Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area

13 So he measured the temple, one ghundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was one hundred cubits long; 14 also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was one hundred cubits. 15 He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its hgalleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner 5temple and the porches of the court, 16 their doorposts and ithe beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with jwood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered—17 from the space above the door, even to the inner 6room, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure.

18 And it was made kwith cherubim and lpalm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces, 19 mso that the face of a man was toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion toward a palm tree on the other side; thus it was made throughout the temple all around. 20 From the floor to the space above the door, and on the wall of the sanctuary, cherubim and palm trees were carved.

21 The ndoorposts of the temple were square, as was the front of the sanctuary; their appearance was similar. 22 oThe altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its length, and its sides were of wood; and he said to me, “This is pthe table that is qbefore the Lord.”

23 rThe temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24 The doors had two spanels apiece, two folding panels: two panels for one door and two panels for the other door. 25 Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the temple just as they were carved on the walls. A wooden canopy was on the front of the vestibule outside. 26 There were tbeveled window frames and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule—also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies.