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1 He brought me to the main hall, and he measured the arches. They were nine feet deep on both sides, so that was also the depth of the tent.
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Then he brought me to the nave and measured the jambs. On each side six cubits was the breadth of the jambs.
2 The entrance was fifteen feet wide, and the facades on either side of the entrance were seven and a half feet. When he measured its length, it was sixty feet, and its width was thirty feet.
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And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave,forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.
3 Then he went into the inner room, and he measured the arches on both sides of the entrance; they were each three feet. The entrance was nine feet wide, and its depth was ten and a half feet.
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Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side of the entrance, seven cubits.
4 When he measured the length of the inner room, it was thirty feet, and the width of the side adjoining the main hall was also thirty feet. He said to me, "This is the most holy place."
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And he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across the nave. And he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."
5 When he measured the wall of the temple, it was nine feet, and the side chambers that went all the way around the temple were six feet.
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Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.
6 Now these side chambers adjoined each other, thirty chambers in three stories. The side chambers had a ledge in the temple wall all the way around to serve as supports, but these supports were not inserted into the temple wall itself.
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And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.
7 A wide ramp ascended stage by stage to the side chambers all the way around the temple. In this way, the ascent stage by stage all around the temple added to the temple's width. One ascended from the foundation to the top by way of the middle story.
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And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and so one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story.
8 Then I looked at the temple: Its roof all around rested on the side chambers. Each raised section was ten and a half feet, and the indentations between them were nine feet.
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I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits.
9 The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was seven and a half feet. The space left free between the temple's side chambers and
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The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the
10 the other chambers was thirty feet wide all the way around the temple.
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other chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
11 There were two entrances from the side chambers to the free space, one facing north, the other facing south. And the width of the place that was left free was seven and a half feet all the way around.
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And the doors of the side chambers opened on the free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.
12 The structure facing the yard on the west was one hundred five feet wide. The structure's wall was seven and a half feet wide all the way around, and its length was one hundred thirty-five feet.
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The building that was facing the separate yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
13 Then he measured the temple. It was one hundred fifty feet long. The yard, the structure, and its walls were also one hundred fifty feet.
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Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long;
14 The area in front of the house and the yard to the east was one hundred fifty feet also.
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also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits.
15 Then he measured the length of the structure along the side of the yard, including its promenades on both sides: one hundred fifty feet. Now the interior of the main hall as well as the porches in the courtyard
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Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard that was at the back and its galleries on either side, a hundred cubits. The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court,
16 were paneled all around, including the ceilings, closed windows, and its three courses of promenades adjoined the ceiling. From the ground up to the windows was covered.
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the thresholds and the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
17 Above the entrance, from the interior to the exterior of the temple, and on every interior and exterior wall,
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to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern.
18 there were carved winged creatures and palm trees. The palm trees were positioned between the winged creatures, and each winged creature had two faces.
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It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:
19 A human face turned toward one palm tree, and the face of a lion turned toward another. They were carved on the temple all the way around.
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a human face toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around.
20 From the ground to above the entrance, the walls of the main hall were carved with winged creatures and palm trees.
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From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave.
21 In the main hall itself, there were square doorposts in front of the holy place, where there was the appearance of
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The doorposts of the nave were squared, and in front of the Holy Place was something resembling
22 the altar. It was four and a half feet high and three feet wide. It was made of wood, and its corners, base, and sides were also wood. He said to me, "This is the table that stands before the LORD."
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an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad. Its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD."
23 The main hall and the holy place each had two doors,
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The nave and the Holy Place had each a double door.
24 and each door had two turning panels, two for one door and two for the other.
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The double doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door.
25 Like the walls, the doors of the main hall were carved with winged creatures and palm trees. A single luxuriant tree stood outside, in front of the porch,
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And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls. And there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside.
26 while closed windows and palm trees decorated both sides of the facade of the porch, the temple's side chambers, and the beams.
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And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.
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