Chapter 41 of 48
Ezekiel 41
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Ezekiel 41, verse by verse
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Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
Then he led me to the sacred temple, where he meticulously measured its pillars. They were six units wide on each side, matching the width of the holy tent.
And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
The doorway was impressively wide, about ten cubits across. Each side of the door measured five cubits. Its length was a staggering forty cubits and it was twenty cubits wide.
Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
He then moved inside, carefully measuring the door's frame at two units, the door itself at six units, and the door's width at seven units.
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
He measured the area, a perfect square of twenty cubits each side, right in front of the temple. Then he turned to me, his voice filled with reverence, and said, "This is the Most Holy Place."
After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
After he carefully measured the house's wall, it was six cubits thick. Each side room was four cubits wide, surrounding the house on all sides.
And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
The house had side rooms in three stories, one above another, thirty on each level. They rested on ledges around the wall of the house for support, so that they were not fastened into the wall of the house itself.
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
The house expanded and spiraled upwards, with rooms branching off at each turn. This upward spiral continued around the house, making it wider as it rose. Thus, the house grew from the ground floor to the top, with each level larger than the one below.
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
I also observed the towering height of the house all around. The base of the side rooms was as long as a full reed, equivalent to six large cubits.
The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
The wall enclosing the outer room was five cubits thick. The remaining space was reserved for the inner chambers.
And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
The space between the rooms was a vast 20 cubits, encircling the entire house.
And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
The side rooms had doors that faced the remaining space, one door to the north and another to the south. The remaining space was five cubits wide all around.
Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
The structure, standing alone towards the sunset, was seventy cubits wide. Its walls, five cubits thick, encircled it, and it stretched out to a length of ninety cubits.
So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
He meticulously measured the house, it was a hundred units in length. The isolated area and the structure, including its walls, were also a hundred units long.
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
The width of the house and the eastern separate area was a hundred cubits, a measurement filled with awe and reverence.
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
He meticulously measured the building's length, contrasting the secluded area behind it. He noted the corridors on both sides, a hundred cubits in total, including the inner sanctuary and the courtyard entrances.
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
The door frames and slim windows, along with the surrounding balconies on their three levels, faced the door. They were beautifully adorned with wood all around, from the floor to the windows, which were elegantly draped.
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
Above the door, reaching to the innermost part of the house, and extending outside, along every wall, both inside and out, everything was meticulously measured.
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
Crafted with cherubs and palm trees, each cherub nestled between the palms, each bearing two faces.
So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
Each cherub had a man's face turned toward the palm tree on one side, and a young lion's face turned toward the palm tree on the other. This pattern was repeated throughout the entire house.
From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
Cherubs and palm trees adorned the temple, from the floor to above the door, infusing the sacred space with divine presence and tranquility.
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
The pillars of the temple stood firm, square and strong, mirroring the sacred sanctuary's facade. Both shared a similar, majestic look.
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
The wooden altar stood three cubits high and was two cubits long. Its corners and sides were all crafted from the same wood. Then he told me, "This is the sacred table that stands in the presence of the Lord."
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
The sacred temple and sanctuary each had a pair of welcoming doors.
And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
Each door was designed with two panels that swung open and shut; one pair for each door.
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
The temple doors were beautifully adorned with cherubims and palm trees, just like the walls. The porch's exterior was covered with thick wooden planks.
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
The house was adorned with slim windows and palm trees on both sides, gracing the porch and the adjoining rooms, all framed by sturdy beams.
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