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Ezekiel 41


Ezekiel 41 - 1

Then (the man) brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured - the side pillars (to be) six cubits wide on each side ... ... ... ... ... ....

Ezekiel 41 - 2

The width of the entrance (was) ten cubits , and the sides of the entrance (were) five cubits on each side. He also measured the length (of the outer sanctuary) (to be) forty cubits , and the width (to be) twenty vvv cubits.

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And he went into (the inner sanctuary) and measured the side pillars at the entrance (to be) two cubits (wide). The entrance (was) six cubits (wide) , (and the walls on each side) (were) seven cubits wide.

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Then he measured - (the room) adjacent to ... the inner sanctuary (to be) twenty cubits long (and) twenty cubits wide. And he said to me , “ This is the Most Holy Place .... ”

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Next he measured the wall of the temple (to be) six cubits (thick) , and the width of each side room around ... the temple (was) four cubits.

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The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. ... There were ledges all around ... the wall - of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms , so that the supports would not be (fastened) into the wall of the temple itself.

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The side rooms ... surrounding the temple widened at each successive level ... ... , ... because the structure surrounding ... the temple ascended by stages corresponding to ... the narrowing of the temple wall ... as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest , through the middle one.

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I saw that the temple had a raised base all around (it) , forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod , six long cubits.

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The outer wall - of the side rooms (was) five cubits thick , and the open area between the side rooms - of the temple

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- and the outer chambers (was) twenty cubits wide all around ... ... the temple.

Ezekiel 41 - 11

The side rooms opened into this area , ... with one entrance on the north ... and another on the south. The open area ... (was) five cubits wide all around.

Ezekiel 41 - 12

Now the building that faced ... the temple courtyard ... on the west (was) seventy cubits wide , and the wall of the building (was) five cubits thick all around , with a length of ninety cubits.

Ezekiel 41 - 13

Then he measured - the temple (to be) a hundred cubits long , and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls (were) also a hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 41 - 14

The width of the temple courtyard on the east , including the front of the temple , (was) a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 41 - 15

Next he measured the length of the building facing ... the temple courtyard - at the rear (of the temple) , including its galleries on each side ; ... it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary , the inner sanctuary , and the porticoes facing the court ,

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as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold , were overlaid with wood on all sides .... They were paneled from the ground to the windows , and the windows were covered.

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In the space above ... the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls , spaced evenly around ... the inner and outer sanctuary ,

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were alternating ... ... carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces ... :

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the face of a man (was) toward the palm tree on one side , and the face of a young lion (was) toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around ... ... ... the temple.

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Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.

Ezekiel 41 - 21

The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe , and the (doorframe) of the sanctuary vvv was similar.

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There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits (square). Its corners , base , and sides (were) of wood. And the man told me , “ This is the table that is before the LORD. ”

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Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors ,

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and each door had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two ... for the other.

Ezekiel 41 - 25

Cherubim and palm trees like those - on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary , and there was a wooden canopy outside , on the front of the portico.

Ezekiel 41 - 26

There were beveled windows and palm trees vvv ... on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.