Ezekiel 41

New King James Version

Dimensions of the Sanctuary

41 Then he^(A)brought me into the^[a]sanctuary and measured the doorposts, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side—the width of the tabernacle.² The width of the entrywaywasten cubits, and the side walls of the entrancewerefive cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

³ Also he went inside and measured the doorposts, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubitshigh;and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.^4 (B)He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, “Thisisthe Most HolyPlace.”

The Side Chambers on the Wall

⁵ Next, he measured the wall of the^[b]temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the templewasfour cubits on every side.^6 (C)The side chamberswerein three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on^[c]ledges whichwerefor the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, but^(D)not fastened to the wall of the temple.⁷ As one went up from story to story, the side chambers^(E)became wider all around, because their supporting ledges in the wall of the temple ascended like steps; therefore the width of the structure increased as one went upfromthe loweststoryto the highest by way of the middle one.⁸ I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers,^(F)a full rod,that is,six cubitshigh.⁹ The thickness of the outer wall of the side chamberswasfive cubits, and so also the remaining terrace by the place of the side chambers of the^[d]temple.¹⁰ And betweenit andthewallchambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.¹¹ The doors of the side chambers opened on the terrace, one door toward the north and another toward the south; and the width of the terracewasfive cubits all around.

The Building at the Western End

¹² The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western endwasseventy cubits wide; the wall of the buildingwasfive cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area

¹³ So he measured the temple, one^(G)hundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its wallswasone hundred cubits long;¹⁴ also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard,wasone hundred cubits.¹⁵ He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its^(H)galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner^[e]temple and the porches of the court,¹⁶ their doorposts and^(I)the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with^(J)wood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered—¹⁷ from the space above the door, even to the inner^[f]room, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure.

¹⁸ Andit wasmade^(K)with cherubim and^(L)palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub.Eachcherub had two faces,^19 (M)so that the face of a manwastoward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion toward a palm tree on the other side; thusit wasmade 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 treeswerecarved.

²¹ The^(N)doorposts of the templeweresquare,as wasthe front of the sanctuary; their appearance was similar.^22 (O)The altarwasof wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its length, and its sideswereof wood; and he said to me, “Thisis^(P)the table thatis^(Q)before theLord.”

^23 (R)The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.²⁴ The doors had two^(S)panelsapiece,two folding panels: twopanelsfor one door and two panels for the otherdoor.²⁵ Cherubim and palm treeswerecarved on the doors of the temple just as theywerecarved on the walls. A wooden canopywason the front of the vestibule outside.²⁶ There were^(T)beveled windowframesand 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.