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The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[a] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet[b] from the front of the Temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:3a Hebrew 20 cubits [9.2 meters]; also in 6:16, 20.
  2. 6:3b Hebrew 10 cubits [4.6 meters].

10 When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded! 11 They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John.

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23 He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.

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Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,

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15 The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide.

The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple

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These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the Temple of God (using the old standard of measurement).[a] It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.[b] The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[c] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple, and 30 feet[d] high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3a The “old standard of measurement” was a cubit equal to 18 inches [46 centimeters]. The new standard was a cubit of approximately 21 inches [53 centimeters].
  2. 3:3b Hebrew 60 cubits [27.6 meters] long and 20 cubits [9.2 meters] wide.
  3. 3:4a Hebrew 20 cubits [9.2 meters]; also in 3:8, 11, 13.
  4. 3:4b As in some Greek and Syriac manuscripts, which read 20 cubits [9.2 meters]; Hebrew reads 120 [cubits], which is 180 feet or 55 meters.

11 Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the storerooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, and the inner sanctuary—which was the place of atonement.

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