Ezekiel 41:1-9 ▼

1 And he brought me into the sanctuary and measured the doorposts, six cubits wide on each side.

2 And the width of the entryway was ten cubits; and the side walls of the entrance were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on this side. And he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

3 And he went inside and measured the post for the door, two cubits; and the entrance, was six cubits; and the width of the entrance was seven cubits.

4 And he measured the length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, to beyond the sanctuary. And he said to me: “This is the Holy of Holies.”

5 And he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits; and the width of each side chamber was four cubits, all around the temple on every side.

6 And the side chambers were side chamber above side chamber in three stories, thirty per level; and they rested on the ledges that were unto the house for the side chambers all around, to be supports; they were not fastened to the wall of the temple.

7 And it became wider, and went around above and above to the side chambers, because the turning round of the house went above and above round and round the house; upon thus the width of the structure was above, and the lowest went up to the highest through the middle.

8 And I saw for the temple an elevation round and round; the foundation of the side chambers was a full rod, six great cubits.

9 The thickness of the wall of the side chambers to the outside was five cubits, and also the open area between the side rooms that were of the house