| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits on each side. | 1Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side. |
| 2The entrance was ten cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. | 2The 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 cubits. |
| 3Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits wide. | 3And 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. |
| 4And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall. He said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place." | 4Then 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.” |
| 5Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits wide. | 5Next 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. |
| 6The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple. | 6The 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. |
| 7The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor. | 7The 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. |
| 8I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits. | 8I 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. |
| 9The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple | 9The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple |
| 10and the priests' rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. | 10and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. |
| 11There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around. | 11The 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. |
| 12The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits. | 12Now 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. |
| 13Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long. | 13Then 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. |
| 14The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits. | 14The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits. |
| 15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court, | 15Next 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, |
| 16as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them--everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered. | 16as 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. |
| 17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary | 17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary, |
| 18were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: | 18were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces: |
| 19the face of a human being toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple. | 19the 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. |
| 20From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall. | 20Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance. |
| 21The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar. | 21The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar. |
| 22There was a wooden altar three cubits high and two cubits square; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." | 22There 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.” |
| 23Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors. | 23Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors, |
| 24Each door had two leaves--two hinged leaves for each door. | 24and each door had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other. |
| 25And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico. | 25Cherubim 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. |
| 26On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs. | 26There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies. |
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