2 Chronicles 3:13-15
Contemporary English Version
11-13 Each creature had two wings and was four and a half meters from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing. Solomon set them next to each other in the most holy place, facing the doorway. Their wings were spread out and reached all the way across the nine-meter room.
14 (A) A curtain[a] was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with designs of winged creatures.
The Two Columns
(1 Kings 7.15-22)
15 Two columns were made for the entrance to the temple. Each one was 16 meters tall and had a cap on top that was over 2 meters high.
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- 3.14 A curtain: To separate the most holy place from the main room of the temple.
2 Chronicles 3:13-15
New International Version
13 The wings of these cherubim(A) extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.[a]
14 He made the curtain(B) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim(C) worked into it.
15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars,(D) which together were thirty-five cubits[b] long, each with a capital(E) five cubits high.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 Or facing inward
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters
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