13 The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.[a]

14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.(A)

The Bronze Pillars

15 In front of the temple(B) he made two pillars, each 27 feet[b] high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:13 Lit the house
  2. 3:15 Syr reads 18 cubits (27 feet); Hb reads 35 cubits (52½ feet)

13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

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