from the floor to above the entrance.

20. from the floor to above the door cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall.

21. The doorposts of the Temple were square. In front of the sanctuary there was something like

21. The doorposts of the nave were squared; and in front of the holy place was something resembling

22. a wooden altar, three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base and sides were of wood. He said to me, 'This is the table in the presence of Yahweh.'

22. an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad; its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, "This is the table which is before the LORD."

23. The Hekal had double doors and the sanctuary

23. The nave and the holy place had each a double door.

24. double doors. These doors had two hinged leaves, two leaves for the one door, two leaves for the other.

24. The doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door.

25. On them (on the doors of the Hekal), were carved great winged creatures and palm trees like those carved on the walls. There was a wooden porch roof on the front of the Ulam on the outside,

25. And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls; and there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside.

26. and windows with flanking palm trees on the sides of the Ulam, the cells to the side of the Temple and the porch-roofs.

26. And there were recessed windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule.