² The doorway was 17 1⁄2 feet^[a] wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8 3⁄4 feet^[b] long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.^[c]

³ 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]

¹⁷ The main room of the Temple, outside the Most Holy Place, was 60 feet^[a] long.

² The Temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.^[a]

⁹ Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved.^[a] They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.

⁷ so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.

⁷ They also shut the doors to the Temple’s entry room, and they snuffed out the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

⁷ He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors throughout the Temple with gold, and he carved figures of cherubim on the walls.

³¹ For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts.^{[a] 32} These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors, including the decorations of cherubim and palm trees, were overlaid with gold.

³³ Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple. ³⁴ There were two folding doors of cypress wood, and each door was hinged to fold back upon itself. ³⁵ These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers—all overlaid evenly with gold.

³⁷ Then he made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. He made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.